she is a traitor to orange county on taxes.plause] >> mimi voted for trump-care [booing] >> which, for those of us with pre-existing conditions, would have meant no care at all. she did the bidding of polluters and big oil to push hard to drill off the shores of our beautiful beaches. those are the stone cold facts. time and again she has turned her back on orange county and she has turned her back on you. she has shown us who she is and now it is time that we show her the door. [cheering] [chanting: katie] ms. porter: it is time we had a representative who fought for orange county 100% of the time. a representative who will fight for tax fairness. a representative who will champion affordable quality health care. and a representative who will protect our air, water, and our beaches. as a teacher, is a feeling i -- i have a feeling i already know the answer, but i ask you, are you ready for a representative who fights for you? [cheering] we have a lot on the line in this election. we have just three more days. let's make them c

how are you doing, orange county? i love orange because orange is the new blue.] i want to brag on you guys. all the democrats in orange county, eat your heart out. thank you all for taking the time to be here. thank you for supporting such outstanding folks behind me. take you for everything you have done to get us to this point. there are only three more nights that we all have to self medicate together watching rachel maddow. only three more. we are almost there. finish line, right there. 72 hours. don't run the 90 yard --, everything we have done today won't mean much if we don't turn it up and turn it on on election night, november 6 and turnout in record numbers to elect katie, to elect cottie, and to send a message to donald trump and those who support trumpism that we rejected, that we are in the spiritd we of kamala harris are better than this. [cheering] country, ourr moment. man, california. in thet diverse state world's most diverse democracy. 27% of us foreign-born in the state of california. this is a state -- i love all of this talk about this cara

so this is it, orange county. we are in the homestretch. .e are just three days away every single vote in this election is going to count, going to matter. these races are going to be close. so please keep walking. keep knocking. keep phoning. keep fighting. keep believing. in three days we are going to win. in three days, in three days we are going to elect gavin newsom as the next governor of the great state of california. in three days we are going to elect katy porter to the united states congress. petrie-norris: katie porter has spent her life, has spent her career fighting for working families and fighting for justice and fairness. in the united states congress she will fight for you. please welcome to the stage the next representative for the 45th congressional district, katie porter. [cheering] ♪ ms. porter: wow. you all are fired up. [cheering] >> let's make the next last few days count. we still have work to do. three more days to go. thank you to everyone for being here today. it is a really special day

for a number of years, levin was executive director of the democratic party of orange county, meetingith barack obama, and he hosted several fundraisers for hillary clinton's 2016 campaign for president. republican candidate diane harkey is a member of the california board of equalization. from 2008 to she was a member of 2014, the california state assembly, and prior to that served as mayor of dana point in orange county. once again, thank you for joining us. let's get to our discussion tonight, beginning with the headline-driven topic, emigration. we are all aware of the migrant caravan headed to the border with thousands of hopeful immigrants. ms. harkey, how should the u.s. deal with this approaching group, and what needs to be done about illegal immigration? ms. harkey: it is criminal that these people were sent out to trek thousands of miles. with no guarantee of anything. i can't believe a government agency or anybody with able horn would take desperate people and ask them to trek a couple of thousand miles. it's why we need immigration reform and border security. we had a bill

about excess in orange county. she ended up on a show called "american thunder" about motorcycles, showing off her own excess, including a bike she bought for 50 grand. >> what's your favorite part of the bike? >> i love the way it looks. >> reporter: and then there was eric naposki. >> we eat housewives for breakfast. >> reporter: ex-football player, personal trainer, wannabe actor who starred in a never-aired reality show called "newport 40." but here's where the show ends and the reality begins. because of what happened in that house behind the gates a long time ago. it was december 15, 1994, 9:00 p.m. >> the shots were patterned in sets of two. two shots. two shots. a pause. and then two shots. >> reporter: detective tom voth arrived to find a millionaire entrepreneur dead on his own kitchen floor. his name was bill mclaughlin, nice guy, truly religious and a believer in the american dream, who made his come true. kind of a self-made guy, right? >> yes. >> reporter: bill, said his daughter jenny, was the first

orange county is starting to feel like a dead end. who gives me photos of an anonymous twitter account showing sam woodward doing paramilitary tining with a neo-nazi group called atomwaffen division. th colleague ali winston manages to make contact he person who posted the photos. he's a former atomwaffen member, and he points me to another member who uses the online handle "ted bundy." we trace him back to his parents' house in a d.c. suburb, a neighborhood favored by members of the intelligence community. na he uses zi imagery on his facebook page, posts selfies with guns, and i've obtained photos placing him in charlottesville. (dog barking so i'm a reporter with "problica" and pbs "frontline," and we're working on a documentary about the new neo-nazis. hiis is a nazi emblem, the black sun, this is a t put out by the group atomwaffen. his father willhe neconfirm nor deny that the pictures on his son's facebook page are real. but the next day i get a call from his family. they say he left the group. that it was too extreme for him a

tom, i got to talk to you this morning about orange county.atlanta and moved out to california, southern california and you were covering a former hollywood star who launched his conservative revolution in orange county and here we are now, 52 years later, two years after donald trump's elected to the presidency and look at that map, reagan country is now a solid blue. what are your thoughts? >> my thoughts are that that is, in this election, which turned over a lot of the old rules, that is the most profound example of it. rock solid orange county now blue and it really is a reflection of what's going on not just in california but across the country. if you look at this new class, where they come from, what they represent, what their ideology really represents, we have muslims who are appearing there, and we have people who have not been involved in politics before. this to a greater degree than we've been willing to acsnlg a real transformation of american politics and it's not going to stop with this election. these people who are arriving

> history being made in southern california after democrats sweep all seven house districts in orange countywhich was traditionally reagan republican county. the first time in decades all seven seats have been held by democrats. flipping four in this midterm. if you need a color chart to show you, look at your tv right now, which has of course -- which of course has all eyes once again on another california democrat. the democratic leader, nancy pelosi and her fight to become house speaker once again. she said she's confident. she's still running unopposed, but she still is facing opposition from within her own caucus. hot is going to happen? joining me, alice stewart, former communications director for ted cruz. she's here, and joe lockhart is a cnn commentator who was press secretary for bill clinton. alice, let's start in orange county first. is that former republican stronghold gone forever? >> well, look at that map, kate, and it's pretty safe to say there was definitely a blue wave in orange county. and you know, to be honest, look, democrats can claim a huge victory. that's the birthp

steve patterson is in orange county, california. we'll get to steve in just a moment, but we start with catie beck. she is there in marietta, georgia. the crowd already on hand. they seem to be ready for oprah. what's the vibe there, catie? >> reporter: lots of energy and excitement around the oprah visit, craig. there is a line wrapped around this building. some of the fans have been waiting since 6:00 this morning for an event that starts at 12:30. this line, these people, this energy, this is just representative of what the bigger picture is here on the ground in georgia. early voting totals are through the roof. they are up 140% from 2014 's midterms. that is an astronomical increase, and it's all because of this hotly contested governor's race. they are just letting folks in. 11:00, it starts at 12:30. these are some big stacy abrams oprah fans. why is this election so important to you? >> this election is extremely important to me. we're just ready for change here in georgia, and i'm just super, super, super excited. >> now, y

orange county. democrats have now run the table there.ed every congressional seat in what had been the last reliably red state. why is this erosion of gop support in orange county so striking? >> it's just stunning. you think of orange county as being the place that launched ronald reagan's career, political career. it was also the birth of the conservative movement that really began in orange county with the john burch society and conservative activists that drove anti-tax measures and anti-immigration measures. so this is a stunning transformation. a lot of democrats said that they hoped if there was a blue wave in california, or in america, this year, that it would have started in california. and indeed, they managed to flip all of those seats by very close margins. those were the races being counted to the very end along with florida and a really chilling day for republicans over to blue territory. >> past election day and as the focus of the country has really been on the florida race recently and a lot of complaints of how long it w

we look at a pry exime example how historic districts are into play. >> orange county, the democrat, a latino navy veteran, is facing former state representative and korean-american, republican, young kim. the two are nearly even in the favorite polling. >> remember when steve king approved of the idea of what's the point of diversity? right there. nbc news road warrior steve patterson. walk us through how demo grap c ices demographics are impacting the race there. >> every cliche you probably heard about orange county true in some way. used to be white, suburban, upper middle class. famous for being this republican stronghold. but so much has changed in the last ten years. this is a cokorean-american grocery store. it's really allowed for, as we've been talking to voters, particularly democrats, who say they don't feel lake they're second class citizens anymore because of issues pertaining to these groups. this district now is about literally 30, 30, 30. 30% asian, 30% latino, 30% white. and young kim would be the first korean-american elected to congress, korean-american woman. we

people have to remember orange county is almost the home of the moderate republican party. ronald reagan's base for many yoers. it was a bluer state.yoers. it was a bluer state.eyoers. it was a bluer state.ayoers. it was a bluer state.ryoers. it was a bluer state.syoers. it was a bluer state.. it was a bluer state. >> president trump kept trying to say all these democrats running are super progressive. a lot of these democrats who won are moderate. almost republican like. >> one large lesson here in the overall election is that moderate democrats tended to do better than progressive democrats which is a lesson for the party. >> i want to share what stacy abrams said about the legitimacy of brian kemp's win. she said it yesterday. >> i think that it's legal. i think it's wrong. i think that what happened is that we have watched systematic erosion of our democracy. over the course of time that was overseen directly by my opponent in the race who also happened to be responsible for the administration of fair elections. he didn't do so. >> what do you think? she lost. kemp got

republicans today, the ones i wasalking to who are out in california are jucerned that this isn't orange countyis is the west. >> right. that whole -- you know, the orange curtain has fallen in orange county, the republican strength there, and that this may say something broader than just orange county. >> that's right. so now that the democrats have taken the majority in the house, they have to pi aeader, and what we're witnessing is a fight of some dimension over whether nancy cordes is going to be electethe next speaker. amy, 16 democrats today signed a letter sayg they will oppose her no matter what. there are some other freshmen who have expressed concern. how much trouble is shen? you've looked at who the people are. >> you know, what's really interesting is this is not a battle over ideology or cover tensey. the frustration with democrats who sign that letter and others who eve said they're not supporting her is really about wanting to see change in the ustration with the leadership that is older, significantly olher. they're in late '70s, every single member of the democratic leadership

right now orange county is a blue county. all the seats are in democratic control. so why did it happen? well, the democrats have always been for the people. our issues, whether it's health care or infrastructure or tax policy, is to make sure that the middle class and the lower class has an opportunity, whether it's education, health care, on and on. i think people are beginning to realize that, particularly after this last session in which the tax cut, $2 trillion, 87% of the benefits go to major corporations and to the super wealthy. people said, whoa, wait a minute. then there was the health care issue. finally, president trump. all of those things came together and gave an opportunity for, finally, after three-quarters of a century, for orange county to turn blue. >> all right. congressman john garamendi, thanks so much for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, a giant in florida politics has fallen. senator bill nelson conceding the race to governor rick scott. his outgoing message for voters, ne next. >>> all right. this developing politica

let's watch. >> you look at orange county. gosh, as tom said, congratulations republicans, you just lost reagan county. it looks like it's going to be a complete wipe out. i remember when sanchez beat bob in orange county back in the 1990s. it was a stunner. now it is a sea of blue, a huge, huge crushing defeat for trump republicanism. >> laura: is that what was defeated in california, trump republicanism, newt? a very facile analysis by the towering intellects at ms nbc? >> i think we have to face the reality. the size of the union-based machines are now so enormous that we don't frankly know right now how to compete with them. i mean, that's how big this problem is. and so i think we've got to confront the reality that we are dealing with a very profound change. we just had a candidate for city council in seattle, an independent, withdraw from the race because his wife was being threatened, her job was being threatened, her safety was being threatened and he wrote a very poignant memo saying he was frightened to even run in

orange county, california, was so red for so long, so republican. reagan in 1984, i think, won it by 50 points. >> that's right. all the way back to 1936, john, this was the heart of the modern conservative movement. it launched ronald reagan's political career, they pushed forward prop 13, anti-tax measures, anti-immigration measures in 1984. it's a stunning transformation that a region for so long had been a place that ronald reagan used to joke was where good republicans go to die. >> we had that map up on the screen a second ago, the final bit of transformation happened between 2016 and 2018 where you can see all those red districts, congressional districts up until the latest vote two weeks ago. now they're all blue. the question to you, rob, is what happened? how much of this is president trump responsible for? >> it's a change that's been decades in the making. we've seen all of southern california and the suburbs change and slip away from the republicans but the trump era has seemed to accelerate that change. going back to 2016, when he beca

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should the voters of orange county be worried about the voting integrity tonight?no. we've doen a lot of work over the last two years to make sure we're resilient, prepared for this. i can tell you right now that those efforts are paying off. this security is secure. the ballots are secure. we're ready for it. >> reporter: thank you very much. i appreciate it. come with me. i want to show you one more thing. once these things ultimately get unloadsed, they take the chips out of the machines. here's the machines over here. can you open that up real quick? these are the vote-counting machines that actually in each of the polling places, they take a chip out of them and come over to here. they get one of these little things that look like a thermos. maybe i shouldn't have done that. it goes into this tube right here, pneumatic tube, shot up into the counting room. i think i screwed something up here. >> you just passed a very serious looking sheriff. is he coming for you? >> reporter: no, no, they're okay. they turned the other way. the alarm stopped. i think we're ok

that would be a democratic pickup in orange county.t would leave only one republican seat left in orange county, which is this one, the 39th district. look what happened there tonight. every night some more votes are being reported out here, and tonight for the first time, the democrat gil cisneros has taken the lead over young kim, the republican in this district. cisneros now leads the trend, clearly favors him. the trend favors democrats in the late voting races. if this holds, and if the 45th district holds, there will be zero republican members of congress from orange county, california, bastian of reaganism once in the next congress. that would be another major milestone. a couple other races uncalled still. democrats could be at about 39 seats when this all shakes out. probably a few more days from now. also in florida, you mentioned the fiasco there with the various recounts going on at county level. basically here's the deal. they went through the machines, as you mention. broward didn't end up getting its in in time, but the

democrats now control all house seats in orange county california. nations largest swing state. last hope to win the senate seat reach as deadline in five hours. by noon today the hand recount of the senate race is due. governor rick scott is leading by just 12,000 votes. and the fight for florida governor has reached it's end after machine recount. trump ally ron desantis kept narrow lead. andrew gillum came less than a percent point. he conceded yesterday. >> we wanted to take a moment to congratulate mr. desantis on becoming the next governor of the great state of florida. we're going to do everything that we can to make sure that over the coming weeks, over the coming months, that we do what we can to perfect our electoral system. we need to update florida's election system and bring it into the 21st century. >> joining me now, white house correspondent with time magazine and jonathan allen and nbc news political reporter. let's get right to it. you were there in florida the final deadline is noon and i would like to get an early postscript from all that's happened in light

as republican as these orange county districts. i think it is very, very likely that when we finally do get these results here, which will be well after 11:00 p.m. eastern tonight, polls close in california at 8:00 p.m. tonight. we will be seeing, i think, the returns here confirming the kinds of flips we've seen starting on the east coast. >> lawrence, looking at some of the -- the top of the ticket races that are so unexpectedly close, maybe we should have expected them to be this close. but in florida and texas, we have got incredible close -- incredibly close races. we do have a new call right now, brian. >> captain cramer, the projected winner -- thank you so much. north dakota senate -- no, that's okay. >> can i throw this at you? >> here's the problem for the dems. there were a lot of democrats secretly, quietly holding out hope that especially as native americans found a work around to an effort to suppress their votes, that maybe heidi heitkamp might find a route to the finish. it was not to be tonight. >> no. heidi heitka

if you have a huge latino population, those immigration messages don't play orange county is a mix of people. so i think for republicans in , californhere has been this tightrope to walk this entire campaign where they want to appeal and sort of themselves with the president in some ways. in this harsh immigration rhetoric, it may not play as well in california. >> i yhink certainly can see by how the president is moving in these final days of the campaign. is focused on senate races. that is where he is spending his time. he is not coming to california, spending time in suburban districts. i would say for democrats they e focused on healthcare. i think there is a big difference when you go to a place like orange countyth wher are behind in registration and need to sell a centrist message. the central valley they have a registration advantage and it's really about turnout. >> teak speakingf the central valley, the nation's most expensive congressional race this year, because the election day is just on tuesday, is here in a solidly blue state in the central valley. the incouple ent de

so a lot of pressure on the orange county registrar. an extraordinary day, to be sure, will be going down here tomorrow. the reality is, in california it's been going on for this early voting process, ali, a long process that continues at this minute. although, when they're on lunch break, it kind of slows down. >> yeah, it looks orderly now, but that is going to be interesting if that comes down to tight races in california overnight for those of us on the east coast. that's why tomorrow night could be a very, very late night. jacob, thanks very much for taking us through it. jacob soboroff in santa ana, california. >>> all right. the georgia governor's race is one of the closest and hardest fought races in the country, and it's getting yet nastier. a new poll shows the race is effectively tied with democrat stacey abrams and republican brian kemp each getting about 47% of the vote. libertarian ted mets gets about 2%. nearly 5% of voters say they're undecided. fascinating how anybody is undecided at this point. if nobody gets 50% on el

they now control surprisingly so all the long-time conservative bastion of orange county. has president trump done irreparable damage to the republican party in the state of california? and is there any way to reverse that? >> the way to reverse it is for the president to help lead an effort to bring coalition to the republican party so that it can regain some of the seats that were lost. you know, the seats that were lost in this election were not beyond that which is normal in history for a presidential term. normally the president's party loses seats in the so-called off-year elections and that's what happened. but orange county to the democrats is a very serious wake-up call to the republican party. we have to get back to our roots. we're the part of -- party of collusion. the taxpayers' money is the taxpayers' money, not the government's money, and they have to spend wisely. yes, donald trump deserves some of the credit for the accident scenes did know we should have won and we should have been able to to hold the seats in orange county. >> national security council s

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it was a blue tsunami rather than a blue wave in orange county, the reagan county, and there are no republicans today signed by 16 democrats who say they won't support her bid to become the next, yet she has held that role in the past for something like 16 years, andl past for something like 16 years, and i think many people thought it was a and i think many people thought it was a dead cert she would take over again injanuary. was a dead cert she would take over again in january. but was a dead cert she would take over again injanuary. but doesn't look like she has all the votes. i'll read from the letter published today. we're thankful to leader pelosi for harris service, but they're saying democrats ran and won ona they're saying democrats ran and won on a message of change and those vote rs wa nt on a message of change and those voters want to see change in washington. that is crucial, many will look at this and say nancy pelosi is the face of the older democratic party, the democrats need to realign. you will need to get these 15 votes to make sure she is these 15 votes to make sure she is

that orange county area gets at it. but republicans in 2014. it was about 51% of the vote were suburban voters. republicans won by 12. this time 49% republican, 49% democratic. >> why? >> because i think what you're seeing trump's message doesn't -- what you have a lot in the suburbs, fiscally conservative, socially moderate. they vote for republicans. but trump, and you saw this in the exit poll, trump is someone who those voters, particularly female voters, with female suburban voters can't stomach. it doesn't matter wa his policies are. they just can't be for him. and you saw aum across the country. suburbs of philadelphia, jersey, which is essentially a suburb. sorry, jersey. st. paul in minneapolis. orange county, just the suburbs absolutely dumping out on republicans. huge problem not just in 2018 but in 2020 too. >> next? >> florida. lots of bad news for democrats -- for republicans, sorry. for republicans this election. but florida not bad news. they win the governor's race with a trump guy through and through. ron desantis. absolutely

jacobs over in orange county, california. and you have all of the house seatses in california and they will not be decided until very, very late. they is slow count, and these are the races with some long-time republicans who could well be challenge and dana rohrabacher comes to mind. >> yes, and not only that, andrea, but at the end of the day, orange county, california, is where the house is ultimately decided. they have four of the seven tossup districts in southern california and this is the 45th. certainly people in line for this race. this is my favorite sign i have seen so far in any campaign that i have been on. welcome. there is a brief wait, and every vote count, and thank you for your patience. so i want to check in with people here in line and careful for sign, but folks are here, and i want to interrupt them since they are having their coffee. we are live on msnbc, and you have brought the coffee, and waiting in line, and dedicated to the cause, and why? what matters to you and what brought you out? >> it is impo

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. >>> orange county, california, once a republican stronghold, a county that president ronald reagan redited for his rise, and orange is the new blue. >> well done. >> do you like what i did there? and they srplhave a gain of 37 seats. there's something about harry. harry enten here. >> we can take a look at this nice little map that we kind of picked up, right? this is 2016. you can see there's some blue going on there, but it's mostly red. all four of the districts were won by mitt romney in 2012 and four years later won by hillary clinton and all four of the districts have above average education levels, and then in that 2018 they all flipped to blue. keep in mind all of these districts, not only did they flip to blue at the end of the day it doesn't look like they will be close. we can take a look at them. this was young -- you kept talking to me, she was a great candidate. now it's a two-point marchin. and rogers, an incumbent. this race not close. walters was talking about running the nrc, she was so sure she was going to win. and then this is a blowout. this is racing towards s

you can look at other large jurisdictions -- look at orange county, which you were talking about earlier's got a republican election official that's got a stellar reputation. look at los angeles county, the largest election jurisdiction in the country. dean logan, stellar reputation. election officials usually do a very good job under very tough conditions with a lot of pressure, a lot, a lot of ballots to count, but day don't have the kind of problems we saw with snipes. i think she represents an outlier rather than what you typically see with election administrators around the country. >> all right, rick, thank you very much. if people look you up, they'll see you just wrote a piece about your concerns projecting forward to 2020 and how people can use the lack of confidence in this system to really muck up the works, assuming that president trump would like to do that, he would be a likely candidate to do so. rick, good to have you with us. >>> so you just heard us talking about brenda snipes. she has an answer for herself and she wants to take that opportunity to do so. we're going to

the orange county registrar of voters office has increased security until the last ballot is counted. >>> and election day 2018 still going on in florida. looking at the broward county elections center where there's a manual recount. you see all those counters right there. it will be a while before it's certified. john lawrence reports. >>> reporter: being two minutes late isn't always a big deal except for when it is. >> i have taken responsibility for every act in this office, good, bad or indifferent. i have always held myself accountable. >> reporter: florida's broward county submit its machine recount information at 3:02 p.m. two minutes past the state mandated deadline. palm beach county was also late. >> we gave it everything we had. i'm very proud of my team. and we are a good, um, election office and i have a great team. i think that we just got stuck with some mechanical issues that were inherited. >> reporter: this means, last week's unofficial results for these counties will be the totals used. right now, the candidates for governor are separated by a thin margin and the r

you can look at other large jurisdictions -- look at orange county, which you were talking about earliera republican election official that's got a stellar reputation. look at los angeles county, the largest election jurisdiction in the country. dean logan, stellar reputation. you can look all over the country. election administrators generally do a very good job under very tough conditions with a lot of pressure, a lot, a lot of ballots to count, but we don't have the kind of problems we saw with snipes. i think she represents an outlier rather than what you typically see with election administrators around the country. >> all right, rick, thank you very much. if people look you up, they'll see you just wrote a piece about your concerns projecting forward to 2020 and how people can use the lack of confidence in this system to really muck up the works, assuming that president trump would like to do that, he would be a likely candidate to do so. rick, thank you very much. appreciate it. good to have you with us. >>> so you just heard us talking about brenda snipes. she has an answer for h

then there's three that are a tossup, two of them in orange county, one of them in modesto. very close, 1,300 votes between thd tens of thousands of ballots still to count. really up in the air. >> thank you all. you guys have been doing wonderful work this week. go get some rest this weekend. >> thank you. >> mike scott, marisa lagos, guy marzorati, and katie orr in snkramento. ths to all of you. >>> now to another mucha talked bout aspect of the midterms, the many women who ran yr office thr. here in california first-time candidate katie hill flipped a congressionalred district to blue. nationwide more than 120 women have won so far, among the many firsts, the first two native american women elected to congress, the first woman senator from tennessee, the first female governor of maine.r and ayanna sley became the first african-american to represent massachusetts in congress.s >> when it co women of color, candidates, folks don't jusngtalk about a glass ceil what they describe is a concrete one. but you know what breaks through concrete? seismic shifts. [ cheers ] >> here

it is a complete sweep for democrats in the once republican stronghold of orange county, california. glot. republican young kim decided over the weekend. that means all the congressional districts in the county are now repped by democrats. orange county had been a conservative bastion. it was a place where ronald reagan touted where good republicans go to die. joining me is harry enten. how did this happen? >> i mean, this is amazing because it's not just where republicans survive during the reagan era. ronald reagan won that county by 50 points in 1984. >> yeah. >> look at where the republican party has been heading and look where the republdemocratic part heading. education levels mean more than any part of history. they have an above average education levels and all were districts romney won in 2012 but hillary clinton won in 2016. >> what does it tell us or tell republicans and democrats and strategists for 2020? >> i think that if the story of 2016 was that non-college whites in the northern part of the country are starting to vote like non-college whites in the southern part of

one definitely in orange county and maybe another in orange county and maybe one in the central valley. >> you talk about the voter turn outs. california known for the midterm blues, not getting that many people to the polls. high numbers in contra costa county. >> i don't know, they're thinking about 56 or so% which would be incredible but still, you're leaving more than 40% of the voters on the sidelines compared to 24% a year ago or the last midterm, it's an improvement on that. still pathetic. >>> nationally, florida. there's a lot of tension not just on the governor's race but the senate race between bill nelson and rick scott. you say also georgia is a big one. >> georgia is a more significant race. that's the race where america could see its first ever african american woman as a governor anywhere in the 200 plus history. oprah is campaigning. i don't know how much that's worth but it definitely shedz a bigger spotlight on the race. stacey abrams is the democrat there. brian kemp is the sitting secretary of state. the interesting thing there is if there's voter problems. the sec

. >> orange county is a new blue. a sweep of southern california districts in favor of democrats. turns out the industry gee of raising taxes on millions of californias and trying to sabotage health care was not a wing strategy. donald trump made everything about him these last two years. a large part of this election was a rebuke of the president. >> it is striking when you look at the map of the suburbs. 20 plus. maybe two dozen of the thi30 pl. this is not just l.a. it's orange county and oklahoma city and kansas city, kansas. they have been in republican pant pants since i colored my hair. >> what's going to be interesting to watch and the implications for the agenda when we finalize the number of seats. so many come from the traditionally republican strongholds whose constituents don't have the same views as a new york or a san francisco or california. you are already seeing these internal slashes. alexandria ocasio-cortez showing up on nancy pelosi's door participating in a protest. imagine when they position on

orange county, 89%. this county was not in, remember, the early count, it came in fast. if grour tyou're the democrats, luke that. >> desantis has just taken the lead. >> pull back out statewide. taken the lead by 37,000 votes. you're starting to see more votes coming up here, also seeing very strong republican numbers down here. you see them in the panhandle and see them down here in the southwest part of the state. again, this is normally republican stronghold. this is where republicans have focused their turnout effort. the napless area, collier county. 65% of the vote up there. you move up the coast here, lee county, 3.5% of the statewide population. 60%. so republicans are running it up with pretty good numbers in this part of the state. the question is, 86%. this is where we get into crunchtime in florida. happens every time. presidential race, governors race. senate race. >> the senate race looks like scott is -- right now, go to the senate race in florida. >> again, these two races have tracked each other. they've tracked each other in the polls, tracked each oth

orange county was one of the more populated areas in the south that was deeply red.was a strongholds for the republican party and to see that change that you documented -- >> we were talking about a woman who registered as a republican at 21. she changed her registration at 81. >> virginia 7 again. that's such a good indicator of what's happen ng thing in this country. he ran to the right of eric cantor. made that district more conservative. is that where the country is going. are we going to see is it too hard to say that given how populated still and how large the rural areas are. >> you have a president that's only seeking to divide. we never had these elections under someone who is purposely trying to make it us versus them. whoever the us versus them may be. he goes after that. there's no way to unify. it was very hard for the republicans to say, oh, no. but i'm also this and i'm trying to work in a bipartisan fashion when you have donald trump out there saying, we're divided into t ds and rs and turned off a lot of republican women who said i'm not that. >> it'