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This could be a swing county you say? >> it could be. in fact jacksonville has been an interesting dynamic, because 2007 2011 and this year the democratic candidates have come out, it's so large, it's got suburban and rural areas. the dem graphs closely match the nation. and in 2011 and 2007 the obama ground team was able to pull off a wind. this time the republicans were able to pull it off. each though the clinton ground team was there trying out tactics. >> thanks for proudly showing the stars and stripes behind you. remember the college student who sparked this sickening trend of stompin...

Republican down tips in central virginia but, but, i want to say this but we're waiting for votes. 87% of the vote count the statewide. we're focussing on counties outside of washington dc because they are the new population centers and swing centers. loudon county, a five-point win there. democrat to win that county is impressive in a close race. that's a close race. president obama won it in the presidential race. the current republican governor bob mcdonald won it four years ago. prince william county, swing county tends to lean more republican and terry mcauliffe with a 3,334 vote. more th...

>> yeah. jon: what are you going to be looking for tonight? >> first of all, i've got the best job. i know everybody thinks they've got the best assignment, i really do. i'm going to be with joe trippi and karl rove, and it really makes you understand how little we know about politics, because they analyze it at a depth and a granularity that we don't. so they will be -- you know, i'll be with them and, basically, listening. but you look at not just early states, early reporting states, you'll be looking at early counties. jon right. >> prince william county and the excerpts of northern virgin...

""tampa bay times"." you've covered elections in your day, what strikes you about this one. >> it's back to the ground game and a high turn out for both candidates, both romney and obama, the rain has moved through here. the weather is improving. this could be the first election in florida where we break the 9 million vote barrier. there's never been 9 million or more people vote in anee collection and the secretary of state here this morning predicted a record turn out because more than 4.5 million people have already voted. jenna: wow. >> about hatch the votes are in the bag so to speak. jen...

Corridor. romney will be in sanford and the first lady in orlando. two sides trying to seal the deal. mark potter is in tampa. he joins me now. mark, i keep hearing it's about hillsborough county and orange county. one is about turnout among port recons puerto ricans and the other is it's a swing county. >> the bell bewether of bellwethers. they are rarely wrong about that. >> reporter: it's why both campaigns have their state headquarters here. florida in general is a huge prize. it's a richly diverse state. 29 electoral votes and the cann candidates are working hard now to get out the vote. ...