finally cracked into that ketamine elon sent him for christmas. so, what do you do when you get attacked by a demon in bed? you call your assistant, of course. >> i call my assistant. the only evangelical christian i know well enough to call with something bizarre like that, totally bizarre like that. and she said oh, yeah, no, no, that happens. people are attacked in their bed by demons. what? what are you talking about? >> jimmy: when he laughs, do you think that's him laughing? or the demon laughing? i mean, this is bonkers. you've got the dogs. this is basically the story of son of sam. they even have video of tucker talking to the demon. >> take me to the capitol, i said. i grabbed the one by the neck. and when i was rebuffed, i went over to the other one. and i grabbed him in a chokehold. >> jimmy: sorry, demon, that one has no soul to steal.

and then we have beelzeblob's running mate, j.d. vance, who made this confusing closing pitch to voters in wisconsin. >> this is a six-pack under the leadership of kamala harris. this is a six-pack under the leadership of donald j. trump. let's make america great again. >> jimmy: no, no, that first six-pack looked pretty big to me. why, if you're trying to make a comparison using visual aids to show the difference between the horrible, terrible america of kamala harris and then the dream-like fantasy of trump land, why is the biggest cans of beer anyone has ever seen? vance was in atlanta today, and you really have to believe trump knows he made a mistake with this one. >> i've met people who have been killed by illegal criminals brought into this country across that wide open southern border. >> jimmy: he met dead people. that's right. possibly one of those tucker carlson bed demons we've been hearing about. and i dont know if you're aware of this, but these people want to be in the white house.

here's my closing argument, if you will. forget about what side you're on. i would like you to take a moment to imagine a world in which you wake up in the morning, you check the news, and no one says the words donald or trump. it's just a bunch of normal, boring stuff. [ cheering and applause ] wouldn't that be nice? no lawn signs. no red hats. no arguing with your grandpa. you check the sports, al roker does the weather, and off to work you go. wouldn't that be nice? let's remove this cancerous polyp from our collective national colon and move on. [ cheering and applause ] and don't forget to vote. we've got a very good show for you tonight. allison janney is with us. we have music from the great stevie nicks. and the world series mvp from the dodger, freddie freeman. we'll be right back. ♪ >> lou: abc's "jimmy kimmel live!" brought to you by

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look at this -- >> hits the ball to right field. it is gone! [ cheering ] >> jimmy: the power of the los angeles dodger to an eighth world series title. a million fans showed up to cheer him on saturday. please give a big l.a. welcome. to the most valuable player freddie freeman! [ cheering and applause ] >> jimmy: wow, what an unbelievable performance that was. >> i appreciate that, thank you. >> jimmy: is this something you imagined as a boy? >> yeah, i mean, you always dream about wanting to be in the world series. and then ultimately winning one. but to do it from a place where you're from in southern california, i think that made it a little bit special.

[ cheering ] >> jimmy: and to do it in such -- it's like the description that you have. be playing whiffle ball and go okay, it's the tenth inning. it's extra innings, we're down by a run. and i have to say, i was at game one. and i watched what you did, which was incredible. and i want to ask you a couple of things because i was imagining what was going through your brain at that time. so they intentionally walk mookie betts to get to you. >> yes. >> jimmy: they put him on first. the bases are now loaded. and i turn to my buddy, cleto. i said freddie's mad. they intentionally walked. he is mad. this is going to be good. were you annoyed? >> i'm not annoyed because -- if you follow baseball, once you saw them get second and third on shohei's foulout, i kind of knew. that is the matchup. but i was replaying everything my process that i was going to go with in that moment. i wasn't really thinking about mookie getting walked. i was going over my plan in that

moment. >> jimmy: you had a plan going into the at-bat? >> yes. >> jimmy: i will tell you another thing. our other pal jimmy sitting next to me is going please don't swing at the first pitch. please don't swing at the first pitch. >> i'm glad he was wrong. >> jimmy: i'm glad you didn't listen. [ applause ] >> you want to know my thought process? >> jimmy: yeah. >> i had watched a bat against shohei against nestor. usually when shohei walks into the box, your back is against the wall. it's most likely a home run. i wanted to see how he would pitch to shohei. and a lot of cutters and sliders. i'm just going to move my sights closer to me and try and be on the fastball. if i'm on the fastball the inside part of the plate, i won't swing at cutters or sliders. and he threw it right where i was looking. >> jimmy: he sure did. >> you got to hit 'em too. that's the hard part. you can be looking in certain spots. sometimes you miss the mistakes you get. >> jimmy: yeah. i would miss every single time.

>> i'm glad i didn't miss in that moment. >> jimmy: have you spoken to nester? >> no. >> jimmy: did you say thanks? you should send him a little something. >> i don't know how to go about that one. >> jimmy: a fruit basket would be nice. i think that is the appropriate gift. we have a moment with kiké in the locker room after the game. >> i don't know. >> jimmy: now why did he know you were still wearing a cup? >> i think we all know kiké now. he is not a hugger up stop. he is a hugger from here and pull you in kind of guy. >> jimmy: he is a butt-hugger. >> he is going to feel everything that you have. that's kiké. >> jimmy: besides the story being great on its own, it's so great because of what you went through this season and the love from the damage dodgers fans wy

incredible, not just during the world series, but throughout the whole season. >> yeah, it's special. i think everybody that kind of nose my family and i went through a lot with our son maximus getting guillain-barre ray late july. and when i came back that july was one of the most special things i've ever been a part of, a standing ovation by 53,000 people when i first came back. i tried to reciprocate that move, that moment. sometimes it takes a couple of months. three months later i was able to put on a world series to remember. [ cheering and applause ] >> you know, there are different ways you can show love. i'm glad i was able to show it with performance as well. >> jimmy: you not only had the bad ankle, but you had a rib injury of some kind. >> i had a costal cartilage defect, which is essentially a broken rib. that happened the night before the nlds game 1 against the padres. i was hitting in the cage and

dropped to the ground. i needed help getting out of the cage. i was in mr 2 that night. i thought i had blown my oblique out and what not. came back and well, i think i can play through that, right? with some help. so i wasn't really able to walk in that morning. and we did a lot of treatment. you know i was a gametime decision every single day. it was mostly my rib, not my ankle. the ankle wasn't very good either. >> jimmy: have you heard from kurt gibson? >> yeah. he actually sent a message through one of the executives of the dodgers saying congratulations, yeah. i got to meet him earlier this year. very nice guy. he does the tigers stuff. so i get to see him a lot. >> jimmy: now he's got share that spotlight with you. no. i think we're okay sharing it. that's world series wins. >> jimmy: 12 rbis is the -- you tied the record held by a member of the yankees. [ applause ] bobby richardson in 1960. >> and he lost.

>> jimmy: and he lost. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and he did it -- that was a seven-game series. you did it in five games. so really, you are the record holder. >> ah, i appreciate that. >> jimmy: mookie was here. he told us that the dance that you guys do when you get a hit is something that you came up with courtesy of a bottle of wine, actually, he said. >> i'm sure it was, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: would you show us just a little of that? [ cheering ] >> it's a lot better with a bottle of wine, i promise. >> jimmy: you know you're going have to do that to every wedding you go to for the rest of your life. >> i did that on a stage. it's a lot easier when you hit a double. when you're prompted it's a little awkward. >> jimmy: well, think of it as this was like a double, i think. well, it's great to have you here. thank you so much for coming. >> i appreciate you. >> jimmy: i know you're probably exhausted in every way. >> can you tell a little bit? >> jimmy: i'm sure you are.

you have to be. you'd be inhuman not to be. it was so much fun. and especially when we needed it. >> i appreciate that. >> jimmy: freddie freeman, everybody! the champion. oh my god! oh, i forgot this. >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: i got you a present. [ cheering ] we'll be right back with allison janney! ♪ >> lou: portions of "jimmy kimmel live!" are brought to you by menage a trois. indulge today in one of their 20 award-winning wines. like a relentless weed, moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission...

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♪ >> jimmy: hi. welcome back to the show. stevie nicks is on the way. our next guest is a super talent who knows her way around a west wing, and now, is back in the white house for season two of "the diplomat." watch it on netflix now. please say hello to allison janney. [ applause ] >> jimmy: look at you in dodger blue. >> yeah, i picked it just for this occasion. >> jimmy: you look like you were the mvp of the world series. freddie came out in a cardigan. >> i know. and i didn't even get to meet him. i was in my jeans. i did get to meet him, but i was in my before show outfit.

>> jimmy: i see, i see. >> this would have been fantastic for him to see. >> jimmy: well, maybe you throw out the first pitch next season or something. >> oh, god, no. no. no. >> jimmy: you were from ohio. were you a reds fan? >> oh, the big red machine, absolutely. >> jimmy: those were great teams. >> my dad would take us to the games all the time. >> jimmy: yeah oh really? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: do you remember the lineup? >> johnny bench and pete rose and tony perez. >> jimmy: george foster. >> george faster. >> jimmy: davy concepcion. >> sparky anderson was the coach, the manager. >> jimmy: right. >> yeah, it was a great team, fantastic. >> jimmy: you brought a photograph that is puzzling to me, because this is you as a little kid. that's you. >> yeah. with my brothers. and that is -- well, we had a lot of differing opinions on who that was. >> jimmy: okay. we have determined that it was rod gaspar. >> rod gaspar. >> jimmy: of the miracle mets.

>> of the miracle mets. my grandparents were friends with someone who had an in there. and we would get to go down to the dugout and get pictures taken. >> jimmy: do you remember this day? >> i do. i do remember that day. >> jimmy: i wonder if rod remembers this. >> i'm sure he does. >> jimmy: aware that he is in a photograph with such a prestigious person. i mean, that's -- what a great picture that is. so you i understand have started a band. >> oh, well, yeah. >> jimmy: and it's not just a regular band. it's like a super group, if you will. >> yeah. >> jimmy: tell us who was in the band with you. >> okay. courteney cox you may know. >> jimmy: yes, we know courtney. >> she plays the piano in the band. mary mccormack, also fact actor. >> jimmy: what instrument does mary play? >> mary sings. mary is a great singer. she can harmonize and all that. and i thought tambourine for me. but they said no. i had to be the guitar player. and i don't know how to play the

guitar. >> jimmy: okay, that's a problem. >> as a result, we have not had any gigs yet. but we get together and do photo shoots and things. all the stuff that bands do when they're not playing. we do that stuff. >> jimmy: what is the name of the band? >> it's called the broken dolls. >> jimmy: the broken dolls. >> yep. >> jimmy: that seems like it would be taken. have you googled it? >> that was mary's job. i think she checked it out. i don't think there is any. if anything, i don't know. >> jimmy: are you going to learn how to play the guitar? >> i've been trying to. i have a guitar in my house. >> jimmy: so you're taking lessons? >> i did take some lessons. it's just not going as well. i thought since i had -- i had very large hands. that's going to make me a better guitar player. >> jimmy: i think you're right. >> it doesn't correlate. >> jimmy: it doesn't? really. >> no. >> jimmy: and these gigs take place in the house? >> well, we've had a couple of rehearsals that didn't go so well. because i don't know how to play the guitar. >> jimmy: yeah. >> but i can sing. it's just that one obstacle we

have to get over. >> jimmy: have you considered asking mary to learn to play the guitar. >> right? >> jimmy: and then you could sing. >> i could sing and play the tambourine and mar acas. my father is a guitar player. my brothers. i thought it was in my genes. not at all. >> jimmy: can i ask what you did for halloween? >> oh, well, i get dressed all all the time for work. >> jimmy: okay. >> so i find halloween a time -- i'm on the couch. i am not in a costume. i'm on the couch at home with my dogs. i'm relaxing. and just chilling out. and i also recently gave up sugar because it doesn't make me feel good. >> jimmy: so nothing. >> nothing. i do nothing. >> jimmy: nothing probably. you were in your house for halloween. >> yeah. >> jimmy: because i happen to live near you, and i hope this isn't rude, but my ring camera, i just wanted to ask you about

something that -- that i was wondering about. now this woman who as you'll see here stole all of the candy from the bowl at our house, that -- is that not you? because it looks a little bit -- like you [ applause ] r [ laughter ] >> so -- you're saying t there was a person who actually had a jason mask over an allison janney mask. >> jimmy: that's not what i was saying at all, no, no. i was thinking that -- and by

the way, if you're going to steal candy, you just keep the mask on the whole time. it makes no sense to suddenly reveal. all right. you know what? i see why you've given up sugar. you have a problem. [ laughter ] allison janney is here. her show is "the diplomat." we'll be right back. ♪ - happy birthday, dad. - happy birthday! - i got you something. - we said no gifts! we had to get you something. [paper crumpling] - thank you honey - i got you this. did you do this yourself? yeahhh, i had a great teacher. happy birthday! [typing on iphone keyboard] - love you. - love you, too. love you. thank you, sweetie. this is from me. - oh? - to you. ♪ ten little toes ♪ ♪ she has his nose ♪ ♪ i am genius (whoaaa) ♪ hank used to suffer from what felt like a cold & flu medicine hangover in the morning. ha ha. haha! uhh, hank!

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probably think you're too busy serving your country to get a blowout. but it raises bedhead which sends a signal which i think is better unsent. east and west, try a bra with a little padding. i know there is not much to hide, but when your jacket open, i'm getting headlights, which takes us to the south. that a paper clip? >> oh, yes. i had a zipper issue. >> when you're a second tier diplomat in a third world war zone, that may read as scrappy. >> that is kerem shalom and allison janney in season two of "the diplomat." do you play the vice president? >> yes. i got kind of a job promotion. >> jimmy: that's how it has to go, right? >> right. >> jimmy: is she based on anyone in particular or a group of people? >> well, i kind of based her loosely on hillary clinton. >> jimmy: you did? >> because of how seasoned she is as a politician and all the experience she's had, and also because -- i loved hillary. but she doesn't come off as a

very warm and fuzzy person. and i kind of thought that would be good for grace penn, the vice president. she was a little more steely than cj, a little more formal and steely and very well seasoned. >> jimmy: do you hear about the west wing a lot, especially nowadays? >> i do. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i do. as a cast have done a lot to go out and help for harris' campaign. we've done a lot -- [ cheering and applause ] >> jimmy: do people ask you like they ask me if i know -- if you know what's going on? >> yes. >> jimmy: and do you know what's going on? >> no. i mean, i do. i watch a lot of news things, but i can't -- i'm not comfortable talking about the way that grace penn is or the way cj was. so it's such a wishful film and fantasy fulfillment for me to play these kind of roles, to play the smartest person in the room, because i'm usually not the smartest person in the room. to be able to say this stuff, it feels fantastic. i feels so empowering. i love it.

>> jimmy: i bet. and also, i think the message is -- [ applause ] -- that people should -- i'm not saying when i say do you know what's going on, the stuff that we all know is going on is people have this idea that you have some secret information that is being shared only with you. you do not? >> i do not. i know nothing. >> jimmy: if you did, would you tell us? >> no, i wouldn't. >> jimmy: you would not. >> i don't. but there is such a great group on "the diplomat." they're such great actors keri russell. >> jimmy: she is fantastic. >> the script i read, the second season that is out there now, the last script, i read it. i've never had this happen to me before, and i literally through the script across the room. what the -- it was such an incredible. >> jimmy: really? >> yes. so everyone has to go binge the whole season. i'm only in the last two episodes. but it is such a spectacular ending. it's -- i get chills thinking about it. >> jimmy: excellent. allison janney, everybody. season two of "the diplomat" is on netflix now.

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>> jimmy: thanks to freddie freeman, allison janney, and stevie nicks. apologies to matt damon. "nightline" is next. thank you for watching, goodnight. [ cheering and applause ] ♪ the final campaign blitz. are we ready to win? with time running out before election day. >> this is it. this is the last one that we're going to have to do. >> the candidates for president making one last pitch with your vote tomorrow.

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>> thanks for joining us on this momentous election eve. the final sprint has just ended and the stakes could not be higher. vice president kamala harris and

former president donald trump barnstorming across key swing states. do we believe in the promise of america? >> and are we ready to fight for it? and when we fight, we win. >> you show up and you're going to have the biggest victory. you know what? this will be the single greatest victory, politically speaking, in the history of our country. >> here in the crucial state of michigan, historic levels of early voting. and i'm joined by my co-anchor, byron pitts in north carolina. byron, so much at stake. >> juju here in asheville, where the race is also incredibly close. you can still see the effects of hurricane helene. election officials have been scrambling to make sure residents here have a place to vote. another big issue in the election the gender gap is on full display in this state in

western north carolina. voter reachout hits different this year. it had to. >> our main focus today is checking in on the community and information dispersal surrounding fema and voting rights. >> that's one of the biggest needs that a lot of people have is cleaning supplies that have bleach in it, so that they can kill the mold spores before they rebuild their stuff. >> no scripts, no slogans. rather neighbor helping neighbor campaign hubris replaced by simple down home decency. >> the community has just showed up for each other. ultimately very appalachian energy to help your neighbor up in the mountains of watauga county. >> mariah cox and her team of outreach workers, the highland collective check on a mobile home community. some residents here experience intense flooding and home damage. >> and then i heard a boat coming by and i was hanging on that tree. >> still, they feel this election is too important to sit out. >> your poor people in your

middle class are struggling. our country is in a mess and we need a good leader. >> despite initial concerns, the percentage of those voting early in the 25 hard hit counties of western north carolina was actually higher than the statewide average. >> we were able to open all of our early voting sites that we had intended to open, which was six for our county. we're a purple county in a purple state, so both sides are very motivated. >> we was cut off for a long time. >> 60 miles away in solid red yancey county bridges down and roads closed. tested early voters. how far out of your way did you have to go to vote? >> either we had to drive through the river, or go all the way back into tennessee and back around, which is an hour and 45 minutes. >> so let me get this straight. so people, in order to vote early, vote, some of them folks had to drive into tennessee, come back around an hour and a half to vote. yeah. now the church parking lot has become a temporary relief site, and tomorrow residents will vote in this tent. it's not just celine

bringing national attention to the tar heel state. a key in the road to the white house. it's the only battleground where trump won in 2020. but the democrats think they have a definite shot this year. both candidates hitting the state hard and honing in on women. historically the largest voting bloc in the country. >> i want to protect the women of our country, they said. said, sir, i just think it's inappropriate for you to say, pay these guys a lot of money. can you believe it? i said, well, i'm going to do it whether the women like it or not, he simply does not respect the freedom of women or the intelligence of women. >> our latest abc news ipsos poll, showing a clear divide between male and female voters, trump up five points with male voters. harris up by 11 with

women. women have the numbers in north carolina and can make all the difference if they turn out for a certain candidate. one key target the suburbs. >> we're in apex, north carolina. this is a republican neighborhood in the middle of a blue sea outside raleigh. >> cindy joyner, armed with star spangled shoes, sets out to canvass with republican women vying for state and local seats. >> we have knocked around 12,000 doors in our area. >> raleigh has been reliably blue since the 2008 presidential election of barack obama. >> dear heavenly father, we ask you, god, to continue to be a hedge of protection around president trump. >> from door knocking to sweet tea with a heaping helping of politics, republican women here are hoping their enthusiasm translates to votes. >> i am a supporter of trump. some people think trump is like a bully. he bullies the bully. he fights the bully for my values. >> i have a son in college and groceries for him at college are

more expensive. you know the tuition is more expensive. >> not only is the economy wors, but they're taking that money and they're spending it on programs and things that are not helpful to the average american. and we're all suffering for it. >> i'm active in the republican party because i feel like, especially for blacks, the democrat party, we voted 95% one way and that just isn't going to change the things in your life. i think he's doing a good job, and the women will come across the state in a suburb of charlotte. >> we call this canvasing from your couch. >> the women of a group dubbed red wine and blue are training others how to talk politics with their friends and family. >> people will listen to the people that they know and that they trust. >> janice robinson leads the group's north carolina chapter. the issues that matter to them, different from their republican counterparts reproductive rights, the abortion issue. >> it is a huge issue. i know a lot of a lot of the pundits want to say, oh, it's not that big of

an issue. they're wrong. it's an issue for all women. >> but these women democrats as well as independents say that decision is pretty clear cut. >> i'm voting for kamala harris. i think she just loves our country and our populace, regardless of who we are. >> this election is very important to me because there are groundbreaking things that are going to happen if i don't vote ro and the ensuing really dangerous limitations that have been placed on women's choices in many states is going to spur women to vote. >> that sense of importance is something that both candidates have touted since the beginning of their campaigns. we look now at another crucial state, one that could be either side's to win. juju. >> thanks, byron. here in michigan, the cornerstone of the democrats blue wall. it's a toss up. trump broke through that wall narrowly to beat hillary clinton in 2016. but president

biden took the state back to blue in 2020. now, just hours before polls open, voters are telling us what could be the difference between winning and losing here. >> i was raised to believe that the democrats are the party of the working people, and maybe at one time they were. i don't feel that way now. >> douglas king has been a member of the united auto workers union for nearly 30 years. he's lived in michigan his whole life, a state where every vote matters. and like so many other americans, the economy is his top issue. how do you feel like you've been in the last four years? >> i haven't been as well as i was four years ago. i'm actually worried about losing my job again and the price of groceries are high, the price of cars are high. >> both candidates barnstormed the great lakes state dozens of times. >> we cannot take any chances. so you've got to get out to vote. we know it is time for a new generation of leadership in america.

>> black voters are crucial in wayne county, where detroit is located, hillary clinton lost michigan by just over 10,000 votes, in part because of lower african-american turnout. early voting shows an uptick in women and new and younger voters in college towns. but two groups who used to be solidly dem may no longer be true blue trump has a lot of support on the plant floor. some union workers seem to be peeling away for trump, according to a recent quinnipiac poll, union households are less likely to vote democratic than in 2020. the united auto workers union, along with others, have endorsed harris with her. >> we know our voices will be heard and many members still believe the democrats are better for blue collar workers. >> we at the uaw are here to support anybody that supports us, and i love that she's there for the working class. >> trump is decidedly anti-worker in such a tight race. >> the more than half million union workers are key for harris, but king is no longer one of them. king says he voted

for obama twice, but he's voting trump for president for the third time. >> people are afraid to say they're voting for trump because trump supporters are put in a box, that there are these hateful, racist people, they're homophobic, and it's just not true. most of the people i know that are voting for trump, i wouldn't have anything to do with someone that was like that. >> another critical voting bloc for dems in michigan arab and muslim americans 300,000 strong. here, the largest percentage in the nation. >> the one tool that this country gives you is the opportunity to be able to vote. >> ali duggar isn't just a lifelong democrat. he's a party activist. but this election was different. his ballot had been sitting on his kitchen table in dearborn, michigan, unopened for weeks. not that long ago, you were thinking of voting third party. >> we've been in mourning for the past over a year on what's happening in gaza and now what's happening in lebanon. >> his family fled the war in lebanon when he was a child.

he's lost five family members to israeli bombings, and it's turned him into the rare, truly undecided voter. what do you think when you see the members of your community who just can't bring themselves to vote for harris walz? >> i had to think it out. i had to think through the message is simple, and that is if you don't vote, you don't count. >> dagger eventually casting his vote for harris. >> it is a very heavy heart that we're making this decision. but frankly, what's the alternative that we're presented with? do we look to a candidate like trump, who is in fact, although he says he wants peace? what are the terms of those peace? i'm a weight. >> i'm a weight. >> just last night, kamala harris came to michigan one last time before election day. >> and as president, i will do everything in my power to end the war in gaza. she for we the people, we decide. >> but for some in dearborn, it's too little, too late. >> i feel like i need to abandon and punish the democratic party

for not listening to their constituents. >> i typically vote democratically. i refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils at this point, and donald trump has been trying to capitalize on arab american anger. >> we want to have peace on earth all over, all over. >> he was in the wolverine state tonight on his last campaign. >> stop this is it. this is the last one that we're going to have to do. >> but zina osier, a progressive lawyer, says trump is not a better option. >> we will not be voting for any candidate that endorses genocide for us, for the war in gaza. >> and now southern lebanon hits home, she supported bernie sanders but voted for biden in 2020. she says harris hasn't done enough to earn her vote, and she's not alone. >> my grandparents have been in this country for over 50 years. they have voted democratic in every single presidential election. this is the first