The they way dealt with a highlevel, brilliant, going to be a great justice of the Supreme Court, the way they really tortured him and his family, i thought it was a disgrace. I think its an insult to the american public, and i think youre going to see a lot of things happen on november 6th. I think a lot of democrats are going to vote republican. And what you just heard is the gop strategy for firing up the base ahead of this years midte midterms. Mitch mcconnell has called kavanaughs nomination to the Supreme Court his proudest moment as a senator. He and his party hope to turn that victory into votes. There are some who fear the fierce fight for his appointment that i have shifted the Political Landscape. Recent polls shows the democrats damage has nearly disappeared. The gap is down to just two points. Our big question today is ahead of the midterms, which party is more fired up following the kavanaugh confirmation battle . Joining me here at ucla, cohost of words matter, the podcast, and former Bush White House aide, alisa jordan. Good to see you. Also an msnbc political analyst. Former Obama Deputy WhiteHouse Press Secretary bill burton and l. A. Times political reporter christine mydoo. The, weather is amazing. I could get used to this. A lot better than new york is about to be once it starts to get cold. Lets talk about cav naukavanau. It dominated every conversation for two weeks. Before that, democrats were up in enthusiasm and now theyre not. Why is that, elise . For the moment, it has gotten republicans excited because they saw donald trump fighting, Brett Kavanagh seen as an establishment republican, a bush guy. It had a unifying effect on the party as a lot of republicans recalled from what they perceived as a nominee being treated unfairly. For the moment, enthusiasm might be up, but we have 29 days and you know how a day in this Political Landscape is a lifetime. So i just dont know if i see that Enthusiasm Holding through elections the way the democrats, who feel so angry about this nomination, and the way the process happened, i see that anger sustaining. Republicans might forget about it and it might not be an issue for them in a month, but democrats and women who are angry about it, bill, could hold onto that anger and use it against the republicans in november. Thats right. I think democrats were already very engaged as elise was saying, and republicans are now coming to play the way they werent before. The thing that i am excited about is that, like in 2006, there was already a lot of weight on republicans. There was hurricane, the iraq war, all these scandals coming out of washington, then the mark foaly texting scandal happened and people were, like, were don with the Republican Party. This could be that kind of moment, too, where when President Trump tried to put someone accused of Sexual Assault on the court, that was it for folks. But the only other thing ill say is that on october 7th of 2016 is when the access Hollywood Tape hit, too, and democrats should not be complacent. I dont think this is a slam dunk. Yes, im excited democrats are excited but theres lot of work to be done. A month is a long time before an election. A month can sway can go either way. How is california reacting to kavanaugh . Is it as big of an issue here as it seems it is in dx a. C. And n york . It depends on what groups youre talking about. I saw a recent poll by a democratic pac thats trying to flip seats and it suggested that women in the congressional seats were talking about that are highly competitive were very turned off by the kavanaugh hearings and particularly how Christine Blasey ford was treated. Which races in particular . There were many of the battleground seats including the 39th Congressional District in Orange County, the 45th Congressional District in Orange County. These are suburban, you know, district where is the collegeeducated population is pretty high. So when youre talking about the kavanaugh effect, that will be different and play different in districts in california than in some of the other battleground districts across the country. You have to keep that in mind. I agree with bill, the democratic base, especially democratic women, were already fired up here. Its a question of what the ceiling is going to be because really how much more fired up can they get in some of these districts. And in terms of gop women, i think that you see in california all over the, republicans and republican women are much more into doing things like mocking Christine Blasey ford at a Campaign Rally cant help. In terms of the protesters, theres asummitinsumption the protesters are all liberals and democrats. Im not sure thats correct. There was a gop voter who would hand the house to the democrats. It says his behavior making fun of people, mocking people, is so distasteful and doesnt help anything. Its not pushing things forward, this woman said. He is not a traditional republican. Im still here is what i feel like, im still here as a moderate republican and he does not represent me. And so while some republican strategists may get excited be ti mome by the moment and say this is pushing moderate republicans back, is that going to hold enthusiasm over the course of a month when donald trump shows his capacity for constant cruelty basically every other day . That has chipped into republican women voters and right now i think the last nbc poll was a 22 enthusiasm gap, women favoring democrats overall. So in these house races i certainly feel like it probably has been helpful for democrats to have this fight in red states where there are tough senate races, i think the reverse is actually true in places like tennessee and missouri. What do the democrats do in order to seize the moderate gop woman who maybe doesnt want to vote for a democrat, doesnt want to feel like theyre remitted by the democrat, but also not enthusiastic about donald trump or the Republican Party . How do you get her to go to the polls to cast a vote . One disconnect between where the competitive races have been and where the voters are, we talk a lot about trump and the media and you open the news and youre like its trump every day. Inside of these competitive districts, folks are talking about issues that matter every day, like health care, like energy costs, the environment, education, and i think as long as democrats can say that we are the party thats on your side, im the candidate who can go to washington and move the needle, not just engage in the muck thats out, there then you can weigh in. I dont think its about trump necessarily, but the one place where the enthusiasm will matter is places like this, College Campus where is voters under 25 show up in big numbers, and it looks like the trend line is they are going to show up in the higher numbers than in the recent past, then democrats have a great chance. Theres always talk about young people getting motivated to vote. Theres tens of millions of young people across the country that could sway any given election. Theres always talks about whos going to motivate them and get them out, but they dont come out. Why will this election be different for the young people . A couple factors. First of all, there was the parkland shooting where the youth out of that incident, that horrible tragedy, really mobilized, and i think became these organizers on social media, very public, in terms of demanding policy change in a way we havent seen in a very long time. And i think that most of all, maybe not necessarily the policy change, that provides an example to other young people that they can be change makers, that they can actually have a voice publicly. And so that seems to be infiltrating into young voters who may not have been as engaged before. And other efforts to turn out and register young people, tom story is spending millions of dollars on College Campuses in battleground Congressional Districts to turn out young people. Is that helping democrats, though, or is it are democrats tom story is doing a lot as you said sorry, theres a lady behind you but are democrats doing enough to get kids out to vote . I think that remains to be seen in terms of the specific candidate campaigns. Certainly in terms of getting young people out to vote its been shown that, you know, young voters, millennials, in particular, skew very democratic, and if they turn out the electorate overall will be more skewed left. Whether or not those campaigns are particularly reaching out to young voters, touch think about limited resources, less limited this cycle than others for sure, but when youre talking about getting people out to vote and whos going to vote and who can count on them, its hard to make that argument sometimes for young voters. Were not sure how thats going to turn out. Christine, nice to have you here and as a Los Angeles Times voice, we appreciate that. Bill burton, good to see you as always. Elise, have fun. I will. Enjoy the, weather. Now lets take a closer look at the critical races on the ground here in california, the races well cover in the next hour. To do that, none other than steven kornacki, whos kicking off his 18 in 18 series back with a big board in new york. Heels also the author if you havent heard of the new book the red and the blue. Go out and buy it. Tell me what races youre looking at in cali. California is the biggest state so no surprise but its the mother lode of pickup opportunities for democrats as they try to take the house. What you see are seven districts in california. These are seven republicanheld, currently republicans represent them in the house, but each one of these seven districts voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, didnt go for trump, so democrats immediately look at these districts and they see opportunity in california, especially i would say down here, darrell issa getting closer to san diego county, not running for reelection. He barely got through in 2016. The polling in this race has been pretty bad for democrats. A couple other opportunities that may not be as rosy for democrats but theyve got a number of them, as well, we could say two other seats democrats are eyeing in california, one right here, sort of to the east of the 21st district. This would be the nunez district. Democrats would like a shot at that. In the 50th district, duncan hunter, hes got in some trouble, democrats would like a shot at that one as well. Where has the polling been closest . If there is one race in california of all these that looks to be the single closest is this one, dana rrohrabacher, about an hour south of where you are, katy, Orange County, dana report bocker, a clinton district. Hes been there for 30 years. Check it out. Last poll here had a deadeven 4848. Weve seen a lot like this. Orange county used to be a republican bastion, changing a lot demographically and politically, democrats would love the get this one. Republicans are happening rohrabacher can hang on. Steve, tell me why harvey rouda is neck and neck with rohrabacher when just a few weeks ago in july he was up two to six points. Why is it so close . Its changed. Some of that may just be noise. I know there was a monmouth poll at the start of the sum theyme had this at about three points. There are a couple of factors. Its a strong republican tradition. Orange county is the heart of this district. They were the heart of the conservative movement from goldwater to reagan. Rohrabacher has been there 30 years, even though its changing a lot, even though its very controversial, even though roshgsrouda has a lot of money behind him, theres a lot of support for rohrabacher in that district. Steven kornacki, thank you very much. Still to come live in ucla, the resistance. California stood up to President Trump more than any other state. What is it planning next . Ill ask the mayor of los angeles and californias secretary of state. Plus members of uclas student republican and democratic parties are here. Well hash out issues that could get their classmates to the polls in november. But as we head to break, the solid gold sound of the ucla marching band. Go, bruins. How much horse power does this thing got . Doing great dad looking good babe are you filming. At booking. 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Each year this campus reaches a new record for the most College Applications submitted, more than any university in the world. Can you wonder why . Its in los angeles. The weather is great. Tens of millions of Younger Voters could sway any given election, but theyre historically difficult to mobilize. According to a recent poll from the Public Religion Research institute and the atlantic, only 28 of adults between the ages of 18 and 29 say they are absolutely certain they will vote in the midterms. Thank you for the band, by the way. There are 44,947 students enrolled at ucla, but how are campus activists getting them excited to vote . Joining me, president of the bruin republicans, ben sakeresen and from the democrats, nasser ahmed. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having us. Is there one issue thats animating young people to vote, ucla students to vote . Well, for democrats at least its a multitude of issues, mainly, you know, morality in highest offices of the land. Morality, really. Well, yes. How so . Well, taking back the house and just, you know, the treatment of the Supreme Court and establishing judges that really dont seem to fit our values. Its very important to us. Is naug kavanaugh animating republicans . Absolutely. He was a person well qualified for the position. He had been serving in law for over 14 years. He has 300 decisions. What we saw is someone whos extremely qualified for the position was all of a sudden in the very last week of the hearing dragged through the mud. His honor was questioned, his judicial temperament was questioned, on claims that could not be corroborated. Is it animating campus republicans who are men more than women or is it both in the republican outlet here . No. We see members, men and women, getting involved. We see polls throughout the nation. What about campus republicans here . Absolutely involved with it. We believe that Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanagh was absolutely qualified and we are happy he was nominated and happy hes on the court. Kavanaugh has animated gop voters to an extent to where its closed the enthusiasm gap. But theres stale big question about women. I mean, the polling when you look at the numbers, women are far more animated to vote for a democrat right now because of kavanaugh than men are. Men are more motivated to vote for a republican because of kavanaugh. How is that playing into your recruitment and your ability to get kids to the polls in november when its historically been so hard to get young people to go out and vote . Democrats on campus, weve been proud of our diversity both ethnically and gender. Its always been very easy for us to get young people that are excited because typically minority groups are always wanting to get more representation. So for us its very easy. We just say, hey, were the democrats and they know if they come with us they will be more represented. How much is health care playing into it, and not just health care, how much is job creation President Trump is overseeing a lot of job creation. The economy is going really well. There are a lot of jobs being created. Getting out of college and finding a job is a big deal for a college student. It hasnt always been so easy in the past decade or so. Its been pretty difficult. Weve seen a great week for President Trump and republicans. Unemployment records came out. Were at 3. 7 , the lowest its been in years. We have multiple job growth. Its a very exciting time to be a republican, especially with nafta being renegotiated and negotiations opening up with the European Union and japan. With job growth, is more continued job growth from the last five or six years or so, and thats very important for us especially coming out of college whereas before hand it was almost impossible to find a job. Is it quality jobs, jobs people are needing a College Degree for, theyre aspiring to get . The general trend seems to be jobs that require a College Degree are becoming more, you know, in demand. A College Degree is almost what a High School Diploma used to be nowadays. What about health care . Health care. In terms of health care, republicans have always championed the right to have freedom of choice, to let the market play a role. We saw under the Affordable Care act that premiums went up and have continued to rise and weve also seen that choices have gone down. You have a set of talking points now, and i dont mean to be disrespectful and i hope it doesnt sound that wyay, but whn kids talk to you, come into the Republican Party offices here and youre talking to students on campus, what are they saying to you . On campus, we have a lot of republican students that when they come to us theyre happy to have a decision. Were open to everyone and any opinion. We just want to have a conversation first and foremost. What is that conversation . Its in terms of showing the other side, talking back and forth. We dont try to convert people our beliefs. We want an honest conversation and talk. At the end of the day, were College Students trying to learn and grow on campus. We want to be challenged. Thats why we came to the ucla. Thats what we try to do. What about you . We dont try to force anyone into a certain viewpoint. It just happens to be most democrats that come to us as a group believe that health care is a commonsense aspect of politics. You know, why anyone would be uncovered. To us it is a right. Gentlemen, ben and nasser, thanks for coming on and giving us the perspective from the ground at ucla. And Jacob Soboroff is here with what matters to voters in key districts here. Were back live from ucla right after the break. Im ken jacobus, im the owner of good start packaging. We distribute environmentallyfriendly packaging for restaurants. And weve grown substantially. So i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. I earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy. And last year, i earned 36,000 in cash back. Thats right, 36,000. Which i used to offer Health Insurance to my employees. My unlimited 2 cash back is more than just a perk, its our healthcare. Can i say it . Whats in your wallet . Minutes can mean the difference between life and death. Proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. 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We made our way to westminster, home to little saigon, and a lot of people say having grown up in southern california, there are no Real Community gathering places around here, burr i will tell you where people gather, and it is at the car wash. Wow. Let me see if any of these guys will chat. Im here because theres a big election coming up in november for congress. Are you guys thinking about voting . No. Whats life like in westminster, Huntington Beach . Terrific. Terrific . We live in california. Nice out here, huh . A lot of people say its a conservative area and the democrats are going to try to flip it. Well, good luck. You dont think its going to happen . No. Well keep them at bay. What are the issues that are going to be the most important to you that youll vote on . I think a lot of the racial issues thats going on. Thats a big thing, especially now with trump in. Are you a voter . Do you vote here . Not yet. Youre not a citizen yet. Im working on it. Working on it. Yes. Do you think theyll flip . I think hes out. You think hes out. Are you planning on voting . Not at all. Youre laughing. Ive actually never voted. In your life. Yeah. How come . Its not my thing. If i just voted, you know, it would just be like a scan tron, a, b, c, d. Fill in the bubbles. Exactly. Thats what i did on tests in high school. I would care if i knew about it, but i just dont have the time. What do you do . Real estate. Real estate. Yeah. Has anybody ever said to you theres so much on the line, the Supreme Court, all kinds of things . If you dont know anything, how are you supposed to to ne . You go do research. And i dont have the time for that. Does washington, d. C. , and what happens there feel relevant to your life here . No, not in my world. Jacob soboroff joins me right here at ucla. So, jacob, you were in Orange County, and i guess the question is, is the orange curtain as its called going to fall in Orange County . The real question is how did you get a marching band to come out for you . No marching band has never come out for me in my entire life. My middle name is bear and theres a ber right thear right. What goes into a blue wave. Thats the question. People that voted for Hillary Clinton, like steven kornacki, was saying over donald trump, maybe for a republican candidate last time around would switch. Or maybe the increasing population of voters of color if this state would come out or women would come out in numbers after last week. The answer is you can see at the car wash, on the fringe of the 48th district, we dont know. A lot of the districts, there are seven districts up in the air for republicans that democrats want to take back in order to help them take back the house. And most of them are in Orange County. Theyre contiguous, right up next to each other in Orange County, so this county thats traditionally when you take the amtrak, and youll see that tomorrow, i take it from l. A. To Orange County, on that route, youre used to going from heavily democratic to heavily republican, getting less republican, but the question is how quickly. Its a beautiful ride. Take the surf liner, the amtrak. Jacob soboroff, good to see you. You too. And californias seven swing districts would go a long way to helping democrats retake the house, as we said, but theyll need to flip seats nationwide to get a majority, which is why one prominent california democrat is taking his progressive message to districts across the country. Joining me, the democratic mayor of los angeles, eric garcetti. We also want to note that we reached out to a number of republicans to come on this show today for an interview, including john cox, duncan hunter, dana rohrabacher, vin nunez, diane harkey, young kim, and all trade deadlined or did not respond. So mayor, weve got you. Welcome home. Thank you. Seven of the districts that the democrats need are here in california. But its larger than that. They need more than seven districts. Youre campaigning across the country. Whats your message . The message is the shortterm divisive thinking that republicans embody right now isnt resonating. I just came back from mississippi and oklahoma, places like just like Orange County we wouldnt have thought about a couple years ago being able to flip seats. People are pumped up in the Church Meetings i went to. You see the impact in mississippi of huge potholes under the Republican Leadership big enough to swallow the suv we were in. In oklahoma, four days a week to school. Far lot of independents and republicans, theyre questioning what sort of leadership does may v my party offer or my party offer . I think well see a lot of new voters. Its happening nationwide. Heres how the l. A. Times has put your strategy. In the past hes stumped for candidates in nevada, ohio, and south carolina. Two weeks ago he was in l. A. To raise 100,000 for ten state democratic parties including oklahomas, a total of 1. 5 million raised. Why does jimmy kimmel and d. J. Khalid and mayor garcetti of los angeles appeal to oklahoma voters . What happens in oklahoma affects us here. A congress, however its comprised, affects our potholes here, our health care here. You go into south carolina, the low country, where we have a candidate whos literally talking about drilling for oil, the candidate against joe cunningham, the democrat, saying absolutely not. I think we are all intertwined. Oftentimes we hear from republicans how divided we are, coastal versus heartland, red, blue. I think thats bs. We are one nation and its important to be involved everywhere. What issue do you find is animating voters most . Is it the kavanaugh confirmation . Is it health care . Is it job creation . I woke up this morning in oklahoma and yesterday in oklahoma, the day before in mississippi, it was infrastructure and health care. And things that people can see. As a my yorayor, i understand pe politics is where things begin. Turning down medicare, expansion of health care, rural hospitals in mississippi that are closing down because republicans are being stubborn about health care. Its that bread and butter stuff, even though the kavanaugh issues certainly motivate the party activists, the average american are still stressed about life and i think the democrats have a clearer message how they can help. The republicans have been clear who they stand for themselves. You are the mayor of a city that is stopped by gridlock. Its quite insane getting on the road in los angeles. Absolutely. On a sunday at 4 00 p. M. Going from marina del ray to santa monica can take you 35 minutes, 45 minutes when it should take you five. Exactly right. Or less. Theres gridlock here. Theres issues with infrastructure in terms of housing in this city. It hasnt been so successful at getting it fixed or changed, so when you go out and people put that issue to you, what do you say to them . Well, they know what were doing in l. A. We passed the largest infrastructure bill two years ago. This president has promised money for our cities. We havent seen it for our bridges, our roads, traffic in places like los angeles. We took that into our own hands and passed something that will provide over 700,000 jobs for people in the next four years. But it would nice for them to return to local communities where its rural in mississippi or right here in los angeles. Theres always talk about you and 2020. What are your plans for 2020 . To get to 2018. No closer. Its so important right now, this election. Because im not running right now, i can say this, it is the most important election of our lives. You are stumping for candidates across the country, and thats what you want to do when you want to run. 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Despite a number of red and purple districts, california has been known as a bastion for progressive policies for a generation. During the first years of the Trump Administration, the state has stood out as a leader of the socalled resistance. A designation which has earned the state a fair amount of ire from the commander in chief in return. Joining me, californias secretary of state alex padilla and conservative talk radio host john phillips. Gentlemen, thanks for being here. Thank you. It is kind of ground zero of the resistance when you think of pushback on donald trump. You often think of california because there are 29 pending lawsuits or youve sued the Trump Administration 29 times to date . Right. And keep winning, keep winning, keep winning. It shouldnt come as any surprise if you look at californias poll i ambition and leadership, for more than a decade now, issues of the environment, on immigration, on health care access, et cetera, et cetera. Whether its through legislation ar litigation, we certainly have seen it through organization, an unprecedented level of activism across the state. How do republicans break through in this environment . We talked about it, seven districts that are republican held now up in the air and potentially going to be democratic districts. Democrats run the statehouse. Democrats run the governors office. It is a very blue state. Thats right. First of all, i love the fact that you get a bigger band than fowler and a guy near the bruin said if you did the show with usc youd just get kenny g. My mom is a bruin so my heart is with the bruins. Number one Public University in america. Republicans in california have to run on state issues because right now the democrats have raised the gas tax, which is something that a lot of people have a problem with. We have an unfunded pension liability that is crushing the state financially. Weve got a bullet train that is costing a lot more money than what we were promised. We have people being let out of prison right and left. You have people here who democrats in the state who are essentially running on federal issues, not just obviously at the congressional level, which they should, but at the state and local level as well. If youre republicans, you have to focus on those local issues where voters are upset right now and hope that President Trumps numbers rise. John has a point when it comes to taxes. Californians have been historically uncomfortable with raising any sort of taxes, and theyve voted people out of office when theyve raised taxes. There was a recall for gray davis. I think historically, look, most americans, not just californians, would rather not pay higher taxes but want all the investments in infrastructure and education and, you know, on and on and on. But i think this gas tax is a perfect example. Its not coming across quite yet that this was a gas tax that was a bipartisan deal. Democrats and republicans in the legislature supported this. Why . Because the governor, the legislature, and every californian whos hit a pothole knows we need Infrastructure Investment and this is how we pay for it. I definitely want to talk about the environment. You brought it up a moment ago. It is a perfect time because there was a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report which came out i believe today, and it was dire. I mean, it was extraordinarily dire, painting a very ugly picture of 2040 if emissions caused the temperature across the globe to go over 2 degrees celsius. The aim is for 1. 5 degrees celsius. Donald trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord and were alone almost in doing that as a developed industrialized nation. Is that something that helps moderate republicans in this state or does it make it harder for you guys to run . Well, that was certainly something that President Trump campaigned on. He said when he was candidate trump he would do that and he followed through. California has changed fundamentally. We used to be big on defense and aerospace. After the cold war, those jobs dried up and those people moved out of the state. You have the people who work in the Tech Industry and in hollywood and on issues like the environment theyre much farther to the left than the people who lived here in the 1980s and 1990s. So still have that aerospace presence in california but it, too, has evolved. It may be drones not bombers that are being innovated and spacex. Exactly. Right here in california. California knows how to create jobs. Governors from texas and North Carolina and elsewhere try to come here to steal them. You talk about climate and trumps selection, but if you look how trump did in kra kr caa in 2016, that says its all. He lostcalifornians believe in science and we know that Climate Change is real. Mayors across the country said they would meet the standards of the Paris Climate Accord regardless. What are you doing more broadly across the state . Look at governor browns leadership. If trump wants to go backwards on addressing Climate Change, he is going to continue to travel the world and develop mous with not just other states, other provinces, but frankly other nations to keep making progress towards the Emission Reductions that we need for sake of the health of our planet. Its not just elected leaders. If you polled these students on the College Campus, Climate Change, access to health care, affordability, Climate Change is up there with the issues they care about that theyre activating and organizing around. Lets talk about health care real fast. How are republicans running on health care in this state . Well, the california delegation, republican delegation voted against it. Obamacare was of course something that helped republicans win two midterm elections in 2010 and 2014. Its not as big of an issue right now. Right now everyone was focused on the Supreme Court battle at the state and local level, focused on the gas tax, focused on the rising numbers of the Homeless Population and other subjects. So i dont think thats going to be the makeorbreak issue this time. And those with preexisting conditions. Alex padilla and john phillips, gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us. We appreciate it. And next up, the study under way on this campus looking at race and politics. Our live coverage from ucla continues next. Hey there people eligible for medicare. Gimme one minute. And ill tell you some important things to know about medicare. First, it doesnt pay for everything. Say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. This much about 80 medicare will pay for. Whats left is on you. 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But candidates need to know that in order to get over the bar, they need to include africanamerican women. How do you get out there and make sure that its not just the effort the effort to get out the vote does not just focus on one particular group . Our coalition, were an organization, based off of different student organizations on campus, so were not just reaching out to democrats, republicans or latinos, were making sure were reaching out to all students. The other really interesting thing, this is a question that i get asked all the time, its a question that i ask, no one has a really good answer for. Donald trump won white women in 2016, 53 of white women voted for donald trump, and you make an effort to answer that question in your Election Survey . Its important to understand that women are not a monolith, and it was surprising that white women voted at 52 for donald trump. Going into 2018 and 2020, we need to understand the prejudice and racism on why People Choose particular candidates. Your oped, your research, was that there was a positive correlation between whitewomen to support donald trump in 2016. We have not done a good job of studying conservative white women. Conservative white women have long voted for the Republican Party. This is not new, this is not knew for the Obama Administration or for trump, its a long standing trend for the majority, even when the majority is the Republican Party. Only when we look closely at the role that different racial and ethnic groups are playing, we fail to treat women as a monolith. We need to do a much better job of making sure that we understand the voices and attitudes and behaviors of women across the board and not treat them as a monolith. What are you saying to opportunities on campus to get them out to vote in november . I think we have to remember what happened in 2016, what just happened on saturday. Theres a lot that we as young voters, that we can and have the right and the voice to make a difference in our community. So i think it our time to turn out the vote. Laurie frazier oakley and celine that avalas. Thank you for joining us. And coming up after the break, our College Battleground continues from ucla. From ucla. Are you paying too much and getting too little with your current medicare plan . If you have medicare, you have an important choice to make. You can purchase a separate drug plan for an additional cost; or you can choose a humana allinone Medicare Advantage plan that includes your medical benefits and drug coverage in one. In fact, last year humana Medicare AdvantagePrescription Drug plan members saved an estimated 6900 on average on their prescription costs. Call us to find out if you can save on your prescriptions. 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I was just going to say, the studio seems so incomplete. All right, im so sorry to have to cut off this lovely scene for all of you, but good afternoon, im kasie hunt. Donald trumps latest slam roughly four hours from now the president s political victory will be on full display when he participates in a prime time swearing in or