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Reason that "the washington post"/abc news poll tightened so much, they are talking about motivation. trump voters are more motivated to vote at least to go vote for trump versus voting for clinton. one thing i'm wondering about that they're not measuring that could be factor is something we haven't had to think about before. negative motivation. how many people are motivated to vote against trump and how many against clinton? >> we had a lot of people that too focused on those averages. turns north carolina over to trump. says it's 279-259. you look at those averages closely. as willie said, ...

Even a point or two, republicans more enthusiastic to vote for him and democrats slightly enthusiastic voting for her, it can matter on election day. and you were talking about if it's a four or five-point race, nah, and if it's a one-point race, that's something. if she is winning by eight points, doesn't change, and if she is winning by two, it does. >> chris just said in a abc washington post poll trump is up one? >> up one natalionallynationall. >> and prior to this, it was 42, 45, clinton. >> it has gone from plus 12 to plus 4 on friday, to plus 2 and plus 1, and trump is now up 1. mark h...

About its various candidates. net favorability rating is people who have a positive view of a candidate minus the people who have a negative view of a candidate. the whole huge roster of republicans does pretty well. look, john kasich, he's plus 11. meaning people who like him and people who don't like him. the difference there is 11 points in a positive direction. ben carson is plus 12. donald trump plus 12. chris christie plus 14. marco rubio is really well liked. plus 28 in new hampshire. new hampshire voters have an even higher opinion of ted cruz. they really like him. he's got a 33-point...

And wall street journal and if you average it, ben carson beats hillary clinton. marco rubio similar. plus five that's a statistical dead heat. you get the picture. very competitivcompetitive. rubio in a dead heat with hillary clinton right now and if you wonder, jeb bush poll is the same as marco rubio and hillary clinton fairs better against ted cruz plus ten in one poll and plus six if you average them out. look at the pictures. cruise and trump are weaker and rubio and carson competitive. >> digging deeper, what are the general election strengths and vulnerabilities? >> one of the reasons ...

Deadline ballots, he loses on the chance to compete for 500 delegates. those hundreds of delegates would be guaranteed to go to someone else, all of this before biden entered the race. if he were to wait longer, it would become just about impossible. so right now, as vice president joe biden is forced to make this decision, there's actually no denying the country is in something of a joe biden moment. it's because of the tragic loss of his son beau. it's because of how he has handled it with such public grace and dignity. it's because he has baird as a grief to the nation. you saw him do this ...