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The hunt for what is now an endangered species in america. the voter called the ticket splitter. those voters are the focus of the latest piece in tour bafa bloomberg politics eight-week series we call battleground 2016. here to talk to us about the latest installment, our colleague, steve yaccino. why do these down-ballot candidates think they can change that and get a lot of ticket splitting and run ahead of donald trump in some of these contested placed? >> it is more common now. about 11% in 2012, 11% of the electorate voted for one party for president, another party for down-ballot. this ...

What did people walk out of the exit poll saying? when someone says to youalking out of a voting booth, they say to walker because he years and i'm for barack obama. that tells you serveoes to your point which iill split tickets in certain states. they'll do it in virginia. will we see a ton of romney/kaine ticket splitter? will we see any allen/obama ticket none. >> what happ thompson wins. >> everybody on the ground me thompson is not going to win. the reason being the fe vote t ning offices there and, spening thatney and all those visits to wisconsin will put him over the ton and i think ta...

It's kind of hard to see a ticket splitter going for, say, mitt romney in virginia but also going for kaine or the opposite in massachusetts. >> so is claire mccaskill getting some separation now in missou missouri? >> yeah. republicans don't even want to put money into the race anymore. they think it's unwinnable, and she is a candidate who should lose by all measures. her popularity's low. it's a state republican should win. they elected an unelectable guy. >> yes, they did. jim vandehei, thanks so much. coming up next, as if yankee fans didn't have enough reason to be unhappy with a-rod, ...