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Made black voters 20% more likely to miss elections because of long distances. and it's estimated 54 to 85,000 were prevented from casting ballots on election day last year. how do you fix things in georgia to make it easier for people to exercise their fundamental, constitutional right to vote? >> we've got to -- we've got to address these strict voting laws. you know, the commission on civil rights did a study and they had five -- five tools in which they look how does it impact voter suppression or voter turnout? georgia was the only state out of 50 states that met all those requirements th...

All right. we're back now with david gergen, kirsten powers, elliot williams and scott jennings. scott, i cut you off. you were responding to elliot saying, talking about removing a sitting president from office and the will of the people. >> yeah, elliot was talking about the argument about overturning, you know, the will of 63 million voters. i've actually looked at it from the other end of the equation which is we have lekelection upcoming, what i, expect to hear from a lot of republicans especially in the senate, we can all have arguments about whether this is impeachable conduct. one thin...

That it would prevent thousands of college students from casting ballots. >> reporter: for years college aged voters have been called apathetic or unreliable when it comes to turning up at the polls. the 2018 midterms changed some of that. young people including those in college voted in historic numbers. >> i think we've seen young people in my generation really start to become more politically engaged in these past several years. >> maggie is a junior at dartmouth in new hampshire, a state with the highest per capita rate of college students than any other state in the country. she says she ...

>> trump yesterday kicking off another meaningless new african-american outreach initiative in atlanta, georgia. you're in luck, mr. president, because this week's memo is about you and the black vote. during your 2016 campaign, you stood in front of largely white crowds and asked black voters, quote, what the hell do you have to lose by voting for you? first of all, you'll have your work cut out for you as your victory in 2016 was decidedly devoid of melanin, with just 8% of black voters, 8%, not the figure you tried to imply. only 8% casting ballots for you in the last election cycle. things...

Watch tonight. voters are casting ballots that could indicate how things stand. let's start in virginia. that's where republicans are in danger of losing their slim two-seat majorities in both houses of the general assembly. if democrats win big, particularly in swing districts that are in play in northern virginia and outside of richmond, it could be a sign of president trump's growing problem with suburban voters. trump in support of matt bevin. he's under water. his opponent is the son of a popular former governor there. this race could come down to what voters care more about, local issues...