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Won. >> i'm disappointed in how he acts. i was frankly appalled by the outcome of that last election. >> reporter: if phillips wins, it will be because of swing voters like karen jensen who plans to vote against paulson, a republican. >> he is aligning so much with the trump administration and that agenda. so that has kind of turned me off. >> reporter: while president trump is hemorrhaging support in the suburban third district, it's a different story in the rural eighth, just a few miles to the north. stretching from the suburbs edge to the iron range. >> this is really a blue collar common ...

Acts. i was frankly appalled by the outcome of that last election. >> if phillips wins, it will be because of swing voters like karen jensen who plans to vote against paulson, the republican. >> his aligning so much with the trump administration and that agenda. that has kind of turned me off. >> while president trump is hemorrhaging support in the suburban third district, it's a different story in the rural 8th. just a few miles to the north stretching from the suburb's edge to the iron range. >> this is really a blue collar common sense conservative district, a hardworking people. >> this op...

Also recognize that his constituency looks different than mine. >> absolutely. >> personally, yes, i do believe we need to have a conversation. and perhaps our constituency looks different. maybe his constituency looks whiter than mine. they're not poorer than mine. who doesn't deserve a living wage? everyone deserves a living wage. reproductive rights are for everyone. you don't have to run that way because it's a more conservative district. >> people are struggling with the opiod crisis, they want pharmaceutical companies to be held accountable. they want all of these same things and i think...

Of local issues that this democratic candidate campaigned on because it was -- it is a more conservative district. but at the end of the day, trump is what is driving these sort of historic special election turnout for democrats. he's driving some republicans in the suburbs away from the republican party, and he's driving obviously increased turnout on the democratic side. and he's also driving a lot of republicans out of congress. i think the thing to watch for in the next few days is who else retires. there's already been three dozen republicans who have announced their retirement this cycle...

Presidents. this entire year. and we're in an election year, is going to be about one person, and that's donald trump. and that -- you know, the election in pennsylvania, there were a lot of local issues that this democratic candidate campaigned on, it is a more conservative district. trump is what is driving the historic turnout for democrats, he's driving some republicans in the suburbs away from the republican party, and he's driving. increased turnout on the democratic side, and driving a lot of republicans out of congress, the thing to watch for in the next few days is who else retires. t...