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Of him work 47 percent among that 27 percent, 95 percent of the voted for him for governor. that is better than almost 2 and a half - one. >> this is what's taking time virginia was at record 10 of the democrats. i mean, ed gillespie, he won one counting orally. it is a north virginia county that is kind of a bellwether county. he won that in the senate race in 2014 narrowly. 400 and some boats that he lost averaged 23,000! this time. democrats poured out there. they were motivated by something. and in your view this is just sending a message to the president? >> sure. statewide this turnout w...

Of him work 47 percent among that 27 percent, 95 percent of the voted for him for governor. that is better than almost 2 and a half - one. >> this is what's taking time virginia was at record 10 of the democrats. i mean, ed gillespie, he won one counting orally. it is a north virginia county that is kind of a bellwether county. he won that in the senate race in 2014 narrowly. 400 and some boats that he lost averaged 23,000! this time. democrats poured out there. they were motivated by something. and in your view this is just sending a message to the president? >> sure. statewide this turnout w...

Colorado. go ahead, ana. >> reporter: hey there, john and kate. this is a bellwether county. jefferson county and the state twice went for barack obama. twice went to george w. bush. a mail-in ballot state. a lot of people voted early and conveniently, filled out their ballot at home, sent them in or dropped them off at a drop box conveniently spread out all over the state. this is where ballots come once they get here pup can see, recently they had a shipment arrive. this guy is sorting them out, putting them in bins that then get taken to these guys. these two tables are full of sorters work...

Weekend trying to process all of these ballots that are coming in. they have already had been 50% of the vote returned to jefferson county. in this room is where they are now taking the ballots out of the envelopes, separating them from their signature yurs after they are vire fierified an they be ready to go through the counting machine. the vote is not tallied until election night. they will run them through and hit that button. i can tell you, we are seeing party affiliation and getting some early return when is it comes to who is sending their ballots back. more democrats have sent back th...

Nationally about the importance of hillsborough county which is where tampa is located as a bellwether county. it proved to be again in the election in florida. the i-4 corridor is where these elections are won and lost. jenna: here we are again paying close attention to that, steve. still awaiting results. we see in florida all the conversation about who is able to vote when. the long lines that wrap around the blocks. we have video of that. we have been seeing that over the last couple days. why is it like this in florida? >> well, this is an issue that i think has been fairly demagogued by ...