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President trump has been leading the country. 38% don't want much or any change. on saturday president trump explained why he does not stick to the economy amid what he described as advice from fellow republicans and criticism from news outlets. >> msnbc is probably worst than cnn. they tell you, he's got the greatest economy. why is he talking about the border? well, you can only say so many times that we just created 250,000 jobs last month, right? now, i could say it over and over and over again, and you'd appreciate it. but once i say 250 and then i say again 250 and again and i can only g...

A lot of the energy right now pointing at the president, shall we say. we also have some brand new numbers to share with you. in to msnbc and nbc news on the very large number of people who have voted early in this year's midterm elections including there in gary indiana. according to target mart, almost 35 million ballots have already been cast. those numbers fresh into us today. that number is expected to edge toward 40 million more than the 2013 total as early voting continues today in 13 states. as we look at this, the question might be who the voters are. joining us now, the ceo of target...

>> let me give you information from target smart we've been working with nbc news. the percentage of republican-affiliated first-time voters, 40%, is equal to the percentage of democratic first time voters and democratic affiliated first-time voters outpaced the voters so in florida 40% to 30%. themmer son college poll, rick, has a race statistically tied. it may be the poll that the emerson race poll is the one that howard was referring to. do you think beto o'rourke can get the gains. >> texas is trending purple.

Who knows what will happen when they see the name green, they may not realize she is not even running. let's talk about early voting. >> sure. arthel: i want to show another poll conducted by target smart. this is engaging early voter turnout among the millenials, 18 to 29-year-olds. compare it to 2014 early voting, right? >> sure. arthel: tennessee up 767%. texas up 448%. georgia up 415%. nevada up 364%. arizona, 217% plus. florida 131% on the plus side. show you another poll. >> please. arthel: regarding tennessee, 2018 senate vote preference there, take a look if you're looking at phil bred...

5.4 million early votes so far. that bypasses just about everybody else that we've been tracking along with target smart. what do you make of that, julie? >> it really depends on who's coming out to vote and that's hard to track right now. we know that the young vote is definitely out. however, it depends if there are more republicans out to vote or democrats out to vote. then it will play into who will benefit from this. the early voting is up in texas, which each candidate can look at as a positive sign. david? >> by the way, 2014, 4.7 million, the entire number of folks that voted in 2014. ...