greg valliere, safe travels, with potomac research group. scarlet? our twitter question of the day today, it is a cynical question, what is driving voter discontent on the selection day? tweet us @bsurveillance. we will be right back. ♪ >> can want to come everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." -- good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." coverage on the election. i tom keene, with me scarlet fu and brendan greeley as well. >> allison linderman grimes declined to say whether she voted for barack obama. the election is not over yet, but we can say democrats failed to say what they were for. adam frankel, former white house speechwriter, i know you can do this -- help me out here. in three sentences, what is the democratic party platform? >> fighting for the middle class. >> there you go, one sentence. >> ima speechwriter, i keep it pithy. fighting for the middle class. it depends on the race we are talking about, these are state-by-state races. when it comes to iowa, we are talking about increasing the minimum wage or we are talking about protect