it works out. we still have a little ways to go. but if it does happen as it looks that it will, this is a real victory for the people. and chris, i know you re a historian. this is like andrew jackson s victory. this is the people beating the establishment. and that s how he posited right from the beginning, the people are rising up against a government they find to be dysfunctional. and yes, it s a defeat for the democrats, but this is a defeat for some republicans too. okay, it s 1824 again. so how does the new president, if it s your guy, donald trump, how does he reunite this country, all ethnic groups that have felt abused and i think rightfully so, hispanic people, islamic people, all kinds of people out there feel they ve been excluded from the trump future. what would he do about that, to heal that? i do think if you listen to his speeches over the last few months, i don t think a speech went by where he doesn t talk
no election has ever been contested or questioned the voting mechanism. not usually before the votes are cast. they have never accepted the 1824 election. so there s going to be a winner. there s going to be a loser. our democracy is strong. it can take scrutiny. i m not like my brother and democrats that believe in question if it s going to collapse. i believe in our democracy. craig, i think the issue here is that donald trump doesn t seem to believe in our democracy. he s undermined and said the system is rigged. it is editorial after editorial after newspaper article and people saying this is dangerous for our democracy. the only way our system of government works is if people belie believe. you should let your brother finish his thought. the only way our system of
fighter. he s got great vision for this country, and i think you re going to see people come and rally behind him. the thing that gives me encouragement of him win thing race, i ve had democrats come up to me who historically vote democratic. they have told me they cannot support hillary clinton. the reason they can t support hillary clinton is because they fear that our constitution is really at risk, and our constitutional republic, and they know mr. trump will be more protective of that, than what we ve seen out of mrs. clinton. it was a long time ago, 1824, the electiony adams, that went to the house of representatives. are you confident that donald trump, if he loses, will accept the election results? yeah, i m almost 100% sure on that. and i think that s just posturing what he said. but i would say probably the same thing, because being from florida, you know what happened
struggling in the polls, particularly in battleground states. will those down ticket republicans be able to run ahead of donald trump if he continues to slide? a big, big concern that the bottom could be falling out if things don t quickly turn around. carol? manu raju live from las vegas, thanks so much. let s talk about all this. lynn sweet, washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times, jay newton small, contributor to time magazine and larry sabato, director of the university of virginia center for politics. welcome to all of you. larry, these comments by mr. trump that he will keep us in suspense on election day, maybe he will accept the election results, maybe he won t, tell us why those remarks are damaging. well, they are highly irresponsible. i studied contested elections. we have had some in american history, 1824 when andrew jackson was very unhappy that john quincy adams won, 1876 when
trying to under mine our democracy, i object. you are making the statement with some authority. absolutely. for those of us who have come from the intelligence world we see what russia is doing. it s plane as day. our faith in our political process. a lot of folks see your competitive race but for you to win the only chance is neither candidate gets 270 votes. then the race gets kicked to the house of representatives. the only time that scenario has happened is twice in our entire history. the last time in 1824. what do you say to critics who