tone and rhetoric, but it never stops their enthusiasm. a big surge in early voting here in virginia. more than 530,000 people cast early ballots. that hasn t tamped down the enthusiasm to come out on election day. check this out. it s snaking all the way down and around the school. i mean, there were 60-some people here almost an hour before the polls opened, chris. so this gives you a real gauge of the enthusiasm here in virginia. it is a crucial battleground state. the race is tightening in virginia. hillary clinton, donald trump have both been in this county trying to win over votes. they re counting on counties like this because this is a swing county. this could go either way. obama narrowly won it in 2012. donald trump counting on it this year because he came here on sunday night in a last-minute appeal, hoping to win some of these folks over, chris. hey, this is what it s all about, brian. we re going to check back with you. let s bring in our all-star political panel. david
this is why i m standing from front of the rocky step there is to give you an idea of what is happening in pennsylvania. hillary clinton, philadelphia usually going democratic. the city this is a place where they know pretty much from past votes what will happen. it is the suburbs like delaware county and bucks county that really could make a difference and donald trump is trying to make a play for those because they were very, very, very close. some of them going for mitt romney in 2012. donald trump hoping to capture those counties and eventually those 20 votes. it is still a light blue state here in pennsylvania and hillary clinton working the crowd hard with all of the star-studded group of folks she brought in here in philadelphia with so many people here to see that. sara sidner, the trump surrogates were saying, donald trump was out with people. hillary clinton was out with liberal celebrities.
the organization was built to elect republicans down ballot, to bring republican voters out. when you have a presidential campaign, you re identifying your voters. they re not all republican. some are independent. some are democrats. you know who your voters are. you go and get them. there is no indication to me that there is any such operation on the trump side. as to the big problem, you know, ultimately, this comes down to math. in order to win, you have to achieve a certain number. in a country that s becoming more and more diverse, you can t alienate yourself from the most dynamically growing parts of the country and expect to win. this is what the republican party concluded in 2012. donald trump put together a campaign that was designed to win the republican nomination for president. he achieved that.
two weeks that he has been talking about a rigged system and talking how the voting process is fraud. so, i mean, this is where we are today. he, you know, he continues to show the lack of impulse control. at the debate he said it was suspense. i ll keep you in suspense as if we re in an episode of the apprentice. this is not reality tv. this is the presidential election of the united states. this is one of the most important jobs in the world. not supposed to be a big reveal. yeah. if hillary clinton, if this race comes down to 537 votes nationwide and hillary clinton is losing is she just going to say, okay, i concede? it isn t just the past couple weeks he has been talking about a rigged election. let me bring you back to 2012. donald trump sent out some very telling tweets. he said more reports of voting machines switching. romney votes to obama. pay close attention to the machines. don t let your vote be stolen. that was november 6th, 2012. another one went out that day.