wa nted campaign and the florida democratic party wanted to make that a priority as they shouldnt of the united states has not made that a priority. our party was to make sure that we were trying to make safe and we have been making a programme to make sure we are reaching out to people and we have been seeing a very positive response in broward and so we are going to continue to work to get people out to vote. the chair of the democratic party in browa rd to vote. the chair of the democratic party in broward county florida, thank you very much. do you ever consider moving to florida every four years so you do not have to ask them about the orderfor 2000, 2004, all the close votes ? the orderfor 2000, 2004, all the close votes? i consider moving down there anyway because the weather is so good. it sounds good going to florida. i think it is super interesting, i think these polls that are showing biden ahead by four points when i speak to strategists which i am kind of doing every day at the moment, they don't seem to think that is reflective. they do feel that florida is going t

for many years in florida, we have watched as the number of voter grownrations has not evenly for republicans and democrats. one area where most people were registering was under "no party affiliate." this year, that trend changed. democrats and republicans continue to grow in number, but republicans are traditionally had trailed in florida and had fewer people registered as republicans, that number is almost 100,000 voter difference right now. republicans were able to close the gap this cycle, which is a sign i think, the number of people who are registered as no party has declined. what this election cycle has ,hown is that the parties people are either seeing themselves as republican or democrat in increasing numbers. they do not think there is a middle anymore. host: what does that say about the president's ground game in florida, and compare that to joe biden's ground game? caller: -- guest: the republican registration effort has been phenomenal. i think joe biden did not have a registration effort at all. withind from many people the democratic ranks were very unhappy about that. leftad, that effort on the has been filled by these organizing groups, many of them p

and so we are seeing that, we are saying that in florida, where official democratic party officials openly concerned, expressing their concerns about the lack of sufficient support in miami-dade county. they have a certain percentage or turnout that needs to be in order to have statewide win and it ain't there yet. >> dana: donna brazile, can you weigh in on that too, please? >> i am hearing from republicans they are waiting the last minute to cast their vote in person. i'm not concerned because we know the deadline to vote early in texas, arizona, georgia, minnesota, utah, maine and massachusetts. we know african-american voters tend to wait until the last minute. we have been trying to get an encourage everybody to get theio today in the official mailbox. so i do believe this is going to be a vigorous weekend. i don't see any democrats doing in a bedwetting. but what i want to say is one thing come i hope every american will have his or her pallet comment not only because you waited on line but because every vote should come. >> dana: it's absolutely should. carl tell us a little bit abo

one thing i have noticed in regards to the democratic party in florida, joe biden was in florida to pandero the latino community. he played d'esposito on his phone. in terms of policy, i have not heard much. do they feel joe biden is going to handle the latino vote? being latino in a prominently blue state, my vote doesn't really count. being in florida, i know it is going to be major. guest: you are right. your vote could be very important this cycle. it is an interesting divide. ricans inmany puerto central florida who have come to florida and they don't have to become a citizen. they already are a citizen. digits need to register. appears to be -- many of them -- don't register with either party. bey have come and decided to no party affiliates. there voters up for grabs. we are watching as it looks like more latino women, puerto ricans supporting joe biden. and men supporting donald trump. that all plays out. very immigration was important platform for the president four years ago, we are not hearing him talk much about that. i think part of the reason is realizesze that she any latino

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florida. judy, 50 million votes cast if flor92a since and the difference between the two parties, that's when florida really became a battleground state, 200 of one percent of democrats androoms. consistently votes republican than the country. african-american women are the most loyal and importat constituency in the democratic party and african-americanen are lagging in their support, and i think lamert expressed that and yamiche captured it yo woodruff: and, david, what did u take away from yamiche's reporting and what the voters said? >> well, the young woman from cuba, daily, expressedti the apocalfear i hear a lot especiallyfrom trump supporters, the idea if joe biden wins he will make a fundamental change in the country and the the people around him or there's a culture that will destroy the country, so i think that apocalyptic tone is part of why tis election particularly why trump mobilizes is fraught. when we get d,to novembe at night, lib looking at florida first and foremost becae there's a lot of ways you can imagine joe biden winning if he doesn't win florida, it's super hard to imagine donald trump winning if he doesn't win florida. he loses that, maybe

1972 democratic national convention in miami beach, florida. where senator mcgovern accepted the party's nomination. he lost to the incumbent president with richard nixon taking 49 states. our coverage is from the presidential library and museum. >> chairwoman burks, senator kennedy, senator eagleton, and my fellow citizens, i'm happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sun rise service. [ applause ] i assume everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for vice president was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [ applause ] i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their vice presidential nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. [ cheers and applause ] i can tell you that eleanor is grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race. i congratulate you on your patience and pay my respects to those two super presiding officers of this convention, larry and evonne. [ applause ] tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. this afternoon i crossed the missouri

florida! but why? the number two in the democratic party for the crucial miami—dade district gives a brutally candid answerfor the past three years and basically itjust says, democrats are socialists. and that's hurting you? so when you come from a country in latin america, that everything you have had was taken away from you under the guise that it is a socialist government which is really a left—wing dictatorship, then when you hear that the democrats are socialists, you're running away. as these trump boater voters discovered today, the climate in florida changes fast. predicting whether it will be sunshine or heavy rain come november 3 is decidedly risky. jon sopel, bbc news, miami. let's get the latest sports news from the bbc sports centre. hello there, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your friday sport briefing, where we start with the footballing news that the english football league has rejected the proposed $65 million bailout from the premier league. the offer would have helped teams in leagues 1 and 2, but not the championship. the efl said there was a "strong consensus" that any rescue package m

look back at c-span's video library at the 1972 democratic national convention in miami beach, florida, where senator george mcgovern accepted his party's presidential nomination. he lost in the general election to the incumbent president, with richard nixon taking 49 states. our coverage is from the richard nixon presidential library and museum. >> chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, i'm happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for vice president was challenged by only 39 other nominees. but i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their vice presidential nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. and i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. so i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry o'brien and even brave weight burke. -- yvonne braithwaite burke >> so tonight, i a

florida, this is one thing they see. these are new party registrations. basically since the primary in florida earlier this year. you see the margin is about 150,000 more new registrations for republicans than for democratsns will tell you, hey, they've gone and they've identified all these new potential voters. they've got them registered. they're going to turn out on election day. they may not be popping up in the poll the right now. honestly, ayman, the only way you can really test that is to get to election day and see if it happens so we might see this in physical florida. might see this in other states where you go through the next week or two and see democrats really turning out in a dramatic pace, racking up big numbers there, seeming to rack up big numbers in the early vote but the question then becomes, even if that happens, does that just mean republicans are holding something big in reserve for election day? >> right. >> and the numbers end up balancing each other out. >> well, we are two weeks away from finding out the answer to that question. steve kornacki at the big board. steve, thank you, as always. >> thanks. >>> a quick reminder this thursday, president trump and joe biden face off in

florida this week as we continue our swing state series leading up to the election. ziegler,e christian vice chairman of the republican party of florida. you heard a little more democrat and republican in that, so this is a good chance for you to say what you think is going on in florida. christian: when you look across the state -- i am on the road nonstop visiting, speaking in counties, knocking on doors, and the energy could not be higher for donald trump in the state of florida. support. has wide i know there was the clip mentioning seniors. seniors overwhelmingly support this president. i would not believe any of the polls out there. the truth is people are afraid to share that they support donald trump because of the backlash that comes from the left and the media and all of the lunatics out there that really attack you if you say you support donald trump. on the ground, people are sponsoring favorably to the president's record. you look at the voter registration stats, nobody is talking about that. years, we haver gone from the democrats having registered 327,000 more than republicans, to 134,000., so we dropped the lead by 60%. people are fleeing that democrat

democratic party. there are vote for the democratic party. there a re key vote for the democratic party. there are key states where they will really make a big impact. in floridand that is a key state in order to win the election. similarly, mitch again is a state one on a tiny majority last time. —— mitch again. donald trump will try to chip away at that support from black and latino people for the democratic party. the blexit, from this quite a sort of flamboyant activist conservative activist, candice owens, a black woman herself, trying to tell black and latino people that the democratic party is not the only choice and when it comes to economic empowerment, donald trump is the man for you. he himself says nobody has done as much for black people as he has. i am sure you will continue to keep an eye on this development for you. —— for us. here is a democratic strategist based in washington and a strategist based in washington and a strategist who has worked on the 2016 presidential campaign for republican candidate marco rubio. thank you both forjoining us. let's start with you, christina. let's get your reaction to what we have been hearing donald trump s

2020 election of the more than 2500000 ballots in florida thus far 49 percent are democrats 30 percent are from registered republicans and 20 percent no party affiliation president trump held rallies in florida and michigan last week and nevada over the weekend spending the final weeks of the campaign in states that were expected to vote red but are now close to flipping blue the latest polls show joe biden still holding a solid lead nationally leading in 10 of 12 swing states but president trip report of lee regained a slight lead in ohio and pennsylvania along with some gains in florida biden meanwhile returned to his wilmington delaware home and his campaign said he will not be holding any other public events until after thursday night's debate with president trump it's the 2nd and final debate and if it's anything like the 1st one there will likely be fireworks once again the question is whether it will be a debate focusing on substance rather than insults between the 2 candidates and one thing that will be absent in this next debate foreign policy the debates. mission announced that instead the debate will focus on the pandemic race in

florida. katty: democrats have also been busy on the campaign trail. former president barack obama has been campaigning in florida, hammering away at the party's key message the covid endemic. >> more than 225,000 pntple in this c are dead. mo than 100,000 small businesses have closed. 500,000 jo are gone in florida alone. think about that. and what is his closing argument? that people are too focused on covid. he said this at one of hisie ra complaining., covid, he is he is jealous of covid's media coverage. katty: barack obama there. casting one's ballot is a ritual this year, it does feel unique. it is democracy in the time of covid the pandemic upended every thing about this campaign and may have even put unlikely ates in play. our north american editor jon sopel is in one of them, georgia, where the polls are surprisingly close. jon: one week to go, and joe biden has geoalia, of places, on his mind. no democrat has won here in lsdecades, yet the p suggest this once solid republican state is there for the taking. famous southern hospitality was markedly absent from hundred of trip supporters who lined the roads leading tomo where the atic candidate wa

but today she will be in the battleground state of florida, making stops in orlando and jacksonville, and later on in the week, the democratic party's biggest political surrogate, president obama, is hitting the campaign trail for joe biden. he will hold an event in philadelphia. his first in-person campaign appearance as he's making the pitch for the former vice president in the final weeks before the election. lawyer and christine. >>> the voting is here. it is happening, more than 27 million ballots have already been cast. that's almost 20% of the total vote count in the 2016 presidential election. at the same time, senate democrats are urging voters to be on high alert for efforts to undermine this election. they released a report advising patients and warning people to ignore president trump's baseless claims about voter fraud. cnn is learning democrats are hatching plans behind the scene to counter. new day will have more on that. >>> georgia has shattered the record number of ballots cast back in 2016 by more than 150%. almost one and a half million ballots have been cast so far in that state. meanwhile in florida, election o

democratic governors. it didn't matter about party. he absolutely did a lot for the state of florida.eek for example i was in the villages which is a senior community and i was delivering 15 minute rapid tests for them to be able to have if they want to get tested, if they have family visiting, you can do it and get the result. the federal government bought 150 million of those and they're distributing it free to all the states. we are now getting 400,000 a week and focusing on our senior citizens since they are more vulnerable to disease. if you look at the innovation that's been sparred, he did not want bureaucracy to hold any of this back. he partnered with the private sector. i think it's put us in a much better position to handle this going forward, not just with the testing but with some of the antivirals coming out and that's not even talking about the vaccine. he has been 70 who would not take no for an answer and he wouldn't let the bureaucracy grind everything to a halt. i think that's really important because you can have the right policy, you can make the right decision bu

ainsley: that's right, warning about the lack of energy for the democratic party down in florida. hat thing pronto. democrats need to give them energy in south florida because we have to build a big margin there. ainsley: what do you think? it's dejavu? geraldo: florida is very much in play. my sense is that as in here in ohio, ohio and florida the president has turned the corner to use his expression. he has the momentum. i understand that he wanted to be sanitary and prudent in terms of his health and the health of people there but the optics of that are so weird where people are spread out -- ainsley: honking horns. geraldo: honking horns, sound more like a traffic jam than anything else and the president senses that if he can get minority vote behind him as he's apparently doing then he can ride the wave, the unique and new republicans ride the wave to unexpected victory on tuesday. brian: geraldo, i knew i was going to be interviewing today so i read the wall street journal online. they said they are not going to endorse a presidential candidate but former vp is running as rea

for many years in florida, we have watched as the number of voter grownrations has not evenly for republicans and democrats. one area where most people were registering was under "no partyiliate." this year, that trend changed. democrats and republicans continue to grow in number, but republicans are traditionally had trailed in florida and had fewer people registered as republicans, that number is almost 100,000 voter difference right now. republicans were able to close the gap this cycle, which is a sign i think, the number of people who are registered as no party has declined. what this election cycle has ,hown is that the parties people are either seeing themselves as republican or democrat in increasing numbers. they do not think there is a middle anymore. host: what does that say about the president's ground game in florida, and compare that to joe biden's ground game? caller: -- guest: the republican registration effort has been phenomenal. i think joe biden did not have a registration effort at all. withind from many people the democratic ranks were very unhappy about that. leftad, that effort on the has been filled by these organizing groups, many of them progr

florida and jill biden, the wife of the former vice president will be campaigning in the state tomorrow. leland: before you go, politico article, we've got to stop the bleeding, democrats on alarm in miami, party officials are sweating week early voting turnout among several key groups, those being minority groups. any reporting on that? >> about 5 person difference between those who have already voted among registered florida democrats in miami-dade county and the amount that voted four years ago so there is concern from the democratic party, hence the biden campaign and surrogates flooding down here in the final days. >> donald trump's visit, thinking he can get some folks to turn out for him in miami as well. thanks for waking up early with us, check back in with you as the polls open. now we go to the national horserace showing a tightening race with joe biden's lead has narrowed from 10 points to 8 points, donald trump shrinking the lead in most swing states, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, north carolina and florida by just one point. arizona trump is turning to pull ahead by half a point. swing states polling averages joe biden would still decisively win the electoral college, the

one thing i have noticed in regards to the democratic party in florida, joe biden was in florida to pander played "d'esposito" on his phone. in terms of policy, i have not heard much. how do they feel joe biden is going to handle the latino vote? being latino in a prominently blue state, my vote doesn't really count. let's put it that way. but being in florida i know it , is going to be major. guest: you are right. i think that the latino vote could be very important this cycle. it is an interesting divide. there are many puerto ricans in central florida who have come to florida, and they don't have to become a citizen. they already are a citizen. all they do is register to vote. group, many of them don't register with either party. no party decided to be affiliate, so their vote is up for grabs. likee watching as it looks more latino women who are puerto rican are supporting joe biden and the men are supporting donald trump. all playse how that out. while immigration was a very important platform for the president for years ago, we are not hearing him talk much about that. i think part of

also the separate story that there is concern in the democrat party that there is not enough democrat voter turnout in miami-dade county in floridand their stronger republican turnout and the biggest battleground state. so you see the flows happening right now as we going to election day. >> not just that, there are hundreds of thousands of new voter registrations that republicans have done in florida just in this election cycle so democrats are losing ground even in the wrong numbers. the biden campaign early a few months ago during covid mocked the trump campaign for the voter turnout efforts during the primary, they thought it was ridiculous anybody would knock on the door and try to engage with voters, while some other states in my state california, ballot harvesting was okay in california but you cannot visit your mom. the democrats have been all over the place, their lack of a ground game strategy is going to haunt them and we have an outstanding ground game, one of the days last week we contacted over 1 million voters by telephone and we were knocking on doors, registering voters, out there putting on the field. liz: the b

florida this week. we welcome democratic congressman debbie wasserman schultz, a member of the leadership of the democratic partynd the house of representatives. thank you for being with us. we are looking at florida. from your vantage point around broward county and miami-dade county, how the election is looking? rep. wasserman shultz: floridians are voting like gangbusters, predict lee on the democratic side we have seen a surge in vote by mail ballots like have not seen before. cycle over cycle we normally see republicans who have voted more often by vote by mail, and democrat show up at early vote, and that is where the battle exists. we have had about one million vote by mail ballots cast already. 400,000 moree cast vote by mail ballots that republicans thus far. we've not even started with early votes, which begins on monday. the enthusiasm, and people who are voting, every day is election day. we will not sit. we will go roaring into early vote over that two week period and finish up on election day with a win for joe biden. david: there's a difference about whether people tend to be democrats or republic

there are 10 million plus people in florida registered with a party, 5.3 million are democrats, 5.17licans. that 130,000 person gap is the narrowest that it's been in years. and for context, ali, go back to 2016. the gap was double that and trump carried florida that year by one percentage point over hillary clinton. that's the stage a little bit for you. the economy so important down here, as tourism, restaurants, bars, hospitality, all have been crushed by covid. we know for the state of florida, unemployment right now is at 7.6% give or take, but for miami dade, it's at about 13%. people want their jobs back. we've seen protests to reopen everything in the state of florida. so that's in play. also the pandemic in general when it comes to the older population here, one in five people in the state of florida are 65 years or older they are concerned about covid protocol and as we say this, we're seeing images from the villages yesterday where president donald trump was campaigning talking to thousands of older people in the largest retirement community in the country, ali and there w

mr trump's democratic party rivaljoe biden has been on the campaign trail in florida.at a town hall event in miami he attacked the president for downplaying the wearing of masks. these pictures are from nbc news. anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter, i think is responsible for what happens to them. if these people took off their masks, and they all have them on i noticed, and just all of a sudden got in a gaggle and started talking to one another, well, they're taking responsibility that in fact they should be held responsible for, because every major scientist and doctor and immunologist has said that's a very dangerous thing to do. the particles and droplets can stay in the air for a long time, longer than they thought, it can go beyond ten feet. there's all kinds of things they've learned and know. look, i view wearing this mask, not so much protecting me, but as a patriotic responsibility, and all the tough guys say "i'm not wearing a mask, i'm not afraid", well, be afraid for your husband, your

county. >> you saw the southern dems who sort of had a toe hold in the democratic party go to trump and you saw it all across north florida it. again, i think it has a lot of those deep south rural white voters who i think have gone away from us. >> you're listening to the pace radio network, monticello, tallahassee. >> this is where my office is here. good morning, gwen. i'm the clerk of court for jefferson county, florida. i was first elected in 2006. these are from when the county was founded, 1827. anything from marriages to land records. i've been serving since then. >> how is it going? >> fine. how about you? >> not bad. what you got going on today in nothing much, hanging out? >> i remember growing up i would ask my parents who they voted for and they would say none of my business. >> your parents and grandparents grew up here. >> right. >> and they were registered democrats? >> they were. we go back about ten generations in the county. >> you were a registered democrat as well. >> i was. >> until june of 2019, you were a registered -- >> the party that was my great-grandparents and my grandparents, you know, they

florida so far. a lot of them, if you break it down by party, there are a lot more democratic ballots that have been ed in florida than republican ballots. again, probably not a surprise here. we've been seeing in polling democrats much more likely than republicans to say they want to vote early, certainly the president has talked to his supporters in a lot of cases about voting on election day. so you're seeing a lot more democratic votes here in the early voting, in the mail-in voting in florida. what republicans will say is, they're going to get the vote out on election day. and they'll also talk about this, what you're seeing here, these are voter registrations since february in florida. and you can see almost 350,000 new republican registrations, not even 200,000 for the democrats. there's a gap there, a gap of about 150,000. that's the sort of trump theory of the case, is hey, there are a lot of voters out there that we've got that people don't know about yet, you're going to see on election day. that's the kind of thing you'll hear, obviously you've got to get to election day to see. but that'

florida, how significant will the black vote be, pro or con? >> i think it's always significant, rev. i mean, we've seen that black people are the keepers of not just democracy, but the democratic party at large. we must remember pennsylvania has 20 electoral college votes. florida has 29. so it's incredibly important. we know that pennsylvania has -- philadelphia. what we should keep an eye on, though, are their voter suppression and the voter disenfranchisement tactics that are oftentimes used in specific black communities. we've seen this in broward county in miami, outside of miami and in florida. we've seen, you know, tactics in philadelphia to suppress the vote, the long lines. that's actually of great concern because we know that, you know, unlike many other democratic nations, voting is not a national holiday. many people still have to get back to work or child care or parent care or dealing with loved ones who have covid. so that is actually a great concern to me as to whether or not the suppression and the disenfranchisement of black communities in pennsylvania and florida should be respected. >> all right. we're going to have more with joe watkins and christina greer later

presidenti election, black women came out and consistently strong numbers for the democratic party, but turnout by black men in florida to convince black men in partic tar to h ball's full force. >> voting for joe biden,ut'm not really the most enthusiastic. he wasn' my first choice. >> a reluctant biden supporter. other members of the south florida communityrt s a group called breaking the cycle. it meets throughout the week to ride b aycles. >> wha the things that make you not as enthusiastic about joe biden? >> in the past, he helped with prison reform and it did not help the black neighborhoodt all. hoi'ng joe biden has changed. we are scared of the police, but the police are probably scared of us at the same time, so what common ground can we get for both sides? >> but voting for trump is not an option for him. >> biden gives me a sense of comfort beforeru because trump comef things he says or does does not make atu feel safe ll. >> we just don't have enough law and order. >> gary disagrees. he lives at eastridge retirement community in south florida. we met gary back in 2018. he is part of another important demo

it's hard to find a more energizing person for the democratic party than president obama. polls here in florida are so, so very close. this is a swing state and talk about it all the time, because elections here since 2000, they are decided between the candidates of 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%. every single vote here matters in a big way and this is the largest swing state with 29 electoral votes up for grabs. the speaker here now getting a big response from people in the cars here, encouraging people here to go out and vote early, and to take their friends. they want to have a big turnout here in miami-dade. this is a critical county. president trump did a lot better with hispanic and latino voters in this area. back in 2016. many people expected. they want to make sure they don't let those margins get out of hand, if you will. miami-dade, of course, will most likely vote blue, but what we saw in 2016 was president trump doing well among cuban and venezuelan americans, chipping away at the margins that impacted hillary clinton state-wide here. it wasn't an easy situation, and they don't want to see that ha

years ago at this point, in florida, if you look at registration of people who have already cast their ballots, republicans were actually outvoting democrats, 43% to 40% by party020. democrats are making a 50% of the voters who have already cast their ballot in the state of florida, republicans just 30%. so part of that probably is the democratic enthusiasm, right? but part of it is also the president's rhetoric on early voting, seems to have deterred republicans from voting early, at least four years ago. >> can we put that slide back up again? i want people to see this. this is one of the big questions, what's different now versus four years ago? the bottom line is this shows us in florida, more republicans have voted by this point early by 3% and that's just a big, big change here. >> it's a huge change. and we're seeing that throughout the country, whereby democrats are the ones who are voting earlier. they are much more enthusiastic than republicans seem to be in terms of voting early. and obviously, florida is such a key state. and you would rather get those votes bucketed early in case there's some late thing that occurs in the country, something that c

democrats were going to vote by mail. we had over 85 million mail ballots sent out to voters across the country. and in the states where we do have party registration, like floridansylvania, we could see that lots of democrats, many more democrats were going to request and receive those mail ballots than republicans. so we knew there were going to be lopsided advantages for the democrats in mailed ballots which is usually a republican strength. so it's veryen usual. -- very unusual. but if all those democrats are voting by mail you'll have fewer voting in person, and we would expect that republicans would be voting in person, usually a very strong point for democrats. and that's exactly what we're seeing as well in state after state. so the patterns are completely changed from 2016 and prior elections. and republicans are kind of like in the third quarter right now of the game. we still have another week to go in voting. republicans have a very strong election day, fourth quarter. so we still have to wait in many states to see how this plays out over the next week and of course on election day. but republicans are coming from behind at this point. they can do it

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