President ial and congressional campaigns in North Carolina. More on North Carolina with tim directorDavid Mclennan of the Meredith Paul at Meredith College. With four days to go before the election, we ask you this morning, which candidate do you trust on the economy . If you are supporting the trumppence ticket, there is a line. If you are supporting the bidenharris ticket, another line. If you are supporting another candidate or you are undecided, a third line. You can also text us with your first name, city and state. Or, go to twitter and facebook. Com cspan to post your comments there. We will. Get your thoughts in just a minute lets begin with the president yesterday in florida making his pitch to voters they are on the economy. [video clip] you will have a crippling depression the likes of which you have never seen if sleepy joe becomes her president. Themour 401 k s, throw out the window because you know what is going to happen. Our stock market has a big headwind. If he wins,
Carolina. Tomorrow, we will wrap up with arizona. Tim boyum is the host of capital tonight and the host of tying it together, a podcast. He joins us now to talk about the tar heel state. Why is North Carolina important this year compared to 2016 . Guest it is continuing to become a microcosm of the nation. We are a split nation. We have urban centers that continue to grow and become more democratic. We have our rural areas that are more conservative. Those are shrinking. The state is changing. The economy is changing. Athink it represents microcosm of the entire country. Host where do the polls stand right now . Guest it is razor thin. Most of the polls show joe biden up one to three points the hallway. The real clear politics average is 0. 7 in favor of joe biden. Hase 1976, North Carolina only voted twice for a democratic president. Im in the camp of i will see it when i believe in. I dont think it could not happen, there is a strong chance it could. Host when you take a look at 2016
Now there is a smaller lead heading into the final weekend. Live coverage is scheduled to begin in a few minutes. Until then, here is some of todays washington journal. David mclennan is a professor of Political Science at Meredith College and the director of the colleges meredith poll. Tells about the pole. Who do you talk to . How do you do your polling . Guest it started six years ago as a learning opportunity for students. So we have students involved in the process. But what we do is we Contact People from North Carolina only. We are a statewide poll. We started doing live collar only six years ago with students , being the callers. Now we have moved to mixed mode sampling. Now we do online and live caller. Because ofd, restrictions that we have on campus, we have had to temporarily go to online only. We have experienced almost every method of survey people from North Carolina. Host how did your polls fare in 2016 . What have you changed . Guest that is a great question. I get tha
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Mr. Orrison good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a really good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. [laughter] mr. Orrison it is kind of funny, actually. Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] time, i am at this going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] mr. Gruber i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis yesterday said s