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Than women. we live in a representative democracy, right. women are more than half of the population and a quarter of elected officials. that's a problem. >> i never imagined that i would be a state legislator. >> wisconsin state representative melissa sergeant and graduate dove into public life after scat walker's election. now she's watching women nationally react to president. >> did you need that push? >> i would say i did. i think that oftentimes women will second guess themselves. and women will question whether they can balance running for office with being a parent. >> my name is jenna...

Meant. and he never understood what made him believe that women voters want to be taken care of. so i believe that as we get into the nitty-gritty more and talk about issues that are sometimes more concern that women than they are to others that we're going to continue to see that gender gap among women voters in the republican party and also on the democratic side when we get to a general election and that will be a problem for trump. >> chris, you see the new poll out today and other candidates continue to struggle for attention. it's been three days since i guess donald trump was even in io...

More and better jobs and a bright future. >> do you think now, though, the difference between your situation and scat walker's position, we have had a presidential election and a larger election, that has embolden unions who can rightly say, they certainly galvanized the base and brought out the union base for the president and helped put the president over the finish like in the big influential way. so, they are more empowered than with scott walker and more likely to stick the fight to you. what do you think? >>guest: well, to argue this case is easier. it is not about collective bargaining....

It needs to go vn better, though. the fact is, you have framed it right. this is a very serious voter rights issue. not just a partisan issue. the ramifications of this clearly are designed for 2012, but it will go beyond that. because in many ways, it will disenfranchise large percentages of voters çongoing. and i think that is where it must be framed. seniors who do not have a lot of the i.d.s and a lot of young people, disproportionately african-americans. i think 25%. when you look at wisconsin, when you're talking about first college students, now technical college students. you're talk...

Country. >> and it also dovetails very nicely with groups that are probably least organized and, therefore, least able to fight back when their voting rights are taken away. i guess that's why the ohio result seems important to me. the fact that they didn't get enough signatures first pass, they say they will ultimately, but even with organizing for america trying to help them out, they did not turn in enough signatures. do you think that's an ominous sign? >> i think that can be, but it also could be an energizing sign. because it could mean we've got to dig in deeper, it could mean there's g...