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Districts that biden lost or won, lost or controlled by democrats, that gets us to 12. now you're starting to get in a double digit gain. lotte let's look at the districts that biden won. there are nine districts biden won by less than five, that gets you to over 20 seats. look at this, the districts that biden won by less than ten, that's 26 seats. you add that to the 12, you're talking about nearly a 40-seat net gain. >> we're talking about districts that we are saying are competitive. these are districts where republicans are potentially in striking distance and that includes a lot of distr...

Counting votes. and the biggest thing when you say, hey, what happened last night? and i just tell people, don't look at virginia look at new jersey. 1:00 p.m., the day after the election night, it's still too close to call in new jersey that in itself is a headline. biden won that state by 16 points last year, just a year ago. where democrat phil murphy won by 14 points in 2017, hillary clinton won the state by 14 points in 2016. you get my drift. this wasn't just a blue state. this was kind of a dark blue state. democrats expected virginia would be potentially very close but not new jersey. ...

Lead-in to my next chart. >> that's why sometimes you should allow questions. >> it's like we planned it. >> the idea of giving the states some more flexibility over how they use medicaid dollars is not a bad idea. this say wholesale cutting of funding for expansion of medicaid f you look here, you'll see who are the winners and losers. dark blue state also lose the most money. by the time you get to the end, new york would lose $1,000 per person, california would lose $700 a person. not coincidentally, these states are in blue and they are blue. they expanded medicaid. who are the winners? th...

>> reporter: trump also came -- as you mentioned he came to scranton, he spoke very passionately as he does to the large crowd gathered there. i do want to mention -- you might not know where i'm standing. it's dark and late but i'm standing right in front of the rocky steps. >> i knew that. >> i'm doing that for a reason. this is a ballots. this couldn't be a bigger battle between those two candidates. we thought it was apropos to stand here and show folks how much they have been through over the last couple of years. i do want to mention, this has been a dark blue state for a long time. now ...

A norman rockwell painting. should i hold it up? >> we understand you heard from the rockwell estate. >> it will be okay. if i can hold it up. it's a famous rockwell painting or a takeoff on a rockwell painting. in the rockwell painting, somebody's girlfriend's names are being etched off by a tattoo artist. here it's one issue after another. who is mitt romney? what does he really want? this is a guy who, in massachusetts, his singular achievement was a terrific health care program, adored by the state of massachusetts. he runs away from it. he's running -- if he was such a great governor of t...