fdr, lyndon johnson. >> which party will control the house and senate? watched c-span tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern as results come in from around the country. here victory and concession speeches from the candidates. we will get your reaction to the election, taking your phone calls love during the washington journal. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. today, a form about the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence and its national security applications. coverage coming up at 10:00 eastern on c-span2. washington journal is next. our guest is alex halderman from

the university of michigan on voting machine security. previews some of campaign 2018 races to watch tomorrow. your calls and tweets. host: good morning. more than 34 million americans have voted early in the 2010 midterms. left to have one day wait until election day. we are kicking off today asking what is motivating your about this time around? is it national issues? give us a call at (202) 748-8000 . if state and local issues are the reason you are voting in these midterms, give us a call at (202) 748-8001.

you can catch up with us on social media as always. good monday morning to you. you can start calling in now. getting your thoughts on what is motivating your vote. the headline from the washington thes, the final sprint to midterms. the picture showing early voters in ohio. early voting ends today. the picture below that shows president trump on the campaign trail. it has been a whirlwind few days for the president. it continued yesterday in tennessee and in georgia today. the president is scheduled to be in ohio, indiana, missouri. here is the president from georgia yesterday at a rally for kempn cap running for -- running for governor.

[video clip] >> how about that caravan? do you want that caravan to just forget? i don't think. we started the wall. $1.6 billion. another $1.6 billion just approved. .e are building it i want to build it all at one time. saw lastantime, you week i called the united states military. we are not playing games. marching.t what is that is an invasion. that is not. that is an invasion. of things happening. ask yourself, how do you think

that formed? did you see the second caravan? we pay these countries, by the way, honduras, el salvador. we pay these countries hundreds of millions of dollars, which we will be stopping very soon. they don't do a dam thing. they don't do a damn thing for us. mike pence to call honduras, he called them. he said, listen, we don't want you to allow the formation of caravans in your country. we pay you hundreds of millions of dollars a year, which is probably just stolen. we don't want it. you know what? absolutely. in the meantime, nothing. they do nothing for us. want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens to pour into our country.

these are the same caravans that have violently overrun mexican soldiers and police. every time i say you have some rough people in there. the media says, how dare you? we want to see some proof. they give you 300 names yesterday. these are rough people in many cases. if they are allowed to break through our borders, only larger and bigger, we have emboldened these people. it is not going to happen. by the way, you saw how good our military. many got so many calls from semi-people. we look at those soldiers. he saw that barb wire going up. yes, sir. we have hardwired going up. we are not letting these people

invading our country. we want them to come in. but they have to come in legally. they have to come in legally. host: that was the president yesterday in georgia. you can watch it on c-span.org. the president on the campaign trail today, three more stops today. we will go over his schedule in a bit. we want to hear from you first. the line for national issues. caller: hello? host: go ahead. caller: i think it is both. the economy here going back to work, and the economy is good. the health care and medicare issues. the immigration, and they say this is not an invasion on the democrats side. the republican side says it is.

i am an independent. i don't like anyone trying to tell me what to think. i just want to hear the news. i long for the days that we had people that got up and just gave you the news and that you form your opinion. the health care is an issue. we cannot take care of the people that we have here. we have people living on the streets. costs somewhere that it $34,000 per person per year to take care of one illegal forgrant that comes in food, shelter, clothing, medical. 34,000 by they 3000 in the campaign plus the other caravans coming in, that is a burden on this country that we cannot take care of.

mark is in new york. voting on state and local issues. i am voting as a referendum against the incumbent governor. the state legislature in our state is majority republican. the only race that is the most important and others, but most important is the state legislature. can the republicans hold on and form some sort of opposition to the governor? will the democrats take most of the assembly and the state senate? then there will be a complete home all run state. there is a small pocket of opposition that is possible for republicans to hold onto in new york and host: where is governor cuomo going wrong?

what don't you like? caller: i think he has really been lazy when it comes to. i think it is pay for play. ofhink he gave buffalo billion dollars. one of his aides was caught .rying to did rig there seems to be paper play action that cuomo is inviting. host: then is next in maryland. national issues. go ahead. caller: i am driven by the national issues at hand. i think the economy is going great. trumpal security, i think is on par with that. the only thing that needs work is health care. sides are in, both favor of the pre-existing conditions.

if we as republicans lose the house or the senate, it is never going to get solved as far as the health care problem. maryland,the state of hasink governor hogan, he got some things he has got to change. he is more of a moderate than aikens limited. -- more of a moderate than a conservative. about --n was talking ben was talking about health care. saying babies and children in jail. decency, nationalists, kkk, good paying jobs, 401k.

our borders to get under control and stop the spread of socialism in america. fakeg the country from a president. one last facebook message this morning. , youu have to be motivated don't need to vote. dolores in tennessee. go ahead. caller: good morning. what is motivating me to vote? it is health care number one. i would have died. number two, the crime in tennessee. marsha blackburn is not doing anything about crime.

people are being murdered every day. she is not talking about this. medicaid, education. everybody needs to get out and vote. all of our lives depend on this. talkingans just now about pre-existing conditions. 70 times they voted against it. thank you very much. host: buffalo, new york. good morning. what is motivating you to vote? really -- thet whole thing, trading with canada, because i don't really like the way, you know, we have been treating canada, with you nafta and all

that, cbc and all of that, and everything that is going on with, you know, all the trade and gary and milk across the border, and the canadians don't like it either. i would like to see our government treating the canadians better. thank you. host: how has nafta impacted you? how has this new usmca impacted you? well, i am not, not sure yet. ofave been watching a lot canadian tv, tv programs, sports and all that. i just don't think that, you know, based on what has so then said, i don't think we should be trading our

neighbors that way. they would never treat us that way. i think it is unfair. host: what line of work are you in? caller: i'm a student. host: have you voted previously? caller: i have. i voted in 2016. host: tell us about that vote if you don't mind. caller: i voted for bernie sanders in the primary, actually. in the general election, i actually did not vote. i honestly did not like any of the candidates, so honestly, regardless of who wins the house and the senate, i suspect that the political division in congress and washington is not going to get better or worse.

i think it is unfortunate. i would like to see a change. i don't think that all of this political division is going to i think whatcause the politicians are doing on the campaign trail now is a bunch of broken promises. i don't know how to fix it. at this point, i would be happy with removing the politicians. host: do you think bernie sanders will run again in 2020? caller: i hope so. i hope so, or someone like him. he is someone we need in the oval office to help text the country because congress is certainly not going to do anything at all. is toly way to do it

remove the politicians. host: appreciate the call this morning. president trump on the campaign trail holding rallies. president obama also holding rallies for democratic candidates around the country. here is some of former president obama. [video clip] >> two weeks before the selection, they are telling us the single most grave threat to america is a bunch of poor, hungryished, broke, refugees a thousand miles away. that is like the thing that is really going to threaten gary, indiana. it's not like we need more jobs, health care, how are we going to educate our kids or get those guns out of the hands -- that is

not the thing. the thing is these folks a thousand miles away. by the way, they are using our brave troops, sending them down as a political stunt. the reason i am saying all this. listen up now. the reason i am saying all this is important. sometimes, these tactics of scaring people and work. stuff up remember the peanuts, charlie brown? it is coming up on christmas time. i love charlie brown's christmas.

remember how charlie brown wanted to kick the football so bad? and lucy would set it up for him. he runs out, and she would pull it away for him. he always fell for it. don't be charlie brown with the football. .on't be hoodwinked don't beat them blue zone. don't let them run the rokita contest. while they are trying to distract you with all this stuff, they are robbing you blind. they will be like, caravan, caravan, and they are giving tax cuts to their billionaire friends. .ook, look, look

whatever thing is scary. then they are sabotaging your health care. you cannot fall for it. host: that was former president obama yesterday. we are asking viewers what is motivating your 2018 goat. is it national issues. give us a call (202) 748-8000. visit state and local issues. .ive us a call (202) 748-8001 here is a story today talking about the economy. one viewer bringing up the economy. their headline, it is not the economy stupid. with unemployment at a near 50 year low, the share of americans mentioning the economy is the most important problem is near from 86%w, 34%, down during the great recession of

2007 to 2009 and as high as 53% in 2014. thinkare of voters who issues are very important to their vote from a survey at the end of september that the supreme court was the highest. 76% saying it was very important. 75% saying health care. 74% saying the economy. 69% pointing to gun policy. the environment coming in at 63%. the federal deficit and drug addiction after that. want to know what you think. james, virginia. go ahead. caller: good morning. unfortunately, what is motivating my boat is the house and the senate. i hate to say that.

i need to vote democratic. i am straight independent. i am voting democratic because i realize we need to balance those two areas. balance that we had no scares me. i believe the reason we have no balance is because the democrats are not listening. they don't understand that fear is a true motivator. it is a true motivator. you cannot keep saying like obama just said, we you just replayed, you cannot say it is ok. don't fall for the football. that is not true. people always do. believe their fears. fear is not always rational. i really wish the democrats would at least defend their because on immigration it is driving a tremendous amount of people.

you have the woman who said normally she would vote democratic, but she is scared because she heard that $34,000 goes to immigrants when they come into this country illegally. a record ofe immigrants coming into this country, you don't think people are going, this is going to take jobs from me. this is going to impact my health care. this is going to impact taxes. of course it is. at some point, democrats really need to at least give their position on immigration and stop saying that is not the real problem. that is not what people are worried about. fear is a real thing. host: you talk about control of the house and senate. we will be talking more on a state-by-state basis in our 9:00 hour.

in the meantime, here is the lead story in the new york times today. democrats are poised to win the house popular vote by a wide margin showing sustained disapproval of president trump, and yet the state of that chamber is not a foregone conclusion. two vastly different outcomes remain easily imagined. there could be a democratic republicant ends control of the house and endangers their majority in the senate. there could be a state-by-state battle for the house that lasts for a week. the difference turns on just a few percentage points across dozens of house districts there remain exceptionally close. bread is in london, kentucky. good morning. caller: good morning.

i am voting in the midterms based on i would like to see the democratic party right itself. i think there is a lot of baggage. i think the democratic party has gone in the wrong direction. i don't think it is something an average democrat would recognize. i don't know that it is a democratic party. it is not much of a party. know back to 2016, i hillary clinton gets a lot of rough. she literally she did the organization. her campaign was in some sort of incestuous information swapping rain with the dnc. she literally cheated. she also had her hands on

cheating as she got questions before the debate. nothing has been said about that. party has let that slide. you think issue do the democratic party has gone most wrong on in recent years? caller: i don't have a specific issue. it is philosophically and morally. they don't have a leg to stand on. they are a baseless operation. once whatthat was made the democratic party is no longer there. i have a quote from senator robert f kennedy i would like to share. what has filed several accomplished? what has it ever created? beenrtyrs cause has ever stilled by an assassin's old.

bywrong seven been righted civil riots. an uncontrollable mob is only the voice of madness, not the voice of the people. edward is here in washington, d.c. good morning. caller: good morning. i am a proud african-american. our country is in a national crisis right now. this country is not elected by the popular vote. it was elected by the electoral college. america isstates of the only country in the modern world that has such a system, to voting systems. one is the electoral college. the other is the popular vote. our country is in crisis. we are suffering.

this man is not elected by the popular vote. the soul of our nation is at stake. our country is going to go down in history and be praised for staving this nation. our men need to vote like the women vote. our country is in crisis. america fromotect war and domestic -- foreign and domestic enemies. i served two presidents in my lifetime. get out and vote. this system we need to take our country back on this divisive thing that is going on right now in our country. this man is taking us backwards. we need to go forward. i believe the democratic party is the only hope to save our nation. keep doing a good job. toe sure our people listen

the news. turn off the garbage news. all this fake news and all this thing, it is hurting our people. 17 people were responsible for electing this president. we need to stand up and understand the facts. do a great job c-span. i was on c-span a month ago. i talked. i am a phd scientist. i hope they take this country back. thank you. h that is edward. david in illinois. voting on state and local issues. caller: we have a lot of local issues on the ballot this year. the school district in the county have both levied potential tax increases.

that has really motivated a lot of local voters on those two issues. there was going to be a third tax referendum that was dropped from the ballot. we were faced with three tax referendums. i'm somebody that thinks all politics are local. we are in a heavy republican county. there are some progressive causes. one of the choices on the ballot is for a new school. it is interesting to see the discourse locally about whether or not we can foot a tax increase to pay for a new school. on your belief that all politics is local, is it harder to keep that belief in the last couple years? caller: i think that is will be see playing out in the house versus the senate. the house is going to switch to the democrats. ast is a localized effect

opposed to the senate remaining in republican power, which is more of a national race. host: thank you for the call. you mentioned ballot issues. the issue of marijuana is going to be on several state ballots tomorrow. here is a story from usa today about it. in north dakota, voters may approve what would be the nation's most permissive recreational marijuana law. in utah, the state's conservative residents are virtually guaranteed to seek medical cannabis laws approved. michiganders are widely expected to legalize, tax, and regulate recreational marijuana. speaking of the issue of marijuana, in today's wall street journal on that topic by former speaker of the house john boehner, washington needs to legalize cannabis. until cannabis is legalized

federally, washington needs to respect state rights to regulate it in their borders. the 10th amendment clearly protects these prerogatives to do so. the bipartisan strengthening of the 10th amendment to entrust states ask used in the house and senate in june is the step in the right direction. it would let states make their own decisions about the sale of cannabis without federal interference. rosie from>> pennsylvania, good morning. good morning. i was a democrat and i turned republican. the only reason i did that was because my husband worked for the steel company and we lost our health care and tension -- pension, and upon his death we

lost in the insurance policy. i had a little investment in puerto rico and discovered that i had to cash that in and the in and out of control financial situation. i cashed it in, and as a result my social security went down to $800. my sources said -- they downed my social security and up my medicare because i cashed that in. it is absolutely ridiculous. then i see this caravan coming in and they are going to get everything free, and i am going to be suffering on $800 a month. it is absolutely ridiculous. are: what do you mean they going to get everything free? what does that include? aller: maybe they will get

thousand dollars to start them off, free health care, food stamps. a place to stay for free. all these things are important. water, light bill, telephone bill. everything has gone up. everything is taken away from you because you lost your health care, your pension, everything. has to grow. steelworks has to come back and the coal miners have to go back to work. rosy.that is betty is in green bay, wisconsin, voting on state issues pick which ones in particular? caller: walker is saying he health andt education, and there are 20

to eliminate the pre-existing in insurance. now the is advertising that he is going to have pre-existing in wisconsin. how can you sue against the government that will turn around and put an ad on saying that. 800 million taken away from education eight years ago. he is terrible. i hope he is gone. thank you so much. host: al is in chicago. the morning. caller: good morning. can you name it? me?: -- hear host: yes, go ahead. donald we have to get trump out. he is not a deep thinker and not concerned about what is happening with the people in

america. he is concerned with enriching himself, and i look at his actions. a lot of people have said he is a good businessman. the man filed bankruptcy numerous times. he is a terrible businessman. he is going to destroy this country if we don't get him out of here. the democrats do have some problems. they have to straighten some things out as well. however, the worse of two evils, there is no doubt the republicans are falling in line with donald trump. became president, people said how bad he was. he does not care about people. he cares about enriching himself and making himself look good. have a good day, and thank you for letting me vent. host: james is next in maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. voted ally agree and i

straight democratic ticket. the main motivating source is intense disapproval of this president. disapproval of lies as documented by the washington post, disapproval of his speech to the boy scouts, and i know that is a small thing, but possibly one of the more important aspects of the president is to inspire the country, and especially our young people. the suggestive, sexual innuendos that he included to the speech in the boy scouts has nauseated me. i am not sure i will persuade anyone who disagrees with me, if there are certainly a lot of republican boy scouts. any of you listening, i would like you to read that speech and ask is that your man? also the issue of immigration is

outrageous. these poor people are not a threat. it is outrageous because our country was built by immigrants. or theall immigrants children of immigrants. that is all i have to say. i hope i wake up on wednesday to a divided government with some kind of check on this person who is totally unfit for the office that he occupies. is james in maryland. he mentioned the washington post and here is the lead story in today's washington post. strategy of racial attack spreads. the midterms is a test of trump's final talk, gop campaigns deploy his explosive form of politics. it is the lead story today. ofo to the editorial page usa today, the op-ed includes the closing arguments from both parties, including mcdaniels,

who is the chair of the republican national committee and town for as who is the chairman of the democratic national committee making pitches. they were also on the show sunday doing the same. this is mcdaniel from abc's this week on my president trump has been focusing on this issue of the caravan in his recent campaign stops. i am with the president at the rallies and he is talking about the accomplishment. the media is focusing on immigration and i get that, but he is focusing on the economy and jobs and the lowest unemployment in history for the african-american and hispanic communities and that our country is not a great comeback. nancy pelosi said she is going to raise taxes. he recognizes the historical trends. he is doing everything he can to turn out every vote with an exhaustive at schedule.

there are a variety of issues he has talked about and he has made that have made our country stronger, more prosperous, safer, and has given more americans jobs and money and a comeback that frankly a lot of democrats didn't think was possible and did not help with. host: that was yesterday on abc's this week. tom price, the dnc chair was on the state of the union and was asked about the issue of immigration as well. here is what he had to say. >> of course it is. andn 2013, democrats republicans came together in the united states sediment around a bipartisan immigration bill that had tough and fair pathway to citizenship. not become law because the tea party republicans in the house killed it. we have a plan. that is what we have been fighting for. but the republicans do not want to go that way.

now what you see is dog whistle politics, appeals to races, the worst of america. when iran or this job, i believe we are at our best when we come together and when someone does not get ahead only if someone else fails. that is the zero sum politics of donald trump. the reason he is doing that is they are hemorrhaging on health the and he wants to change subject and we focus on the issues that matter the most. fair wages, health care, and making sure we have checks and balances in washington, d. weber present was constantly divisive, and that is not the america my children want. host: we are taking your calls this morning on "washington journal."

carol is on the line. what issues? caller: i have a thing about trump. i want to agree with others. this is what i want you to remember. the republican mothers if their sunlight to time130 times in two weeks , will kind of son are you raising? would you let him get away with that? i don't think so. yet, our president lied 130 times in the first two weeks of october. i think we need to decide what you really want this country to be. lying or telling the truth? we are not getting the truth from trump. thank you. host: carol and ohio. speaking of -- in ohio. speaking of president trump, he is on the campaign trail and

at a rally missouri at 10:00 p.m. eastern and 9:00 p.m. central. on c-span andve c-span.org and you can listen on the free c-span radio app. he will also be in fort wayne, indiana before that. we are also covering that on c-span.org and the c-span radio app. the president begins his day in ohio. this is all leading up to .omorrow's election day our election day coverage at c-span begins live at 8:00 p.m. and will include results from the house, senate, and governors races. will cover key victory and concession speeches. join us tomorrow night into the evening. we will be here with you all night and be back here in the morning for the ""washington journal" on wednesday.

michael is in new york voting for state and local issues. which ones? caller: hello? host: go ahead, michael. caller: i am calling from new york. this year, we have a very interesting candidate running for government, our is stephanie miner, the former member of syracuse -- mayor of syracuse. she is a democrat and is running with republican from new york. they are running on an independent party line called "serve america." what they are going to do -- in new york if you run for an independent as governor and you get at least 50,000 votes, a new political party is formed and it triggers a new political party, which would called the "serve america" party. they are running on a centrist

platform in the hopes of establishing a new party that would essentially be a place for moderates and centrists to be on the ballot. trye candidates would then to build consensus from the center out. i think it would be a really great thing for our state and for our country to have a party that runs up the middle. that way, you might not have all rhetorical vitriolic that goes on from one end of the pu political spectrum to the other. the parties have been driven so far apart for two reasons. you have a primary system -- to win your primary, you have to go to the right or left. i think the media -- they just love to whip up this controversy

and confrontation. that is what the shows are all about with people yelling and shouting at each other. -- theocrats can never elegance and democrats cannot live with whatever the other side does. -- the republicans and democrats cannot live with whatever the other side does. one end of the spectrum does not trust the other. centrists inderate power, i think everybody would calm down. the people on the left and right would not feel like -- if you put an a centrist judge, people would be well, ok, that is not what we want but not a disaster. that is what is going on here in new york. in new york, we have of

political parties going out with special interests. two parties won't address the issues that people care about because they have to do with the special interests want them to do. that is what i am voting on. i'm voting for stephanie miner, lower left-hand corner of the ballot. can go to the lower left quarter. host: how did you find out about her campaign? have you knocked on doors and -- it's more of the candidate you speak of? caller: i'm involved in the local politics. i have always felt we need a new party. i talked to people about how to organize that. i found out about stephanie miner's campaign and i compact gotontacted her and

signatures. you need 15,000 signatures from around different parts of the state to get on the ballot for governor of new york state. i helped to get some petitions. 40,000 signatures. after that, there is a group that i work with and we invited her down and had a couple events for her for people to meet her host:. what is the group you are involved -- meet her. host: what is the group you are involved in? caller: it is a local group and ultra-orthodox jewish people. they all vote and vote together. they vote the way their leaders tell them to vote. that gives them tremendous political power in our system.

essentially, we are a free society. in their community, everyone is required to vote, and they have ways of making sure you vote. you turn that into a two-party system in a free society, and we, as a people tend to divide ourselves. we divide ourselves on republican or democrat. leadership is smart, they play one side against the other. their vote is movable. they can move it from republican line to democrat line with no problem. the politicians know that if they don't give them what they want, they will not get elected, essentially. host: that is michael in new york voting for local and state issues. our question is -- what is motivating your 2018 vote? state (202)d

748-8001 the line is, national issues (202) 748-8000 the line is. helen is waiting on the line for national issues. caller: good morning. .hank you for taking my call i love c-span. sometimes i think it would help if we were providing two minutes per person, and that way you can get people in and not get them cut off while the are speaking. my call is in reference to the caravan that is hundreds of miles away. that ifrom a background you see a problem, you should look for a solution. although the troops are being sent down, i also find out that there are militant groups going down. people who own property on that line don't want the militants down there. it would interfere with the national guard and the military being sent. if i was brainstorming and

looking for a solution, as the leave states, i would that caravan 500 miles away. i would set up a station where they could be vested at that etted there and if they are not allowed in the country, they wouldn't go any further. problem ine having a civics classes with what we have in the books. it doesn't represent what we have in our country. let's save our country. everyone that out and vote, and thank you for the opportunity. host: a few more comments as we have been having this conversation. job security, take-home pay, love of the country, that is the reason why she is voting in maryland. one more tweet as we hear from

mark and new jersey, voting on state and local issues here go ahead. -- issues. go ahead. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: in new jersey, the sen. robert menendez is a total andrrassment to new jersey to the state and the u.s. senate because he did not just take bribes from a criminal, which is common knowledge, he also had illegal relationships with 14-year-old girls. the hypocrisy and silence from the fake news media and the democrats is deafening because i say hypocrisy because they basically crucified an innocent kavanaugh, and went crazy. host: what news issues do you go to when you talk about the charges you level against

senator menendez? caller: what stations? host: where do you get your news on that? others, cable and news, one american news, other stations. you know what i am talking about. this menendez is a complete embarrassment and should be in jail, not running for senate. some ofly, i believe the other comments the president has done a great job on the economy, jobs, adding help for veterans, and that is the story. in new jersey, menendez is in trouble, as he should be. host: to bill in maryland, voting on national issues. go ahead. caller: hi, good morning.

i am concerned about health care. back in 2015, obama sunk this not getrough and did properly vetted. i am paying $800 a month for me and my wife. proprietor, and i have no health issues. my wife has a little bit, but nothing major. in 2016, it goes to 1000 forward $1450. that is a lot of money. $22,000 year it goes to a year for health insurance and that is called socialism. that is taking money from me and now does it is obama, i am only

evened to make so much to get any subsidies. if i make over a certain amount, my hands are tied. it doesn't make sense. that is socialism. it doesn't work for any socialism country that tries to form. something has to be done with health care. take government out of it and put it up on the market so you have a choice. i guess that is it. host: bill in maryland on the issue of health care. this reporting yesterday, president trump saying in an exclusive interview that he will reinstate protections for pre-existing conditions if a lawsuit which is administration supports got to the affordable care act. the republicans have not come up with a placement plan that would

provide the same coverage as daca. heads up oniven a pre-existing conditions and sessions has said trump has signed off on that move. the justice department has moved that they should strike down the individual mandate and toss out protections for pre-existing conditions in the process is that ultimately prevails, millions could lose coverage. republican attorneys general one the entire law which would have the same affect you can read axios.ory at host: you are voting on national issues, which one? .aller: health care i am a registered democrat, but i am not voting democrat this year because i know the politicians are lying to me. there are two types. they have socialists, who are

sponsoring health care for all good when they ask how they intend to pay for the $32 trillion over a 10 year period, $3.3 trillion every year. to pay for it, they tell you they are going to raise taxes on the rich. hypothetically that they could get $1 trillion out of these people. that still leaves $2.2 trillion that isn't covered. where do you think they will get that money from? they will raise everyone's taxes 10%, 15% 20%. i don't know anyone who can pay 20% of take-home pay for health care. lowered the taxes on the rich, trillions and trillions of dollars overseas

started pouring back into this country. the tax onts raised businesses and that money will stay offshore and will not come back here. there is no way to pay for it that way. host: here is one of the headlines on florida politics from the washington times. hurricane michael and president trump set the tone for floridians ahead of the vote. sheila is in florida. what do you think? caller: yes, i think that president trump has done a terrific job. andink that the hurricane through that governor scott did a great job. between the brett kavanaugh sillinessd all the that went on during that, i would never vote democrat. host: that issue but in florida.

the president in a florida on saturday. on sunday, he was in georgia. also in tennessee on sunday. on the georgia race, a story the al website. kent announced an investigation in the democratic party of situation the voter where he is competing against ac abrams. there was note alleged details of the cybercrime that it suggest state democrats were involved in was immediately condemned as a political ploy by democrats and some commenters, who believe count should not oversee election in which he is competing.

the deadline to register to vote passedday's election early. the investigation was launched saturday evening and was made public early yesterday. angela, greenville, mississippi, voting on state and local issues. which once? caller: state issues. hi, thank you for taking my call. this is a very important election. i was looking on facebook and seeing where a obama was saying just because this is not a presidential election means nothing, but this means more. i am calling from mississippi, where all over the state it is said our governor turned down close to $20 billion in health peopled what a lot of don't know is we have hospitals downsizing and threatening to close in the area where i am from. i was listening to a caller who

said this or public -- and also i am independent, but the republican and democrat running together on the ticket with the young lady in new york, i think that is very interesting. if we could get something like that here, i believe we will be able to down the middle and come up with a plan where our health care won't suffer and people won't be shifting their careers as far as students who are looking to go into health care because jobs are going to dry up . that is going to affect a lot of things here in the state of mississippi. this election is important and i want to encourage people to get out and vote. we have one running who was a u.s. secretary of agriculture at one time in 1993 or 1994 p he is

running for senate. --. host: our last color. up next, we are joined by university of michigan science and computer engineer to discuss voter machine of vulnerabilities. will join us talk about the , and some bellwethers that may come up on election night. ♪ >> which party will control the house and senate. watch c-span's lives election aserage at 8:00 eastern results come in around the country. morning, get your

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how would you grade the security of the u.s. voting system? security of the u.s. voting system deserves a c or c plus. it is not where it needs to be. we have made significant improvements since 2016 but there is a long way to go. host: what has been the most significant improvement in your mind? guest: 2016 was a wake-up call. we learned friends and foreign nationstate attacks or a real threat. , the improvement has been largely about awareness forecurity, initial steps preparedness. there is a long way to go in terms of closing off vulnerabilities. host: a c/c++ the grade you gave. a few days ago we were joined by

john fortier, the democracy project. he studies election security. this is what he had to say about competence in the voting system. >> my message is, first get out there and vote. no reason not to. secondly, we have a greater security for growing security at the polls in greater than 2016 that voter should feel pretty secure their vote is counted as cast. there have been some changes, big changes over the last 15-20 years. while there are some things we can do in the future, we are doing pretty well. butter should feel confident their votes will count. experts are think overconfident? guest: overconfident, i would not say overconfident. there areow is that

serious attackers who want to do there ared exploitable vulnerabilities. voters still should feel confident when they go to the polls that there is well protected -- they are as well protected as they can make them. , which more work to do will be an even bigger prize for attackers. should go and vote. the only way to guarantee your vote is not going to count is to not cast it. early voters can call in. ,f you are voting election day we are talking with professor j electioneman about security and vulnerabilities. you have hacked a voting machine before.

and you talk about that? guest: that is right. another computer scientists have gotten to analyze the security of many different voting machines used in different parts of the u.s.. in every single case is boehner abilities in the voting machines that would allow an attacker to without having physical access break-in and change the way votes are recorded. , i recently bought a voting machine on ebay that is used in 18 states. i was able to develop vote stealing malware that spreads like a computer virus to all the voting machines in an area. it causes them to shift a small fraction of the vote to whatever candidate i want. creationp back to the of malware.

is this the path you are worried about hackers taking? can you describe how that would work in your mind? guest: this is what keeps me up at night. works, voting machines themselves don't have to be connected to the internet. what happens is, before every election, election officials have to create the ballad programming. the name -- ballot programming. a have to copy to every machine in the area on a memory card or usb stick. what we found is that if at attackers can't infect the computer were ballot programming is created they can hitch a ride during that process and spread like a computer virus. host: how do they hitch that right? guest:5 all they have to do is modify the program files. it is settled. nothing election officials are

going to notice in the know -- normal course of business. when they program the ballots into the voting machines the malicious software is going to silently in fact -- in fact every one of the machines. host: how many make voting machines? guest: there are three major manufacturers. host: how do they test those ?achines for vulnerabilities guest: most of them have been certified according to government standards. they are certified according to standards that date to the 1990's or the middle of the last decade. they don't actually involved in the intensive computer security testing at all. that is a problem. most states are using in this election voting machines that are a decade or more out of date.

incorporateold to the latest cyber defenses. are taking your calls but election security. julie is up first. how confident are you your vote is counted correctly? my phone has been being hacked. i from california. -- i am from california. [indiscernible] my phone, my bank account. i have had to buy 100 different

phones. it is not safe. that what do you take from root she seemed to be talking about confidence in technology these days. we all know, unfortunately, can computer systems can have vulnerabilities. whether it is your phone, online banking. the voting process is no different. we are increasingly dependent on computers in polling places. there are many states now that are not 100% dependent on computers. they have a paper backup, a ballot for a printout the voter can see. paper,have that piece of if that is an important component of a strong defense. will how many americans not have that component to back

up their vote in this election cycle? going to be 30% american voters won't have a physical record, a piece of paper. that is part of the problem. we need the paper record. something that can't he changed to go back to in make sure computers are right. host: there are $380 million provided to states to improve election security through federal funding. why wasn't paper ballot backup a priority for that money? congress, when it allocated $380 million did say replacing paperless systems was a suggested use of that money. is just aely, it suggestion. it is up to states how to use that money or even to save it for a rainy day. states are not moving quickly to

safement paper, and other wards like audits. can't it be a mandate to states, if this is what somebody like you thinks is the way to ensure election security? guest: there are limits to what the federal government can impose on the states. ultimately these states are the primary administrators of elections. that means our system in zip as a patchwork strength and weakness, some states doing well, some states doing poorly. if we did have national leadership we could move more quickly making sure the necessary safe wards are in states. host: what are you concerned about tomorrow? guest: there are some states not

doing well at all. george is one example. in georgia they vote statewide on a completely paperless touchscreen computer system that i myself discovered vulnerabilities in back in 2006 and 2007. not only is georgia using the same vulnerable machines this week, they have not updated the software since 2005. they are just sitting ducks, i am afraid. their registration system as well has been shown to have serious vulnerabilities. there are a lot of problems in georgia. host: taking your calls and questions with professor halderman. caller: go ahead, eric. thank you for taking my call. thank you for all you do to get information and truth to america.

i voted early provisionally. i had a change of address. i had to build in a different county. i had a paper ballot. does that mean my vote was safer or are there additional concerns i should have having voted provisionally? host: -- guest: maryland is a great example of the state that has made some improvements. about two or three years ago maryland was voting on similar touchscreen paperless machines to georgia. they got rid of those and switch to a system where every voter has a paper ballot. that will provide a good level of protection for your vote. maryland still has work to do in terms of making sure they use those paper ballots as a cyber defense. it is not enough to have them. you have to regularly check

enough of them to make sure the computer results are accurate. that doesn't mean doing a full recount. we need to look at a random sample of the paper ballot that is large enough to give high statistical look at the results. host: how many states do that? guest: it is less than half the states to any kind of routine postelection audit. there are only three states so ar that always require statistical postelection audit that will result in a high level of confidence. host: what are those states? guest: new mexico, rhode island and colorado. colorado is one of the examples of states doing well in terms of election security. colorado has a paper ballot for every vote. after every election they perform a risk limiting audit.

risk limiting audits are a technique developed by computer scientists and statisticians over the last decade that involve looking at random sample of ballots, going back and manually checking them. ,f there is something wrong checking more and more until you have high confidence the result is correct or get discovered and repaired any problem that happened. using risk limiting audits we can have a paper trail become strong way of detecting any vote altering attacks, and a route to fixing those problems. host: our phone lines in this segment, early voters (202) 748-8000. if you're voting tomorrow, (202) 748-8001. caller: i'm retired. i have two questions. brian lam, is he still with

c-span? i am retired. degree. computer i have a masters in management systems. why does a conceit -- computer system have to be on the internet? host: he is. me in in thebeats morning when we are doing this program very early. ryan lamb is still around and will be -- brian lam is still around. guest: a computer system doesn't have to be hooked up to the internet. with voting, we tried to keep as much of the system away from the internet as possible. unfortunately, talking about sophisticated attackers, they routinely carry out cyber offensive operations that involve accessing non- situations that

users are using to the non-internet inactive system. even though voting machines aren't supposed to be connected to the internet, we still have routes we have to worry about, how powerful attackers could exploit them. caller: i would like to make two statements. first about the voting. i voted early. i voted at the polls. they had a computer set up where you voted from. your you were done it gave ballot to shower you voted. .t was pretty easy

i thought it was good. point, i will get off the air, on how trump lies. aca andment on the pre-existing health care, how do you run an administration and you don't know what your ig is doing? they are fighting to get rid of the aca completely, and pre-existing conditions. that shows me this president is a liar, and his people support him, they are foolish. host: on the first part of the of ars call, the idea paper receipt versus a paper ballot. you can walk us through that? guest: different voting systems use different votes in different ways. confidence, did you

check that piece of paper to make sure it reflected who you wanted to vote for? we need more voters to be checking receipts. that is one of the essential pieces of having paper as a safeguard. host: should voters walk away with a piece of paper that tells them what they voted for for them to have to show later? the way voting systems work, you don't get a piece of paper that shows how you vote that you can take home. you might get a printout of a ballot box or it might be under a piece of glass, a cash .egister style receipt in either case this is something you should check and we don't let people take it home because if you did you could prove to other people how you voted.

we don't want people to be bribed or core -- course -- or co-artist -- or coerced. in 2006 got started when i was studying for my phd. i was studying cyber security broadly. of election security fell into my lap. computer scientists had concerns about electronic voting and security but no group of .omputer scientists had access an anonymous source called my research group and offered to provide us with a voting machine to figure out if it was secure. we were the first group of researchers in the country to have that. host: what did you find?

guest: that machine turned out to be the same machine george is .oing to be voting on this week what we found was that the security was amazingly bad. with just a few seconds of access to the machine or , we could create malware that would hack in and change of oats. that remains the case. ,or too many voting machines the touchscreens and the optical isn machines, what we need make sure every vote is recorded and state after every election are going to go back and spot check enough of that paper trail to get everyone reason enough to have confidence. host: how many times have you testified on capitol hill about this issue? last summer, 2017, i

testified to the senate intelligence a midi about exactly this issue. -- committee about exactly this issue. threats are all too real. we have an opportunity to solve the problem of election cyber security in a way that few cyber problems are amenable to such a solution. there are so many problems where the securing the supply chain, securing the power grid, if you told me you would get me billions of dollars and let us do decades of research, maybe we can make the problem a little better. --likes and security election security is an opportunity. low-cost techniques, like having

paper, we can have strong confidence in the vote altering attacks will be deducted and corrected. we need more national leadership to make sure states are going to get there in time for 2020. are headlines we are talking about. election systems face critical tests tuesday. --t is on the front page going to be goading tomato -- boeing -- are you going to be voting tomorrow? for earlyam all voting. you treat loved that it like a holiday, get your best clothes on, go down there with your children for a civics lesson. then go out and eat and have a good time and enjoy the results as they come in. that is how i do it.

this problem can be totally avoided if we go back to machines we had as late as the 1990's where you just pulled the lever. you have people from all the parties checking the process throughout to make sure no one falls with that. that worked. you don't have to be concerned about paying this money to protect ourselves. all that goes away if they just bring back the old machines. it makes perfectly good sense to do that to me. host: why not go back to the old machines? guest: the lever machines, i remember them. i first voted on one of those refrigerator sized machines. unfortunately they are not that secure either. on the one hand there is no computer software to hack into. on the other hand these are really complicated mechanical

devices prone to breaking down, and sabotaged in different ways corrupt people on the ground. we have a documented history of political operatives tampering with mechanical lever machines to cause them to produce the wrong outcome. one of the most famous styles of attack, you could open the machine and in the back, find the gears and wheels that were counting the votes for your opponent and just put a little piece of pencil lead in between the gears. what that would do is cause the machine sometimes not to count a vote for the candidate you are gumming up but at the end of voting all that would be left at thee graphite dust bottom of the machine. cheating with and

all sorts of voting technology is all this voting itself. unfortunately introducing computers and the process has not made that go away. jan is up next. caller: thank you for taking my call. here in oregon we have the mail-in ballots. which i like. i don't know why all states don't do it. it was fun listening to greg. i feel that same nostalgia for going to the polls, something celebratory. many, sucht with so a large population, i live in a small county. it is the second-largest in oregon. that there is 7000 people. voted for trump in the presidential election.

it is rough. it is a ranching community here. a big job to do. we have been out canvassing to make sure people get their ballots. but i amng optimistic not having any expectations. however it comes out we all have a lot of work to do. there are any if problems with mail-in ballots that you are aware of? host: thank you for the call. guest: mail-in ballots, the voter has a piece of paper they can make sure the marks are right. paper state audits that later, then they have a pretty good way to detect and correct cyber attacks. mail-in ballots introduce new

threats. the problem of whether the ballot is going to get back to the election authorities securely or could be stolen or tampered with in the mail. most importantly there is the threat of coercion of voters. recently, where a lot of people vote by mail, the story i heard is a poll that was taken of voters. did yout question was return your mail-in ballot? other than yes and no the most common answer was i don't know, my husband took it. we have to worry about when you are voting by mail about voters to maybe don't have the ability to vote their conscience because they don't have the security of the polling place to vote in.

an employer or relative or someone else in the home might coerce them into voting a certain way. host: a question from george i assume about the machines that still don't have paper backups. george saying please ask the professor if the electronic are preserved to they can be used at an external way for an attack. guest: i don't know how long the media is preserved for. many states will reuse that media in the next election. unfortunately that means a lot of the forensic evidence that might be useful potentially trying to determine whether an attack occurred is going to be soon thereafter. host: allen, go ahead. theer: wondering about

difference between the internet and the internet. we have to have security on a lot of things we do. with paper ballots, it is a chance for fraud as well. we have people making up cashier checks. it seems like an internal system going back to new york where you had a machine, a year over the -- away over the years, if we can figure out to make mechanical or semi-mechanical automated machines save for an tamperproof. host: we do have that way to make machines save an tamperproof. that is called having a paper backup record. have onlynot mean you the paper. we know paper can be tampered with.

it means you have paper record and electronic record from a scanner or the machine the voter recorded. as long as we check the paper records and electronic records agree, we have the best of both worlds. of have to tamper with a lot paper ballots on the ground, and have a high tech attack to tamper with the electronic records. you would have to do it in a way that agreed about the result. a lot of people think when i talk about paper, this is retrograde. of absolutely critical system we want to have a physical failsafe if we can. , you want the brake pedal to be physically linked to

the brakes in case the computer goes haywire, or if you fly on aviation, your plane has a sophisticated navigation system but by law it has to have a magnetic compass in the cockpit in case something goes wrong. with voting that failsafe is a paper trail. strongprovide a very guarantee election altering attacks can be caught and reversed. -- if you halderman voted early was a talk election , or ify, (202) 748-8001 you're planning to vote tomorrow. i voted early. some of my friends. in leland, they got handed the wrong paper ballot. now they are getting contacted

because their votes don't count. they are contacting them so they can come back and get ballots to revote. what is wrong with this situation, they are not counted. they have to get recontacted and come back to revote. that don't make no sense. on paper ballots. are they going to handle that? host: professor halderman? guest: i'm sorry to hear that. it sounds like that is a bad mistake that was made with those voters. elections are big, complicated systems with hundreds of millions of voters, more than 10,000 jurisdictions administering elections across the country. in the best case we are going to have protections built into the

system that can catch and correct those errors. guest: many states are starting to cooperate where the department of homeland security. in order to improve their cyber security defenses, one way these defenses can be improved is installing an intrusion detection system on some of the election system networks. albert is one example of such a intrusion detection. it scams the traffic for evidence of certain kinds of attacks and can react alerting the authorities. not full proof

unfortunately. seven of attacks are being conceived all the time that might be able to deceive these sensors. , not all inoblem is election networks in participating states are going to have such a sensor installed. some states are adopting this now. it puts them in a stronger position than 2016. host: time for a few more calls. >> i'm concerned about early voting and absentee ballot or mail-in voting as a method of allowing someone to vote more than once. i live in alabama. it is 40 miles from here. if we had early voting here could nine go to florida and register over there to vote? how would they know? especially when you are allowed to use names that are instances is -- inconsistent.

different addresses. does that make it easy for fraud to occur that way? guest: well, so there is a possibility of fraud when it comes to people voting in multiple states, most states do -- host: apologize for that. gettingrking on professor halderman back. jimmy, what is your concern? caller: good morning. i live in tulsa. i'm going to be giving the inocation a week from today downtown tulsa so, i have this

first responders prayer. my prayers sure in sweet. i hope i do. ok. host: what is the first responders prayer? well, having about countryth making our having and talked about compassion for family and friends.

we pray for friends that have served. anyway. that is about it. host: good luck to you. we want to thank professor jl is halderman, joining us in this segment to talk election security and for more on his word can go to his website. it for thisg to do segment. countdown to campaign 2018, we are a dell way. it is election date you. we want to hear your thoughts. , you canes as usual start calling in now and we will be right. -- we'll be right back. caller: which party will control the house and senate?

watch live election night tuesday as theng results come in from house, senate and governor races around the country. wednesday morning at 7:00 eastern we will get your reaction to the election taking phone calls live during washington journal. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 19 79 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage. white house, the supreme court, public policy events in washington dc and around the country. host: countdown to campaign

2018. we're down to election date you -- election day eve. either way give us a call. democrats 2027 -- democrats , republicans0 (202) 748-8001. election day headline coverage, , the front page clash.sunstar, trump president trump was in tennessee. president obama was in indiana and chicago. president trump back on the campaign trail. three stops in ohio this evening.

missourind the day in in the show me state. upting your thoughts, eli is first. line for democrats. my name is eli simpson. i'm a registered democrat. and you what? caller: i have voted. for a republican. straight down the line. said alln i did, we men are created equal under certain unalienable rights. that means in the god that i there is no same gender marriage. 2015, i knew i would would vote republican. because of the platform. trump as candidate

said he wanted judges and supreme court that would interpret the constitution as it is. as written. not as ideology or man wanted to be. he has supreme court judges who will do that. some of the things that will not be resolved, until we come together, our health care. before health care they have not been able to live 100 years before well. we have many diseases. they are because of things we do. host: here is one of the front pages, the tampa bay times. from presidents, pop stars and

you. candidates and backers make their final pleas in early voting numbers soar. 34 million early votes so far this election cycle. good morning. i would like to say god bless eli and his family in florida and i would like to say to all you people who have not voted yet, all the great things president trump has done, over 289 accomplishments, tax guides, win,thing if the democrats everything. . there will be any more tax cut's . not only that, but they will spend our money on investigations. i've got one more thing to say. i was appalled hearing about what happened saturday night

live, making fun of a candidate who was a war here you -- war hero. they referred to him looking as in a pornographic movie. when did we start making fun of cripplingt are diseases or having their i removed? it is sad. i hope everybody at snl stops and thinks about what they did. it is disgusting. that candidate running in the dish navyneve seal. about that sketch yesterday saying good rule in life. i try hard not to offend. i try harder not to be offended. i hope saturday night live recognizes that that's don't deserve to see their wounds used

as punches for bad jokes. go ahead. areer: i want to ask why -- andkeep talking about president trump is making those comments about people coming here to kill us? what are we going to say when they come to see god? what are people going to see, what are they going to tell god? those are kids. i know we understand that because we have kids. i would not want to go through that with my kids. and: the president up tweeting today. here is the president speaking

about the missouri senate race. willor claire mccaskill always vote against us and the great state of missouri. vote for josh holly. saying he will be a great senator. the president also saying senator stabenow now voted against tax cut, great health care, supreme court justices and things the people of michigan wanted in need. john james can be a great senator. in manyident promoting races. he will begin with ohio and cleveland for a rally at 3:00. then fort wayne, indiana. we are carrying their rally on c-span.org. he will end his day in the show me state of missouri.

speaking of the last rally the wall street journal -- are all ,eporting joining the president two of his most supportive allies in the conservative media . rush limbaugh and sean hannity. , of fox news will join the president. betty in washington dc. democrat. mentioni just wanted to for the first time since i have been voting i went in to vote early. , they only had the electronic voting. i had to walk away. i always use paper ballot. i saw ayears ago program on russian television about the debacle in florida

when bush was running. it was absolutely frightening the machines are manipulated. back to russian television archives to review that program that aired and found no evidence. i did everything to see that program again. but i hasn't -- i have never been able to. --t: what about you vote your vote? caller: i'm going to vote but going to use the same system of the paper vote. i don't feel comfortable using the machine. on tuesday.ing in i did not have the option in d.c. voting early. host: got it. republican, good morning. are you with us?

we will head to baltimore. jack come a go-ahead. voice: great to hear your . i wanted to call in concerning the professor who was on. i read an article. tools, ies special don't want to say that is what i look for. contractors who have explored this kind of thing, you're not going to be able to hack into those voting machines. you might be able to hack into the computers they were talking about. >> you think from your approach are we doing that?

>> we have a simple security measure that follows a simple piece of tape. wait until the measures go well. they placed a simple piece of tape over the edge so they know if something is tampered with. something like that is -- those of the states the steps that are simple. they don't need to replace the entire machine. host: republican, good morning. mr. long: caller: caller: -- caller: i am an 86-year-old woman.

i have used the paper vote. for trump i did the electronic. my problem is, i wanted to go early. can you hear me? host: yes ma'am. caller: i asked somebody to pick me up. i want to tell you something, i have gone so -- gone through so many elections. what you have done on c-span has been the most -- not only enriching.ut enriching so many younger people. in the not had honesty media. we have not had honesty. your debates are amazing and also, one thing i would like to say, i wish they would change the word caravan to invasion. i have watched this.

it casuallyaking because the word caravan does not form what is happening to us. we are being invaded. it cannot happen. young people cannot see this. we have a wonderful president trump. we know our country is strong. host: why don't you think people can see this? a caravan to young people means one thing. country means another is invading us. we could be at war. we are. former group that was then opened up the borders and , thatnyone could come in meant something to the young people.

democrat, good morning. caller: i am excited. good morning. to place my ballot tomorrow. for -- i was sorry listening to the lady who just spoke about the caravan. it is said people have been bamboozled. it is just sad. i am just excited. host: if you needed extra incentive to vote, here is a story on the front page of usa today. politicians claim whatever election is coming up is the most important of our lifetime. the 2018 campaign is no different. this time it is not just hyperbole. coulddown the ballot

define the national political landscape for the next decade or more. governors and state lawmakers elected in 2020 and 2018 will redo the maps in 2021. that is the single greatest factor on who will control congress in the decade to come. richard, republican. good morning. yes, good morning. in minnesota there was a state representative republican reporting for state representative. my friend had his car painted with house paint with all sorts -- and it said he was racist because he had a trump sticker on his car. i plan to vote straight

republican except for the state attorney general's office. the republican candidate seems to be too radical. i wish to republicans could put up some, someone more respectable. barred low seems too radical. keith ellison has a controversy to mastic assault. than theseems better republican. the rest of the ticket, i'm voting straight republican. people with some stickers on their car. host: a democrat and minneapolis. heather, what are your thoughts on the issues? caller: how are you this morning, and take you for taking

my call. i listened to people -- host: host:listen for your phone. caller: many people think trump has done so much for the country but people need to understand trump has not done much for the country. criticizing, the foreigners for people new lead born here, they need to is goingy them, what on? he is not the savior of the world. host: republican, good morning. caller: good morning. i want to remind people before you go into the voting booth if you are alone and don't have 240 about being yelled at for having a trump sticker on the back of your harley like i do, when you get into that voting booth, remember the stock market and the value of the company, and

all-time high. unemployment at an all-time low. think of the socialist democrats get in you are going to get nancy pelosi, dianne feinstein, chuck schumer and the rest of the left wing liberals, especially maxine waters are going to take over the government and start doing to the country the same thing dianne feinstein tried to do to judge kavanaugh. think about that when you get in the voting booth today. thank you and good luck to our country. a lot of focus on the news happening around the world. the u.s. found out, they have unleashed the toughest sanctions ever against iran. those get instituted. it sparked mass protests. this is the bbc reporting. removedsanctions

targeting iran and states that trade with it will hit oil exports. chanting death to america, rejecting calls for talks. the military was also quoted as saying it would hold air defense drills monday and tuesday to prove the country capability. the demonstrations took place on the 39th anniversary. for traveling to a campaign rally, president trump said iran was struggling under his administration policies. he said we will see what happens with iran. caller: good morning. love c-span. the country is truly divided.

when they call in and donate knowledge he cares for people, some caller say he doesn't care for the people. that is nonsense. he has done more than any president i can remember. conan and ellen but i can't even watch that anymore. msnbc and cnn used to be fair but they are nothing but liberal now. they can't even admit this president has done so many outstanding things. we are in deep trouble. host: one more call, lorraine. beverly hills, florida. caller: how are you doing question mark watch you all the time. i mailed in my vote. a week later i get in the mail

something saying where are you? we have not received your vote, are you going to vote? then another letter where have you been for so long? i voted all the time. all my life. they are talking about trump being a wonderful president, what has he done? backing his friends on the and making such money for them to buy yachts and airplanes. i am a recent widow with a handicapped child. i am fighting ssi because they are tried to take it away from me. i'm living on social security. i do not see anything working a wonderful for me. and the young couple across the street with three children, they both have to work to make ends meet and pay for babysitters.

please tell me what is going right? john: our last caller. of next will be joined by sean to talk about the key house and races. and discuss surprises that may come up on election night. we will be right back. ♪ which party will control the house and senate. watch election night coverage starting tuesday at eight eastern as the results come in from house, senate and governor races around the country. here speeches from the candidates. wednesday morning at 7 a.m. eastern we get your reaction, taking phone calls life during washington journal. c-span, your source for campaign 2018.

c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 it was created as a public service. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and policy events and around the country. c-span is brought you by your cable or satellite provider. announcer: washington journal continues. election analyst sean joins us to discuss races. start in-house. you wrote a piece for real clear politics, with -- what a democratic wave may look like. and you do find a way? what numbers they would half to achieve.

journalist talk about this concept of away but we do not have a good definition of it. it is when one policy gets all the breaks up and down the ballot. it will probably be democrats getting 35 seats. or picking up a senate seat. then getting, based on what we're seeing getting six or seven governorships. john: what are the biggest barriers? sean: there is a lot of uncertainty. we saw this in 2016, where a lot of people thought things are looking great for clinton and then we saw the election day votes. that is the unknown. we have a lot of people turning up on election day. they are representative of the

early vote. piece, whatmpanion would a republican holds look like? it that thee is democrats do not reached at magic 23 number. the republicans need? sean: not a miracle. the odds are against them. we would say one in four or one in five. that is what we had president trump as. when you go seat by seats through the house races, there are lot sitting on a nice edge. -- knife's edge. john: phone lines are open if you want to join the conversation. it is (202) 748-8000 for democrat, (202) 748-8001 for

republican? four2) 748-8002 independents. what direction, whether going to that first article on democratic wave or republican hold? sean: we are fortunate we have polls closing at 10:00. donnellyna we have joe against his opponent that could be a close race. , republicans are in good shape. hehe is running away with it is winning by four or five points it will be a long night for republicans. the district that went for trump. likeis is a race looking not a goode, it is

look for republicans. john: when will it be confirmed question mark -- confirmed? sean: by 8:00. have a lot of states with competitive races that close at 7:00. we will get some indications from virginia. the fifth district in virginia. a rehash of the special election in georgia six. most people have thought she would win by four or five points. john: remind viewers how many races were usually waiting on by the following morning. a handful? a dozen or more? sean: one of the issues is california gets a ton of mail in ballots they have to count by hand and it takes forever.

they are five or six competitive races in california where we could be waiting weeks to get the final results if it is close. there are other races that will take a while. states count at different paces. and in close races they have to count through provisional ballot second be litigated. john: further down that scenario, dependent on the handful of california races. what happens with the national parties, who gets sent to california to watch this process? scenario where the control of the house is on a knife's edge. scenario, a similar people will fight over whether they should be counted or not.

technicalities. if signatures match. scenario.nightmare it will be a huge legal battle. analysis --senior analyst. a veteran of many campaigns. taking your call. we will start in rockville, south carolina, a democrat. listening in, most of the people calling in her old enough to be my parents. i'm of the new wave of voters. it is disturbing to listen. i find a lot of the older voters are content with voting for the party simply because of what they hear verse what is going on. let us be honest that this wave

if you look at numbers, this is passed on. for eight years you cannot take what was going on in the economy and say that is due to less than two years in office. you cannot say his time in office has been all of his work. it bothers me because we have become a nation of going against each other based on what we are against first what we have in common. we all need health care, we all need to be protected. and we were all immigrants. when it is said and done, it bothers me because i'm ready for this new rave -- wave of voters. we want people to get along.

the division has to stop. john: thanks for the culprit -- for the culprit -- call. what do you think will be the defining issues? sean: a lot depends on how it turns out. economy were doing worse, christie would share some of the blame but not all of it. -- president trump was share some of the blame but not all of it. getting some support for the economy. in four years, it will be viewed as the trump economy. immigration is something driving republicans. health care driving democrats. this election, a lot of issues

driving people one way or the other. john: when did the race to 2020 begin? sean: it has begun already. there is the invisible primary, where you do not have candidates opening -- openly campaigning. but they are trying to secure donors, get endorsements. believe me, the fight for 2020 and the democratic party has begun. ohio, patricia is waiting, a democrat. >> good morning. 82 and 60 years ago i wrote a poem that is prevalent today. i would like to dedicated to donald trump did. color of the person. it is not the religion or the politics one follows, the

person. if the person has a heart that is pure of gold and to win a lonely soul. that is what matters. the matter if we are red, white, yellow, brown, black, or blueprint he created us on equal basis and that makes another just as good as you. do not put down someone who is different or whose ways are not the same as yours. be thankful, be so ever thankful god gave us those many different races for us to honor, respect and adore. thank you very much. chuck, next in alabama, republican. don't cut me off, i have been listening to you, i'm 80 years old. i do not care what anybody says republicans, anybody

knows you never served in the cannot present the facts as it is. remember, tokyo rose, you could stand shoulder to shoulder with her. john: what races are you interested in? --2008 in question mark 2018? sean: >> alabama. you people like to throw dust. the truest president we had was jimmy carter and obama. john: sean, take us to alabama. sean: alabama does not have a

lot of competitive races. we do get surprises on election night. you have a governor's race with the governor who was forced to resign. there's some speculation the governor who took over may be in trouble. alabama is a state we will not see big shifts. john: you mentioned surprises. if you have to predict, where should we be looking? because the new york times is doing a lot of polling, we tilled the soil well. districts like georgia seven -- traditionally republican. if we get a red suburban wave we could see a district like that or new york second district out of long island -- we can see a

urban -- john: focus on steve king going up on air. is he in danger? what we are seeing, a lot lots torats have gotten run a credible campaign. baseare activating a late that has not been activated in the past. which is enough to get them past 45, maybe 47%. the question is can they get the 50% plus one. in iowa, what you are seeing with steve king, there is enough going on that i have to work to get my base out. it would be a huge upset if you work to lose. but that is what you see in wave elections. john: louisiana, and independent.

>> good morning. i am in louisiana and we do not have any national things big. we have to house crisis. we have some amendments of the constitution. when i heard these people talking about the hate speech coming from the republicans. if you look at the way things howgoing, if they would see many people running on the republican side have been attacked. when obama was president i don't remember seeing anyone from the administration or congress that was attacked and restaurants or airports or gas stations. is of this hate speech coming from those that are pro-speech. they do not let the other side talk. if you think these people will run the country with the hate

speech they do not want to hear, they will be the once saying it, it is ridiculous. i am fed up with a lot of this stuff. time polls were accurate? how much faith the put in polls? can you talk about how you deal with polling? sean: polling has actually been good. we have had a number of sexual elections -- special elections. the averages have been close within a point or two. time, there's a tendency to over interpret polls. people see the number that is is up and they think that how it is going to turn out. it is not the case.

polls are just small samples of the population at large and have error margins. right buthe number is it can be points off in either direction. so when the polls are off a couple points in a few places, it can make a big difference in the outcome like an 2016. we did not think we will see massive poll errors. and thenill say 42 they will win 60-40. they could be off a point. for: a great place to go your polling information because they list results of the polls. those out yesterday, dozens over the past couple of days. plenty of information. we do not have to wait much longer. lewis is in georgia, a republican. >> good morning.

, would like to ask your guest what percentage of polls that we are exposed to through the press , shows like this. what percentage do you think are purposely skewed by the questions they ask to serve the democrats liberalism, , or republicans? believe the new york times did a poll. i would not -- you could not pay me to believe it because i know it will be slanted against the republicans. john: how do trust polls? sean: we do see polls from openly partisan pollsters.

, they set theul bounds of where we might expect things to turn out. the republicans give a best case for republicans and the democrats for democrats. it will be somewhere between those two. the other thing, the question of wording. , that is why it is important to swath ofe do, a broad polls. the truth is somewhere in the middle. john: when you average you find that compiled average is closer in 2016 that some of the others? time, the average is closer to the truth than any poll. in any given cycle there may be

one that has a good model that is better than the average and that is inherent in averages. average -- rs, our john: the average right now when ,t comes to the generic ballot explain what that is and does that matter? sean: the generic ballot is a question who do you plan to vote for her it sometimes you hear people talk about generic and that is what they are referring to. plan to voteying i more democrats by seven points. the problem is they go into the booth and they say i kind of like my congressman even if i do not like republicans or democrats and they end up pulling the lever for their member of congress. that is why the generic ballot at this point is not the best

indicator. house polling is a better indicator. we are not surprising we see it off points. the democrats when the popular vote, we would not be shocked. louisville, ohio, independent. the guy from alabama said he was 80. i'm 60 and grew up in the troy. to troyerence between to and alabama is called the civil war. we had union labor in the troy. -- detroit. i have written three books. i have owned businesses. i can reconcile a balance sheet.

what happened here in the past 50 years, we went from the greatest civilization to a nazi germany. theappened by destroying political and economic system in the midwest. it was destroyed beginning with the south. political ideology led by texas. with their war, oil, illegal labor. john: what is your question for sean as we look ahead to the next 24 hours. are billionaire some connecticut and california. point --ve a beginning we have to look at where we are now. -- hilarylection clinton versus bernie sanders.

people at a000 bernie sanders convention and there are 50 people at the andary convention and msnbc the people that work there say hillary clinton has a 30% lead on bernie sanders. the whole process works is way out. you want to talk about the influence on the democratic side of bernie sanders and taylor clinton from 2016 and what it means heading into tomorrow? sean: bernie sanders and hilary clinton are the two faces of the democratic party. you have the traditional going back to the 90's, new democrat base that the thought to way to win elections -- elections was attacked the center.

hillary was more aggressive on social issues. you have bernie sanders representing the progressive wing. interesting is how this plays out in the general election of the democratic primary. if you see progressive like guillen -- gilliam winning governorships. it'll make it harder to win the democratic primary in 2020. john: in the article we reference, what a republican hold would look like, you predicted it would be a bad night for republicans in new jersey. greg is in new jersey. say, if youike to look at everything trump has

done from foreign policy, to the economy and go point by point, he has done a good job. president, ie understand he is unprofessional and he turns off a lot of people. the final result is what counts. immigration, if you look at the caravan, and i would not call it the caravan. saying all the people are bad people. i'm hearing a lot of people from the left saying they want health care. even the radical ones they get paid for doing nothing. they want salary for just being. come and theyple

will acquire services, health care, education. and notl go to school have the basics of english. it will be a problem. when they say they support health care and open borders those to not go together. caravan question mark -- caravan? isn: i don't doubt it energized some voters. the one thing republicans don't want to talk about his health care. it does not make anyone happy. they did not get it passed. they did get something to the house. andliberal leaning democrats are not happy. immigration appeals to their base. that is part of the dynamic, trying to use the president to

shape the field on terrain that is not favorable to republicans. john: we have been taking a look at ads leading to the issues. pennsylvania,om republican, scott wagner. his at about the caravan. there's a big difference between scott wagner and tom wolf. illegalsus caravan of careens, two more behind it and liberal -- he opposes the call to send troops and supports dangerous which attracts more illegals. scott wagner will keep pennsylvania safe. band sanctuary cities. stop the caravan. to theake us pennsylvania governor's race. sean: it is a race not looking

terribly competitive. the republicans lost it in the 2014 election. has been competent and you do not fire them. what you see is how the politics of immigration plays out. if you want to win as a republican in pennsylvania you have to energize voters in southwest pennsylvania. these cultural issues are how you do it. these moves to not appeal to suburbanites. you see the trade-off involved. in making these appeals. democrats are avoiding them. john: this is not a race to competitive question mark -- competitive? here is amy, democrat in that race with her closing ad. amy, i flew 89 combat

missions as a marine. mission is next running for congress. this is my mission, health care is a fundamental right that should begin team. that is why i will take on anyone to wants to eliminate or undermine the affordable care act. taking my kids to get a shot. i would like to see the other guy running do with this. john: [video clip] guest: like i said, that's the issue that democrats want to talk about. pre-existing conditions and they increasingk about access to health care because that's something that generally appeals to people regardless of party. you notice that advertising is almost all biography. there is a reference to the health care issue that that's how you run and that's how you win and republican leaning district like this. left less than 30 minutes

on our election eve show. we are taking your calls about the races that you are most interested in watching. here are the phone numbers -- ruth in hyattsville, maryland, democrat, go ahead. caller: i am in maryland and it's a fairly uneventful election where unfortunately been jealous raised the white flag long ago. forward to the 2020 election and i'm concerned about the polling that shows that the midterm could be problematic for the republicans. polls giveetimes the people a false sense of security so that may be as many democrats will not turn up.

i'm also concerned about the fact that are most reliable paper, the washington post is so anti-trump that the picture on the front of the washington post today shows donald trump speaking to a group of what or 100 people but it's apparently a rally in macon, georgia that was 40,000 people. giving democrats a false sense of security. i am actually worried about democratic turnout and i wonder what you think about that. we will let you respond as we show viewers the front page of the washington post today. guest: we don't see a lot of devin's -- evidence that the democrats are not enthused. we see higher levels of engagement than we have seen in previous midterm elections. what's new is we are also seeing high levels of them louisiana's him from republicans. this is an election where he think some of the traditional concerns of democrats don't necessarily apply.

we have seen a drop off in democratic turnout in 2010 and 2014 but not so much this time. it's also reflected in early voting where democratic turnout has been robust. willnot a situation where collapse and it doesn't look like it's absolutely through the roof either. we also have the election day vote to go. host: patrick in fairfax virginia, republican, good morning. caller: good morning. one thing i wanted to talk about which is how crazy the new wave of voting is, not really the people voting but just the advertising or voting targeted at younger voters all over social media, for example. they are asking kids to vote and asking them if they've registered and video games are asking kids to vote and it's kind of crazy. i was curious if you could talk about the virginia governor's race. host: how old are you? caller: i'm 24.

i'm going to vote in the first time i voted was in the first obama election. i remember them coming for us then but now it seems like it's targeted in more tactical ways. host: do you think it will work in 2018? people oh, yeah, i think -- i know kids my age are more decided about voting they have been now because it's such an important race if you look all around at what's at stake in the senate and the house and the fact that we just got kavanaugh in as well. we really have a risk of all three branches of our government in control by one party. it's kind of scary which means this election is important. before you go, you wanted to talk about the governor's race in virginia or the senate race this year? caller: the senate race.

we are seeing some indication of youth engagement that's up. peoplelly see, a lot of vote on election day so we will have to see whether that carries through. obviously, the democrats would love to see the youth vote out because it tends to be more group democratic these days than the republican debate but that's not always the case. as far as the virginia senate see it being us over sent the republican primary. cory stewart is just not right for the virginia we have today where a large chunk of the ballot is being cast in cities like richmond and newport news and in the virginia suburbs. he doesn't seem to have enough appeal to the type of voters who cast the most votes in virginia today. host: walk through your senate map, especially the map that has the senate with no races and

what that means and where that would leave us if that is the turnout tomorrow. we are gettingw, polls every minute so since i've been in this chair, the races have probably changed. i believe we have republicans picking up a seat in the senate which is a disappointing result of them given the number seats that democrats were defending in on friendly territory. democrats are defending 10 seeds in seats the donald trump one, five of them in states he won walking away. the ability to get out of the selection losing just one seat, we cannot rule out the possibility that republicans seat.ven or lose a that's a tremendous result for democrats. there aree time, always error margins and many of these races are close and would not be a shock to see republicans win two or three. getting republicans back up to 52 seats in the senate would mean they were not dependent.

lisa murkowski and susan collins , jeff flake will no longer be a senator. if there were to be another supreme court vacancy, that's the main stakes in the senate is that they would not be dependent on those two moderate votes for the replacement. the way you would have it today is republicans picking up claire mccaskill seat in missouri, heidi heitkamp's seat in north dakota and democrats gaining the arizona seat from retiring senator jeff flake. loretto, cleveland, ohio, go ahead. caller: good morning, america. with all the voter suppression going on, it's a wonder republicans are not picking up more seats. i'm just wondering, why do republicans have such a hard time with the golden rule?

you are supposed to treat people the way you are -- the way you want to be treated. what i'm looking at is republicans turning white supremacists, coming on with all this hate, putting babies in cages and killing people in the street. what's going on? are you showing us how you want to be treated? host: we will stay in ohio with mike in warren, ohio, independent. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. i was just calling to find out if you could give me any numbers on the 13th ohio congressional district incumbent tim ryan the zio.crat against chris depie guest: back in 2016, that was a

race we thought maybe this was a district tart -- starting to shift away from democrats. president trump did very well in a district and he has a lot of appeal among blue-collar whites in that district was chock full of them. at the same time, we have not gotten any pulling out of there but we have seen similar districts, a district in northeastern pennsylvania, matt cartwright with a couple of polls out of there that suggest he is in a solid position. if tim ryan were to lose, that would be a major upset. it's not something i think anyone is seeing coming right now. if you're joining us from ohio, what could be the change to the house map in ohio? guest: i think we have a couple of districts that are in the leans category and one tossup in the 12 district where i live. whichhe columbus suburbs has traditionally been republican but has shifted away from republicans.

we had a close special election this fall decided by about 1200 votes. at the same time, we have a district in suburban cincinnati, district in suburban cleveland where we think the republicans have an edge but the polling is not in very robust in individual house races. we have no idea what's going on in the 14th and less what's going on in the first. republican losses would be a surprise but not a shocker. host: idaho, republican, good morning. caller: good morning, c-span and thank you for taking my call. i have just a statement i would like to say. in the intermountain area, we are looking good for republicans. the gal who called in, the democratic gal who called in and said we are keeping children in cages, she of course realizes that when you want to be treated the same way, obama did the same caravans"g to the "

coming up from the south. she needs to check her facts. go republicans. john in herndon, virginia, democrat, good morning. caller: i would like to ask about the governor race in wisconsin.my next question is , i think we are quiet about everything, most of us because republicans let us down. the reason day did that, they should control this present who touch.of i really don't care about republican or democrat. i always vote my conscience and my pocketbook and whoever i think will do something good for the country. we need to get off his bandwagon. it's like the previous caller who just called. this is ignorance that we need to [indiscernible] republicans will get punished because they did not do their

, hiso control donald trump rhetoric, his attacks. that is not what kind of country we are in. guest, int to ask your think you made a mistake last time. we believe you guys do a good job when it comes to the polling. guest: host: we will ask about the governor's race in wisconsin. guest: the governor's race in beennsin, scott walker has perennially in danger since he won in 2010. he survived a recall election and survived a strong challenge in 2014. it looks like 2018 might be different. he has not been polling particularly well in wisconsin. he has been trailing is relatively unknown democratic opponent. if we end up with a democratic wave and not a very powerful one would be needed would put scott walker out of the governor's office.

it's definitely doable for the democrats. predictiono tossups has democrats+7 seats. how that expectation has changed over the course of the cycle. guest: we knew republicans would be in trouble in a couple of seats. governor's races would be tough. in this environment, those would be tricky. it was the same story in illinois. surpriseen more of a has been the way things have played out in some of these swing states. ohio look like it had a swing toward the republicans in 2018 or 2016 that seems to have receded.

then we have these two governors races in georgia and florida were very progressive african-american candidates look like they might pull off what would be -- what would have been considered shocking victory the year ago. thesef those races republicans were probably too conservative. things have shifted against republicans in the last couple of years. host: why do you have andrew gillam having a better shot at picking up that florida seat? we go off the poll averages in their better for andrew gillam in florida. florida is the perennial swing state. if you edit the presidential votes going up to 1992 in florida, the different between republicans and democrats is about 10,000 votes. when it's not a great environment for republicans won't we are not surprised to see a democrat when. georgia is more republican.

it has a republican lean to it. it's not surprising that a gubernatorial candidate in georgia would run a little behind a dubin -- a democratic candidate in florida. host: with about 50 minutes left, we go to mary in potomac, maryland, independent. caller: yes, i live in maryland but about 10 of us from maryland spannburgerlps outside richmond and i knocked on about 33 doors and out of those 33, only one said that he wwas was not going to vote for brats. . said they were all republicans and now they have switched to democrats because of the lies that they hear.

one is that the democrats want open borders and they don't mind gang members coming in. the second one that bothered them was that 18 times, the theblicans tried to repeal three existing condition and health care and now that they won the votes, they are doing a real 180. that's what bothered them the most. host: take us to that virginia house map. guest: that was initially drawn as a republican gerrymander. republicans thought they would hold onto the second, fifth, and seventh district but because of the way the cycle has played outcome of those races are all different degrees of vulnerability. most people agree that barbara comstock is probably not going

to be a member of congress after the vote. then you have these three districts that are looking like tossups.two of those are suburban district and one is a rural district that has some democratic dna to it. consistent with the storyline we are seeing. the republicans especially in the suburbs are weakening among their traditional voters. host: plenty to talk about in the land of 10,000 lakes. brad is in international falls, minnesota, republican, go ahead. caller: good morning to you both. i have been listening to your people calling in and i've got something that i've been thinking about for the longest time. it's how we manipulate the people. this is how it's done is that andhave oversampled polls you tell one side that they are winning and they will vote.

this is not something new. it started in 1950 with operation mockingbird. it was the way we manipulate people through the media. we are at the point right now again. it has not ended even though the cia quit doing it. they haven't but -- the only way the democrats really have a chance of having the media on their side and telling them they will win because that's the only chance they have. if they don't think they're going to win, they will not come out and vote. host: back to the question about trusting the polls. guest: i don't think the cia's manipulating our polls. i think we have to be cognizant that the polls have error margins and they can be wrong. we should not take them entirely literally. at the same time, it's important to remember that in 2016, the polls were uniformly against donald trump, in the search --

certainly in the midwestern states anyone there anyways what don't think the polls of the impact on people's voting the people assume. if anything, bad polls for republican incurs republicans to vote and democrats a false sense of security. host: do you want to walker your the house map in minnesota and where it stands? guest: yeah, minnesota is another state where we are seeing some republican erosion in the suburbs. the third district is traditionally republican and i think we'll probably see a flip there. the second district is more getting to the outer suburbs. one ins a republican who a surprising way in 2016. he is a talk radio host and is probably too conservative for the district. the state has two of the few real pickup opportunities for republicans in this map. the open district in the eighth which stretches from minneapolis -- st. paul suburbs to duluth and the first district contains

rochester and runs across the southern border. pickupre real republican opportunities and in a close race, that could be the difference maker. host: arlene in san francisco, a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i am worried about the russian hacking of the voting machines like they did last time. i voted by mail in paper ballot in california. what steps have been taken to prevent the hacking of this year's voting machines? host: do you think votes were changed last election question mark caller: i think in three states, they were. there was some manipulation. that's how trump got elected. host: do you want to talk about the voting machines? guest: yeah, i think having some concerns about the integrity of the ballot talks come i think that's fine. that's healthy and we should always try to make the election's safer.

at the same time, there was a , it's unfortunate, that was put up by some academics speculating on voting tampering in wisconsin and pennsylvania and michigan. some of those states had paper ballots so there wasn't a way for the russians to actually come in. and hacked the machines it was kind of wild speculation. i think it has gotten a lot of people worked up in ways that is not appropriate. overall, we don't have a lot of hard evidence that russians actually infiltrated and hacked the voting count. the evidence that they try to influence the outcome of the election is a different story. host: champaign, illinois, victoria, independent, go ahead. caller: i think most people are debating if the republican party is truly a party of and for the american people and protectors of our laws and our constitution.

are they just for donald trump's agenda? said, donald trump's administration has lied to the american people. and he himself has told more than 6000 lies in only two years. we must constantly seek out the truth daily, i do. of alls is the fakest the neck courts -- networks and i watched fox and all the other news channels and i watch national news and world news. i'm trying to get a perspective of what's going on in the world. we can't just trust one news source. i collect all the news and that i make my judgments for myself. the news and watching worldwide news, you are not feeling informed about what's going on. trump preaches hate and they are nothing more than televised klan rallies. host: for viewers were not familiar with real clear politics, do you want to talk about that?

guest: i was thinking that is a softball. will love real clear politics. we go out of our way to find articles, points of view discussing both sides of an issue so your readers can read a prorepublican article or pro-democratic article and decide for themselves which argument should carry the day. we go to great pains to try to pair stories in our main feed. your viewer would really enjoy that. host: real clear politics.com is the website. 2009, i started there in almost a decade. host: currently senior elections analyst in with us for less than 10 minutes, taking your calls about the races you are most interested in tomorrow. diane from winter park, florida, democrat, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm a suburban mom.

everyone says this areas determining the election. i voted by mail. i voted straight republican ticket and i have two millennials and i do vote. in their interest. i wanted to make two points about trump that i think are unique. all, he does not have to answer to lobbyists like a lot of presidents before him. a lot oft have to have money behind him. he had money of his own. that's really not what put them into power. the reason he can do what he can do is because he does not have to answer to any of these lobbyists. he can call up the drug company and say, lower your prices. he doesn't owe them anything. i think that's unique about him. the second thing i have seen unique about him that i have never heard another president do that i think is pretty profound is he talks about the people

that are wounded in these terrorist acts, not just the ones killed. he has talked and i have heard him numerous times in rallies talk about the people wounded and how it affects and impacts their lives for the rest of their lives and how sometimes that's even more the tragedy than the deaths because living with a wound that impact your life for the rest of your life is no fun. host: do you want to talk about president trump in florida? guest: president trump is someone -- there are times that he has shown a real presidential behavior. they are just overshadowed by some of things he says on twitter and some of the things he says in speeches. i think it will be interesting after the selection if republicans have a rough night if he can moderate or if he been.s down on who he has

in florida, the president is not overwhelmingly unpopular like we see in some of the other deep blue states. is not popular either. inrick scott comes up short andrew gillum is elected governor of florida, republicans lose two or three or four seats in congress, you're not going to have very far to look for your explanation. it will be because president trump did not use his presidency to broaden his base in the number of people who approve of the job he is doing. host: a reminder that c-span is covering president trump's rallies today on election day eve. he will be in ohio at 3:00 p.m. today. he will then go to ft. wayne, indiana at 6:30 p.m. and then to missouri at 10:00 p.m. we will air those rallies live on c-span and www.c-span.org and

you can listens to them on the free c-span radio app. walnut creek, california, line for democrats, go ahead. caller: good morning, the democratic party seems to be saying that two big issues, health care and free college. what i don't understand -- pre-existing conditions. idea of pre-existing conditions. as far as free health care for all and free colleges, i have one major question -- how are we going to pay for this? the estimates are over 10 years, free health care would cost $32 trillion. we don't have that kind of money. i don't want to hear about we will get a tax bill and all these other people. put those billionaires together, we don't have enough to pay for the first year of free health care. where's it going to come from?

that gets a little ise,ide my area of expert but the answer you will hear from democrats is going to be that after the latest round of tax cuts, they don't have a lot of patience for how they will pay for it. republicans will cut taxes and not spend. the other thing is most of the single-payer advocates that i on theint to savings persons and. you won't have to pay health care premiums or out-of-pocket expenses anymore. butheir view, it offsets again, i don't have the expertise to evaluate those arguments. tell our last 30 seconds, us about election night at real clear politics. guest: i will be at my home in columbus, ohio at my desk with my laptop constantly refreshing

everywhere i can look and hoping that one way or another, we know pretty early in the night so i don't have to stay up to watch california returns. real viewers can go to clear politics.com for the updates. we appreciate your time. that's going to do it for "washington journal." we will be back tomorrow morning for election day starting at 70 caught in eastern and 4:00 pacific. in the meantime, have a great monday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] caller: [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

>> live today at 1:00 we will hear from doris kearns goodwin on her latest book, leadership in turbulent times. you can also watch live online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app keep ep. ahead of tomorrow's elections, president trump campaign for republican candidates. 605 -- at 6:05at eastern and another rally in missouri at 10:00 eastern. with one day until the election, c-span is your primary source for campaign 2018. >> which party will control the house and senate? watch c-span's live election night coverage as the results come in from races across the country. here victory in concessions beaches from the candidates.

then wednesday morning at 7:00 eastern we will get your reaction to the election on "washington journal." --pan, your primary chores your primary source for campaign 2018. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. in our stop in montpelier, vermont, we asked folks which party should control congress and why. me isimportant issue to the social justice issues regarding women's rights. turningwe are at a point in the u.s. history and i think there is a good lawmakers andr those who are being elected to office to make a big difference and turn the tide on what is going on in the country regarding that. one of the issues that is

important to me is mental health issues and having enough money in the budget to deal with all of the mental health issues that is going on in the world right now. >> as far as i see it, i think with the atmosphere of the u.s. political scene, i think our two party system has failed us and does not represent a vast array of ideologies. if you compare the legislation and ideals of a republican and democrats, you can see a lot of similarities. it does not big knowledge and address any other political issues and creates a mundane population that does not want to of ader the idea third-party or different ideologies in politics or legislation could it has created

a stagnant environment for politics and ideology in the united states. we need folks with different ideologies and viewpoints -- versus people who see issues in the underlying moral fabric of the united states. >> i know who i am not voting for, that is as far as i have gotten so far. the upcoming election is much the important to me, as last two years under president forp have not been ideal any of the lgbtq community and as the issue of the current -- the current trans issue happening in court will greatly affect me because i will be le and ioning to ma have several friends who are

trans. eyesnew policy is in my just further evidence of why the government has no business -- no business being involved in my life. i do not think this is something they should have a say in, but they have been voting about a lot of things they should not have a say in. it is important to me that this is resolved because if it is not, that takes away more rights from me and my ability to exist. >> voices from the states. part of c-span's 50 capitals tour.