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There is a growing republican margin among white rural voters, not uniformly, but in many places due it seems in large part to the activation of racial anxiety, not economic anxiety. democrats cannot just dismiss those voters if they want to win statewide elections or the next presidential election. here to talk about what democrats can do to win over the voters, alex mcgillis and astead herndon. alex, you've been writing about this for a while. ohio the margins annihilated rob cordray. he lost 15 counties, 70-30. what's your take on what's going on? >> well, my main take is that while racial ...

Republicans hold texas, the democrats would have to sweep the toss-up states. i just showed you in florida, tennessee, arizona, and nevada, immigration is helping to motivate republicans, all of those are dead heat toss-ups. does that mean republicans will win them all? no, but they don't have to. if they can pick off missouri or indiana, hold tennessee, win something else, the democrats cannot, cannot get to a majority. immigration is helping the president in his immediate challenge which is to keep the senate red. >> john, if you can, have your team of producers carry you back, as you like t...

North dakota, for example, the republicans hold texas, the democrats would have to win florida, indiana, missouri, nevada and arizona. they'd have to sweep the tossup states. i just showed you in florida, tennessee, arizona and nevada, immigration is helping to motivate republicans, all of those are dead heat tossups. does that mean republicans will win them all? no. but they don't have to. if they can pick up missouri and/or indiana, if they hold tennessee, win something else, the democrats cannot, cannot get to the majority. immigration is helping the president in his immediate challenge rig...

There are a lot of democrats who are fighting for seats in swing districts and they really aren't talking about those two issues and that's what voters want to hear. >> her message is not going to change anything. it won't change the minds of people who made fun of her for claiming her native american ancestry or the mind of trump support whose laugh at his joke when he says pocahontas. i don't think it'll stop him from making that joke -- joke is not the right term. >> you don't think this deeply researched genetic material. >> ten generations back -- no, it's not going to change anything. it...

Seeing that in either examples. >> and because hothey're not talking about it. >> how much negativity has to be visited upon those voters before they actually go to the poll snz. >> democrats need to say here's how we're really good, here's how we're going to help you. >> and here's what we do better. >> democrats cannot -- if the democrat argument for the mid-terms and for 20201 we're like republicans but a little less racist, that's not going to work. >> if what i'm hearing you say is that democrats need to give up on this forgotten white working class voter and reach out to people of color,...