many of us knew for example donald trump was a racist in 2016. voters knew that and they still voted for him anyway. that is not enough to say that. you have to give voters a reason to come out and vote for you. that is what the american public is looking for. that s why this primary has to be exciting. stand by. we have a lot more to talk about. we ll take more to the speech and analyze what he says and also ahead, the departure of history s longest serving acting defense secretary. the vetting that apparently was not fully done and what it says about the west wing.
some democrat candidates are not happy about the dnc s new criteria for second round of debates. some were already struggling to reach 1% support in three qualified polls. for the next round democrats will need support from 130,000 unique donors and at least 2% support in four polls. that could keep a number of presidential hopefuls off the big stage. senator michael bennett and john delaney s campaign had complained. a delaney spokesman saying the role of the dnc shouldn t be to narrow the field. that s the role of the voters. it s like we learned nothing from 2016. voters in iowa and new hampshire should have a chance to pick the nominee, not party bosses. for years there s been a great deal of focus on driving young voter turnout, but doubts about whether they would actually show up. now pew research said millennials and generation x ages 18 to 53 cast 52 million votes compared to 60.1 million
there s only room for one more, i believe. who will suffer the biggest embarrassment? well, look, i think when you talk about your mid, top-tier candidate, people like your cory bookers and kristen gillibrand, these are candidates that while they re certainly well funded now, if they don t continue to get the type of support and attention they need, they re not going to be able to be well funded for the duration. they need to be on that stage. they need to show they re viable and that they have a real shot at the nomination. you know, ally brings up a good point talking about how voters are really starting to be trained to think like pundits. i think a lot of that is trauma from 2016. voters feeling like, hey, we you know, we got a surprise on election day that we didn t like. so now there s this trauma associated with we don t want to wake up to another election day surprise in november of 2020. i think you re starting to see voters ak li voters act like pundits, which we can talk
washington post , robert costa. good to have you all on board this hour. we have florida, we have arizona. we have a lot of stories to talk about this morning. and mississippi. my lord, what happened. the democrats were at a deep structural disadvantage heading into tuesday night. take a look at the numbers. in the senate democrats had to defend 26 seats. they lost three of them with one undecided while the republicans only had to defend nine seats and lost two of them. a comparative analysis of the exit polls by the data firm catalyst found electorate was actually older than it was in 2016. voters age 18 to 29 dropping by five points by going up seven points among voters 65 and older. the young people didn t come out again. again. and they don t. i said in 2004 can t get them to get up in the this morning.
a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. we re all business, mostly. tonight president trump will hold a rally in pennsylvania and ahead of tuesday s special election in district 18. it is a district the president won by 20 points in 2016. voters have elected gop candidates there for years. but you now it is up for grabs. and republicans are worried a loss would set a devastating precedent for the midterms. joining me to discuss, pennsylvania interim democratic vice chair nancy mills.