democrats, 40.5% of those votes, with no party affiliation and other making 19.4%. again, nail-biting races here in the state of florida. and there are rosa, sorry to interrupt. we re seeing a live picture now of andrew gillum, who is democratic candidate for governor in florida casting his ballot in tallahassee, florida, where he happens to be the mayor as well. one of the most hotly contested governors races, bellwether for which party will have the upper hand. that was andrew gillum casting his ballot. rosa flores, thank you very much from outside a polling station there as well. okay. rosa, thank you. on a day when millions will go to the polls, where is the president? our white house correspondent sarah westwood joins us outside the white house. sarah, ahead of today, the president has talked a lot about the florida race and a lot about the candidate who just voted,
parts of florida, i want to be your governor too. he talked about voting for something, not against something. that was a lot of your calculation as a staunch republican to give him your vote. and i think it s something hillary clinton missed in 2016. i think she took for granted, she thought latinos, african-americans, young people, women, are going to vote for me because they re voting against trump. andrew gillum understands it s not enough to have people vote against something. people want to feel inspired. they want to feel unity. look, it s a very sharp contrast between desantis and andrew gillum. you go to desantis rallies and there s people screaming, chanting cnn sucks, you know, we re going to turn, if gillum gets elected, he s going to turn florida into venezuela. that kind of demagoguery and division and anger. this guy has been campaigning on a positive message of optimism,
with his old man today, his high school class is watching this. he s a good american, and this is the key for young people. your parents don t tell you this. voting is the most fun you can have with your clothe on. wow. young people, go vote. that s a bumper sticker. or something. i can t think of better things to do that would be more fun. like internet shopping. someone to my right who just voted, this was a very difficult vote for you to make. you wrote a fascinating opinion piece about it on cnn.com. you, a republican for life, voted for democratic gubernatorial candidate andrew gill gillum. first, i hated my choices. i always thought of florida as a moderate state. this is the place that, you know, nominates people like jeb bush, like marco rubio. happy warriors. optimists. and here i was with a choice of either, you know, trump s mini
that s offensive to a lot of hispanics. what trump is doing for hispanics, which is most important, is increasing their prosperity. that lived reality is going to really benefit, if it doesn t today, it will in 2020. i think i have these numbers right. trump, despite his anti-immigrant rhetoric anti-illegal rhetoric, but there are other messages. he got 1% more support from hispanic voters than mitt romney did, even with that message. fair point taken. paul, final thought. as we do this, we re showing some views there from prior was florida, a nice long line in florida. this is another long line in powder springs, georgia. paul, your thoughts? coming back to what andrew gillum was saying after voting. i helped run the super pac that ran $190 million of attack ads on donald trump and yet we lost. negative, and i love negative ads. i m out of that business now. but andrew gillum has shown us something really important. you have to be for something, not just against. you have to rea
a brighter future for florida. that s the choice florida has in front of them. i don t know how they re going to go. i m very nervous about this election and others, but the choice could not be more stark. jackie, is it correct, you contrast that message to what you have heard from the president during his rallies which is focused on immigration, fear, division. is that message, though, you heard from andrew gillum there, has that been a national message from democrats candidates? i don t know if there has been a national message from democratic candidates across the board because they don t have the figurehead that republicans have. they don t have someone, yes, obama has been to a couple places, but they don t have the same messenger that has said this is a national election. i think a lot of the campaigns have been more localized. perhaps the most common thread is health care. is something you have heard from democrats and some republicans, strangely, who may or may not have vot