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Spots. >> to special interest groups, i owe nothing. to the people i owe everything. >> with his grassroots approach and his use of a new primary system, carter would rewrite the rules of how to run for president. >> the early 1970s, the parties changed the way they select presidential candidates. the democrats' presidential candidate in 1968, hubert humphrey, he didn't run in any primaries, he won none of them. yet, the party bosses still controlled the nominating process. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> you can see carter as being the first step on the way to what would lead us to...

Republicans on average have won it by over 20 percentage points, state, local elections, presidential election. and the fact that it's still so close this morning is an indication that the environment is on the democrats' side. >> now, i want to move just quickly from ohio to another house area that i think is really important. you've been pointing this out. i've been keeping an eye on it all week as you talk about the broader national mood. washington state. >> yeah. >> you were keying on some races there that are showing some things that maybe we didn't expect. explain what you're seeing. >>...

Rightfully so sand there are other districts where trump won by less than this or hillary clinton won but also let's think about what happened in washington state last night. there were a couple of races. that's a two-tiered primary system. and that gives us a good kind of barometer heading into november. where the republican and democrat in those primaries were very, very tight. in two of those districts trudge won overwhelmingly as well. we're seeing across the country and the bigger picture, republicans are still concerned, even if they can claim victory in ohio. >> mike, i want to stay on ...

This is a very packed ballroom, a lot of nervous energy in my room. they'vtheir g any time one of their people even gets a hint of being in the lead, the whole room kind of exes but the big story line tonight kornacki has been telling you about is the california top two primary system says anybody in the top two in any of the races moves on to the general, moves on to the primary, regardless of party affiliation. for the democrats that's a worry in those congress an races because there's just too many players in the pool soaking up the mine chair. for the republicans, it's a little bit differe...

Welcome back. tonight in meet the mid terms it appears both democrats and republicans avoided disasters last night in california. the democrats managed not to get shut of three what they believe are winnable house races in southern california. something they feared as a result of the state's top two primary system. at the same time democrats were hoping to shut republicans out of the race for governor and repress republican turnou for november. but that didn't happen. cox newsom who is now as heavy as a favorite as we have had in race these days also avoiding disaster, people with the firstame...