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Why wouldn't he join him on stage? I think the two work very well together. Love Hannity too!

i agree.

honestly its crazy bro. i mean if you think about it, we got the West Coast, Southwest, Midwest, South, Northeast and the East coast (more depending on how we break it up).

we're such a big country that those regions have distinct accents and beliefs/values. we basically have 6 or so countries in one. it was always gonna be a god awful task to get any sort of unity in government, especially in our current climate.

so you're ok with so called journalist, who are suppose to remain neutral, campaigning with political figures?

would you be fine with Rachel maddows campaigning with Elizabeth Warren?

Doesn't bother me, I know neither or them are journalists anyway and they all have bias, don't try to hide it.

Rachael Madcow already campaigns for the left candidates from her studio seat.

bias is one thing, which i disagree with Tulsa's term with maddows and campaigning. she's biased, but shes not hitting campaign trails.

even fox news criticized hannity on it.

Which journalists are neutral in their politcal views now?

I'm really curious. I'm quite sure there is no such thing.

Election 2018 exit poll analysis: 56 percent say country on 'wrong track'

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/election-2018-exit-poll-analysis-56-percent-country-223007186.html

Donald Trump and control of Congress are front and center in this election, and preliminary results from the national exit poll touch on both of them:

In results so far, 44 percent of voters approve of Trump’s job performance, while 55 percent disapprove.

And while the House races will be fought district by district, voters by 53-43 percent say they’d rather see the Democrats than the Republicans in control of the House after this election.

(MORE: How to vote in the 2018 midterm elections)

Antipathy toward Trump doesn’t reach majority support for impeachment – 41 percent of voters support impeaching the president and removing him from office, with 55 percent opposed. Still, 39 percent say they cast their ballots to show opposition to Trump, vs. 26 percent who say they voted to show him support. (33 percent say he didn’t figure in their vote.)

There are vast divisions among groups on Trump and control of Congress, and voters recognize today’s political polarization. 77 percent say Americans are becoming more politically divided, while just 8 percent see greater unity. (13 percent see no change.)

(MORE: Election Day 2018 LIVE UPDATES: Long lines, glitches greet voters turning out in droves)

Indeed, even with the economy its best in decades by many measures, just 41 percent say the country is headed in the right direction, while 56 percent say it’s seriously off on the wrong track. There’s a huge gulf between Republicans and Democrats on the question, but among independents, often swing voters, 58 percent say wrong track vs. 39 percent right direction.

While preliminary exit poll results indicate a preference for Democratic control of the House, neither party is beloved. Voters divide 50-46 percent in favorable vs. unfavorable views of the Democratic Party. The GOP fares worse – 43-54 percent, favorable-unfavorable. Nancy Pelosi, a Republican bugaboo in the campaign, trails her party’s favorability rating - and Trump's approval rating - at 31-55 percent, favorable-unfavorable.

(MORE: Midterm Elections 2018: When does your polling station close, when to expect results and everything else you need to know)

In one more eye-opening preliminary result: 51 percent of voters today say the government has not done enough to protect this election from foreign interference.

In terms of group sizes – which can change, these are preliminary results only:

Party ID: Democrats account for 38 percent of voters in exit poll results so far, Republicans for 32 percent and independents for 30 percent. That compares with 36-37-27 percent in 2014, and 37-33-29 percent in 2016.

Ideology: Liberal-moderate-conservative group sizes in results so far are 27-38-36 percent. That compares with 22-39-38 percent in the 2014 midterms. (And 26-38-36 percent in 2016.)

Sex: Women account for 52 percent of voters in preliminary results, matching their previous high in a midterm from 2010.

Race: Nonwhites account for 28 percent of voters nationally in preliminary results. The highest in any previous midterm was 25 percent in 2014. These compare with a low of 9 percent in 1990.

PHOTO: People line up to vote at the ASU Palo Verde West polling station during the U.S. midterm elections in Tempe, Arizona, Nov. 6, 2018. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters)
PHOTO: People line up to vote at the ASU Palo Verde West polling station during the U.S. midterm elections in Tempe, Arizona, Nov. 6, 2018. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters)
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Key Issues
Among key issues in the campaign – beyond Trump himself – preliminary exit poll results indicate the following:

Immigration: With the Central American caravan drawing broad attention in the campaign, voters divide on Trump’s immigration policies – 48 percent say they’re too tough, 32 percent say they’re about right and 16 percent say they’re not tough enough.

Health care: Voters by 58-34 percent pick the Democratic Party over the Republicans as more likely to protect health care for people with pre-existing conditions, another central focus of the 2018 campaign.

Further, given a choice of four issues, 41 percent pick health care as the top issue facing the country, compared with 21 percent for the economy, 23 percent immigration and 11 percent gun policy. (We’ll look at vote preferences in each group as the night proceeds.)

Kavanaugh: Any impact of the controversial confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court may come down to state-to-state races. Nationally, the country divides – 43 percent support his confirmation, 48 percent oppose it in preliminary exit poll results.

(MORE: 2018 early vote significantly surpasses 2014, Florida early and mail voting over 5M)

Tax and trade: Two of the president’s signature economic policies get a mixed reception. Fewer than a third of voters, 28 percent, say they’ve been helped by the Trump tax law (45 percent no impact, 23 percent hurt by it.) And just 25 percent say Trump’s trade policies have helped their local economy. 31 percent say they’ve hurt, 36 percent say they've had no effect.

(MORE: After racking up thousands of miles on Air Force One campaigning, Trump lies low on Election Day)

Women: As noted, women account for 52 percent of voters in preliminary results, matching their previous midterm high from 2010. And there’s a tremendous gender gap in views of president Trump’s work in office: While men voting today divide 50-49 percent on Trump, approve-disapprove, that goes to 39-60 percent among women voters. And while 57 percent of men approve of Kavanaugh’s confirmation, just 43 percent of women agree.

Sharp gender differences extend elsewhere. Voters by 78-20 percent call it important to elect more women to public office; 53 percent of women call it “very” important, vs. do 37 percent of men. That may play out in the unusual number of races including female candidates this year.

(MORE: Voter help hotline gets 10,000 calls about polling place issues, other concerns)

And 84 percent of voters today call sexual harassment a serious problem in the United States, including 47 percent who call it very serious. 52 percent of women vs. 40 percent of men call sexual harassment a very serious problem. In an even bigger gap, 64 percent of Democrats call it very serious, vs. 40 percent of independents and 29 percent of Republicans.

PHOTO: New voters, including many University of New Hampshire students, stand in line to fill out voter registration forms in Durham, New Hampshire, Nov. 6, 2018. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
PHOTO: New voters, including many University of New Hampshire students, stand in line to fill out voter registration forms in Durham, New Hampshire, Nov. 6, 2018. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
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More On Groups And Issues
Race: Turnout by racial and ethnic minorities is key to Democrats’ chances in many contests. Preliminary exit poll results can change, but in these early results nonwhites account for 28 percent of voters nationally; as noted, the highest in any midterm was 25 percent in 2014. That nonwhite total includes 11 percent blacks and 11 percent Hispanics. The previous highs in midterm elections were 13 percent for blacks, in 2014; and 8 percent for Hispanics, in 2006, 2012 and 2014 alike.

With black candidates in several high-profile races, voters nationally by 71-24 percent say it’s important to elect more racial and ethnic minorities to public office; 44 percent say it’s very important. It’s very important to 61 percent of nonwhites, compared with 38 percent of whites.

There’s also a sharp division – as much political as racial and ethnic – in whether voters think whites are favored over minorities, minorities are favored over whites, or no group is favored. Among Democrats, 71 percent think whites are favored over minorities. Among Republicans, just 10 percent agree.

Voting: Ballot access is a related issue: In these preliminary results, the public by 54-36 percent sees voter suppression as a bigger concern than vote fraud.

Age: Will young and first-time voters make a difference this year? Patterns of when people vote mean this can change, but in preliminary results 18- to 29-year-olds account for 13 percent of voters nationally today; it was 11 percent in 2014, when they backed Democrats for House by a 12-point margin.

Economy: 68 percent of voters say the economy is in excellent or good condition, up dramatically from 36 percent just two years ago, albeit far below the peak, 85 percent, in 2000. Many fewer, though, say their own financial situation has improved in the past two years: 35 percent, compared with 30 percent two years ago.

What typically matters most is people who say they’re worse off: 14 percent in today’s preliminary results. It was 26 percent in 2014; what mattered is that they favored Republicans for House – then voting against the president’s party – by 67-31 percent.

(MORE: Ratify or reject? Midterm elections offer referendum on Trump presidency: ANALYSIS)

Mueller/Election Security: In the investigation still hanging over the Trump White House:

Voters divide on Robert Mueller’s handling of his investigation, 42-46 percent, approve-disapprove.

Voters by 53-43 percent say the Mueller investigation is mostly politically motivated rather than justified.

Gun Ownership: 47 percent of voters live in gun-owning households in preliminary exit poll results.

Stricter Gun Control Measures: 60-35 percent, support-oppose. Among those in gun-owning households, 42-52 percent.

Veterans: 14 percent of voters, preliminarily.

White Evangelical Christians: 27 percent of voters, preliminarily. The previous midterm peak was 27 percent in 2014. One of the most Republican groups, they voted 83-16 percent for House candidates in 2016, and 78-21 percent in 2014.

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LGBT Voters: 6 percent of all voters in results so far, compared with 4 percent in the last two elections.

The days of Walter Cronkite are long gone. The evening news morphed from a half hour long loss leader into a 24/7 profit machine.

Early returns all heavy GOP, but they are also the smallest reddest areas reporting first. Going to be a long night.

Couldn’t you find an avatar with more hair?

That avatar is very disturbing and upsetting to me, I cover my eyes so I don't see it.

The way I read issue one, it said, Mandatory 25% reduced prison time for all crimes cept, Murder, Rape, maybe one more.

So, The armed robbery occurred while minding own business at work and someone walked in with a long gun pointed at, to take all the money.

Mandatory 25% reduction.

How does this stuff even get on the ballot?

There you go. The red pill might help you grow hair. We all know what the blue pill does.

Oh crap, put it back, I liked the glasses!

all avatars must die

unless they include your dog.

It was Bernie. Just say No.

Bernie won re-election.

15% in dems lead in FL Senate and Gubernatorial race.

Every cult needs a leader.

You are just jealous because your cult has Rand.

You are so far off there.
Rand > Everybody

jc

If you are going to fantasize, you should finish your sentence with 'tied in my bed' so we know it's fake news.

Problem is, neither side is going to put us on the right track.

I told a few them off over the weekend. One was calling every 5 minutes. Another asked to speak to a registered female voter. I told them I identified as a female. They hung up on me and never called back. Only had 1 text, but I do keep a land line for this reason of funneling spam calls to my home phone.

Any bets on how soon we start seeing 2020 campaign ads

GOP just lost it's first house seat. Wexton beat Comstock in VA.

Thanks for being brave enough to share this.

This ship has gotten to big to steer ... we’ve gotten to diverse .. and i dont mean skin color or religion diverse ... i’m talking about being diverse in what we want for our country ...

Its an ideological diversity ... that spans many concepts and areas ... a few examples ...

Look inside either party ...

In the Dems u have so many factions right now ..

U have the Sanders socialists ..

U have the lady from the Bronx socialists .. shes not endorsing bernie .. *LOL* ... thats just funny ...

U have the really progressive faction ...

The progressive faction ...

Finally we make it to the liberals ... *L* ...

The other side doesn’t have quite as many factions but holy crap is there a HUGE DIVIDE in the two big factions ...

Neither side could came together before last election ... regardless of where we stood .. dems were exiting the party like survivors off the titanic ... and the repubs didnt have enough life rafts for all there defections .. difference was a lot of the dem ship jumpers jumped to trump .. the repubs just drown ... *LOL* ..

Since rhe election on the repub side its been an amazing thing to watch ... some NEVER EVER EVER EVER IN A TRILLION YEARS TIMES INFINITY trumpers have come on board ... meanwhile at the other end of the ship some of his base has jumped ship but this time to the other side not into the ocean to drown ... there smarter than the last bunch in that regard ... *L* ..

Look at some of the issues ... whats the compromise on these issues ... where u stand don’t matter .. whats the comprimise ...

- the immagration dilemma ... do we have borders or not?

- the wall .. its either built or its not ... where’s the comprimise position?

- global warming .... how do we comprimise on the regs for business ... what to do with the coal industry ... where’s the comprimise here? ... there may be one .. not informed enough to tknow .. just know there more than likely not a reasonable comprimise ... your either polluting or your not ... lots of areas of agreements there ... problem is those gray areas .

- healthcare
- taxes
- gov’t involvement in our lives

Anyhow ... i think u get my point ... the list is endless ..

I said shorty after i arrived on this side that the country is to big to be governed and we needed to split up into at least two seperate countries ... i said that 7 or 8 years ago ... nuttin that goes on today has Given me to reason to re-think my position ...

Its sad but its todays reality ... in my book ... it doesnt make any of us mean or rotten people ... we simply see things differently ... and while having a lot of the same core values ... theres some pretty important things we just don’t agree on ...

HaHa very funny mister

Yes, i admit I made it up to get them to stop calling me. And it worked.

Trump is gonna be so ticked if the Dems take the florida races.

FL governor race is tight.

By about 10PM we should have a good idea how the night is going.

Sherrod Brown holds his Senate seat in Ohio.

So at 9PM, I'm not seeing a blue or red wave... Lot's of very close races and not a ton of surprises.

I just flipped it back on.

The CNN people are so deflated lol

41% of voters say Healthcare is the number 1 issue.

Wonder how many are a referendum on the thing that was the ACA 8-10 years ago, which tried to govermentalize the entirety of health care in the USA.
Meaning,

Repeal it.
Repeal it now.
Repeal it totally.

well, if you're paying attention to the house races, as of right now, the dems have picked up 12 seats with a ton of more races to go.

apparently the people want the ACA repealed and replaced with single payer.