then hillary clinton's chief strategist joel benenson responds. we'll discuss the campaign's ground game and last-minute drives to get to 270 electoral votes. plus, we'll ask our sunday panel about early voting and the impact of the fbi's renewed investigation as trump and clinton make their closing arguments. >> she has no energy. you know, you need energy to help this country. >> he has shown us now we have to decide who we are. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again today from new york city. we're coming to you from studio f, our brand new election headquarters here at fox. we're just two days from reporting the results as america decides who will be the next president of the united states. in a few minutes, we'll speak running mate, governor mike pence, and hillary clinton's top strategist joel benenson. but we begin with fox team coverage mike emanuel is with the clinton campaign in philadelphia. but we start with senior national correspondent john roberts, who's in sioux city, iowa, a state president obama carried twice b

does joel benenson have a point? smalli think he has a point. think the news organizations that turn their prominent real estate over the two the ridiculous averaging -- over to the ridiculous averaging, but bennison's own data suggested the same thing that clinton was going to win easily. people were discouraged by her lack of a clear message than they were by what was on some website, so he has got a tiny point, but man, they are taking some criticism, and justly so, for people blaming comey. blaming the upshot, sure. but that is not the fundamental reason she lost. john: it was the first part of your answer i anticipated because i know how you feel about this matter and how i feel about this matter which is the excessive specificity and now discredited precision of these polling averages which would come up with likelihood she was going to win is ridiculous, was ridiculous, and in the new york times, there is a huge amount of handwringing and retrospective .nalysis i agree with you also. it is not the thing that made the difference in the out

does joel benenson have a point? >> i'm not sure why you feel that way? think he has a small point. i think the news organizations that turn their prominent real estate over to the ridiculous averaging of polls, often by people who have never covered a presidential campaign event, bear some responsibility. and i do think that could have discouraged some voters. but benenson's own data suggested the same thing, that hillary clinton was going to win easily. and i think the fact that those people who didn't vote for hillary clinton who she needed were more discouraged by her lack of a clear message than they were by what was on some website. >> right. >> so he's got a tiny little point, but, man, they're taking some criticism, and justly so, from people who are questioning, blaming comey. did comey play a role? sure. blaming the upshot? sure. but that's not the fundamental reason why she lost. >> it was the first part of your answer that i anticipated, because i know how you feel about this matter and how i feel about this matter, which is that the excessive

her targeting is based on joel benenson polling. did polling in 2012 for president obama and saw how about krit and spot-on his work was. yes. they see nuopportunity in flori. talking more talk about puerto ricans but other latinos in florida are trending very democratic, and when you look at the influx of people coming in from south american, from central america, those are people turned off by donald trump's message. they feel his message is targeted towards them, and i think that the clinton campaign is capitalizing on those voters and that her strategy has been about talking to all of those different voters and i think that matters. understanding that hispanics aren't just one group nap matters to people. i'm recognizing the various communities within the hispanic voting bloc, and speaking to them. also, along those lines, not talked about as much i bring it up. asian-american voters. we've seen asian-american voters trend very democratic. starting in '08 and stronger in 2012 and she's targeting those voters, too, and they can m

both you and joel benenson who i also have to disclose is a friend also, but can be right about this,nd the reason he can is it could have had an effect, maybe they have internal numbers, i don't know, that shows it's now stabilized -- >> that's interesting. >> i don't know the answer to that. i'm not privy to their polling but it could have had an effect and then the voters came home back to the democratic party potentially. he could be right as we sit here today. >> meghan mccain, you have been there with your dad when he has run time and time again and things come up late in the campaign and what are the discussions like behind the scenes that kind of get you to then move forward? >> like moving past -- >> whatever is going on. >> it was a lot of alcohol and prayer. >> the best way to live. >> that comes up for campaigns all the time. they're usually not fbi investigations. >> i think each campaign is a reflection of the candidate's personality. hillary clinton is uptight, closed off, and not very fun. donald trump seems like he's still having a great time. he's got his family out

. >> we've not heard from joel benenson yet as far as i know -- >> what about people that told them like win this thing. >> they were not interested you may not win. we talked about it all the time. the lack of message is something, reporting today that bill clinton was concerned about that, too. they weren't interested in hearing about that. they were interested in hearing about how to take down donald trump. >> harold, like i said, in july, you told people to gasps at my son's wedding that donald trump was going to win. everybody was shocked and stunned. they didn't want to hear it. >> he had a rationale and i think that part of what mark is getting at and having said on th his show and your show, i understand you wanted to take trump down but the central element had to be the reason you don't want him is because i'm going to do this. i think secretary clinton had in her head what she wanted to do but at times it did not come out. that rationale was not the centerpiece and nucleus of the public communication from the campaign. >> michael steele, republicans have done this for years. yo

. >> we'll ask clinton campaign strategist joel benenson whether he agrees. >> plus -- >> what's come out since suggests that it's probably more likely explained that he knew that the fbi was not only a leaky sieve, but there were people within the fbi actively working, actively working to try to help the trump campaign. this is just absolutely staggering, and it is a massive blow to the integrity of that body. and so he probably felt pressure to do something because he felt like subordinants were going to do it if he didn't. >> accusations fly over james comey's handling of clinton's e-mail. is he trying to be a man to all people? but first, a man of all people, bill karins, with a check on the forecast. >> that's nice. that's very nice. let's get to the election day forecast. we're looking very warm across the country. no issues whatsoever. north, east, ohio valley. we could have rain to deal with from st. louis to ohio. also rainy weather in louisiana, but nothing to keep you from going to the polls. florida looks great, and also looking great in the west. probably one of the state