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This is the reality of big city philadelphia. this is what to watch on election night. if the political machine of philadelphia, the democratic organization under bob brady can produce a $450,000 vote plurality it can deliver it to hillary clinton. the rest can go whole hog for donald trump. what matters, what will break the republican heart is the year round work of the last great political machine in the country the democratic city committee of philadelphia. that's "hardball." . it's the real thing.

Feel the reality of big city politics in the midst of the last big city political machine. let's call it that in the country. philadelphia's covered with wards. each broke in to voting division. each division has two members of the democratic committee and they are the people that tend to neighborhood concerns, get out the vote on election day, know who voted and who didn't. they keep score the same way the ward leaders keep score and the chairman knows which can be relied on to do the best job. how do you score a ward leader, chairman explains how many votes they get out. this is the fire wal...

Sitting among the democratic ward leaders. let's call it that, city big political machine. they're covered through the city with wards. it's broken into voting division. every voting division has committee people and they are the people who tend to the neighborhood concerns. the people who get out the vote on election day. know who voted and who didn't. they keep score. how do you score a ward leader is simple? chairman bob brady explains. how many votes do they get out. this is the fire wall. you're looking at it. this is the reality of the big city of philadelphia. the political machine, let...

Libertarian that wants to withdraw in terms of national security, wants to cut the defense budget even. then you have another faction that just wants to slash across the budget, cut social services, cut food stamps. what is the core belief system now that aen mates the party other than disliking obama? >> we're seeing cracks now but i think the core is still dislaking and wanting to stop obama and his agenda. the one thing to get at that poll, to amplify that poll of republican voters saying you should be more conservative, when you had nancy pelosi saying how will republicans go back and expl...

Whoever wins the national popular vote. already seven states and the district representing 132 electoral votes, states like california and new jersey, illinois, for example, have passed laws saying that as soon as 271 electoral -- states representing 271 pass the same law, it becomes law in those states. so that would end the electoral college, effectively -- >> do you think -- where are you on that? we've been debating that since high school, you and i. what do you think is better for the country, electoral college or popular vote for president? >> popular vote for president. popular vote for...