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Slogan i don t think heat that was the point. i think somebody might want to hand him a book. you are looking here at rural america being represented there. where? tractors, bob. there is no tractors. turned end. there you go. tractors. you ve got to watch the screen, bob. in ohio, bob, met romney beat obama by 53% to 45%. donald trump beat hillary clinton in the same county, and that happened, you said, looking at rural america, it really did come through for donald trump. not only that, democratic supporting chairman and for trump, that should tell you something. look, the guy put together something amazing about american politics, jimmy carter should not of been elected president. ....
Has been for months stumping in coal country. miguel, begin with you. what are voters telling you? reporter: yes, this is exactly where donald trump needs to do well. we are in washington county, pennsylvania. north strabane township. big, big lines here. this has got to be music to the trump ears, because this is the last bit of politicking one sees before they go into the, the voting booths here. the long stretch. the final bit is right here. in a very cool thing, cnn actually has a drone up over here. to see how long the lines are. earlier today this line was running about two hours long. now it s running probably about an hour to get through to vote. washington is interesting, because it has more democrats than republicans. but it tends to vote republican. romney beat obama here in 2012, but hillary clinton has opened ....
hello, there, we are in north strabane township, washington county, south of pittsburgh. an interesting place. more democrats than republicans here but they tend to vote republican. romney beat obama in 2012. hillary clinton has an office here. the lines enormous. probably good news for donald trump. this is the last bit of politicking you see as voters walk into the voting booth here. i can tell you, we ve been here since the polls opened at 7:00 a.m. and the lines are as long as they get. check this out. it keeps going this way. goes hello, how are you? very good spirits because the weather is perfectly gorgeous here today. it was about an hour and a half down to where our satellite truck is around this way. now the line snakes around up into the parking lot and up a ramp there. it s probably looking at about a two hour to two and a half hour line at this point. ....
There s only six machines in there. so they re getting through there fairly quickly, but it is taking probably a half hour or so. people very, very motivated. this is a county that donald trump must do very, very well in. it s a place where hillary clinton actually has an office. romney beat obama in 2012 here. clinton wants to be somewhat competitive here. trump needs to be very competitive in these counties. he needs to win them huge, and he also needs to stay up with hillary clinton in those urban areas. polls just opened at 7:00. no early voting here. they close 8:00 p.m. we ll know the winner then. alisyn? okay, miguel. thanks so much for that. donald trump and hillary clinton barnstorming key states in the final hours last night. so which states does each candidate need to win to reach that magical 270 number? cnn political analyst david gregory is here to break down the numbers. david, what are you seeing? a couple things to look at. first of all, where did they end, their f ....
Vandehei brought up last hour, that barack obama in red state america is sitting at about 35, 36% approval rating. it s obviously something democrats running in those states have to worry about. how would you recommend that a democrat wins the nomination in south dakota or west virginia walk that fine line of not being seen as somebody that embraces a guy with 35% approval rating but also not seen as running away from the head of his political party? first let me say that to really understand the meaning of the post numbers, consider the fact that there are seven races in states where romney beat obama. seven seats, democratic seats that are up. three of the incumbents have retired. the republicans need six seats. so you can see the dilemma for democrats. in some of those states, there ....