this, one thing i want to get you know, one thing that just -- i want to get back to harrison hickman. your pulling of the voters matters is -- matters in the early days. it's so fascinating. voters. what's the top issue? what's top of mind for the boaters? the damage. >> the big thing democrats want to do is stop the damage trump is causing. it's sort of the job one of stopping front. interested in is how to have the second thing that they are interested in is meaningful community. people think they're not nearly as selfish r how to build a meaningful community. i mean, people think very much o in terms nalof -- people are no nearly as selfish as either national party acts like they are. inappropriate terms they think about the broader community and they want to people tend to think in socio- tropic terms. they want to build a better education system, a better healthcare system. they want to build a better economy. democrats, it's the sense that we are falling beh if there is one thing that ind unifies democrats, it's the sense that we are falling behind in terms of the ability to pr

i now want to bring in harrison hickman. as i mentioned, harrisson is one of the deans of the political strategy and polling fraternity in washington. he's also somebody who specializes in electing democrats in the red and has worked out in tough terrain. harrison and i worked together on the jim hunt campaign back in 1984 trying to get jesse helms out of the senate and now he'd be somewhere in the middle, a moderate in today's republican party, at the time he was the dark prince of conservatism. harrison, take it away. >> thank you. i want to endorse almost everything i've heard this morning. i grew up in a small town like the secretary mentioned, in fact, it was so small we had drivers education and sex education in the same car. when you get to these grand candidates who i've worked for for almost 30 or 40 years, you have to get rid of the stereotype people have of their party or their type, whether it's a woman or banker or teacher or african-american or most importantly a democrat. you have to get through that stereotyp

now to bring in harrison hickman part of the political strategy and polling fraternity in washington. he is also someone who specializes in electing democrats. a personal note we work together on the hunt campaign in 1884 trying to get jesse helms out of the senate. i guess somewhere in the middle at the time but take it away. >> i want to endorse almost everything i have heard this morning. i grew up in small town like the secretary mentioned it was so small we had drivers education and sex education in the same car. [laughter] so what i wanted to talk about was before you get is candidates i have looked for on district for almost 40 years but to get through the stereotype whether a woman or banker or teacher or african-american or a democrat that you have to get through that stereotype before people can analyze who you are and what your qualities are. one of the big challenges today there is a huge gap of the reality of the voters in the impression they have of democrats. but the confusion is an activist on the one hand and with leaders there is that confusion between the people tha