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Like it brant to a certain extent at least and you just heard the lady there in that bellwether county of richland where we traveled to in wisconsin just a few days ago and she says she doesn't like him for instance. that she could she could eventually imagine voting for him and also the dairy farmer mark stalled there saying he doesn't believe the president is a good person but he was one of the 2016 voters one of the swing voters in fact that unable to him to to win the presidency so and what we heard there in that bellwether county is in fact something that we're hearing a lot in the united...

It is a bellwether county. president trump won this county by nine points. that's exactly the margin he won the state of texas by. and beto o'rourke has said we have to win this county in order to win the state of texas. it will come down to the size and shape of the electorate. we have been talking a lot about white women, suburban voters and college educated voters. i have a voter with me who is both of those things. you said you were one of the earliest voters on the first day of early voting. you are supporting beto o'rourke and we talked about what motivated you and this idea of fear bein...

Clear, he has an uphill battle to take this. it would be a big upset. >> i had trouble hearing that toss question, but we're in tarrant county, the third most populous county and the largest urban county that remains red. this is a bellwether county. president trump won this county by nine points. that's the same margin by which he won the state of texas. so we know that with these big races like the senate race between ted cruz and beto o'rourke, they will be watching closely to see what happens in this county. o'rourke has said some time ago, as tarrant county goes, so goes texas. he believe...

Now, to the battle in texas. a showdown that's garnered national attention throughout the campaign. beto o'rourke trying to unseat republican senator ted cruz in what has become the most expensive senate race in u.s. history. athena jones in south lake, texas, for us. what are you seeing there now? >> hi, kate. there's a lot of enthusiasm here in tarrant county. this is the third most populous county in the state of texas, and it's the last large urban county to be a red county, to vote republican. there is -- this is a bellwether county, that's why we're here. this county, president trump won...

Million people have already cast ballots. now we want to see what's happening in the great state of texas. to my colleague athena jones. >> reporter: we're here in texas where polls open in about half an hour. no lines yet although we have seen a few early rising ted cruz supporters. we are in tarrant county, it is the largest urban county that remains red. with err in tarrant because it is a bellwether county. president trump beat hillary clinton here by nine points, that's the exact margin by which he carried the state of texas. we know when it comes to some of the big races we're watching h...