it is a bellwether county. president trump won this county by nine points. that s exactly the margin he won the state of texas by. and beto o rourke has said we have to win this county in order to win the state of texas. it will come down to the size and shape of the electorate. we have been talking a lot about white women, suburban voters and college educated voters. i have a voter with me who is both of those things. you said you were one of the earliest voters on the first day of early voting. you are supporting beto o rourke and we talked about what motivated you and this idea of fear being a powerful motivator, but from both sides. talk to me. beto o rourke has come out as a positive unifier. we have historical context to see what happens with divisive language, with people who condemn others based on either theiretrace, and we want someon
clear, he has an uphill battle to take this. it would be a big upset. i had trouble hearing that toss question, but we re in tarrant county, the third most populous county and the largest urban county that remains red. this is a bellwether county. president trump won this county by nine points. that s the same margin by which he won the state of texas. so we know that with these big races like the senate race between ted cruz and beto o rourke, they will be watching closely to see what happens in this county. o rourke has said some time ago, as tarrant county goes, so goes texas. he believes he has to win this county in order to win the senate. we have been talking a lot about early voting and the enthusiasm and numbers. i have with me one of the early voters. this is james guerrero, a ted cruz voter. he s already voted. tell me about why you support ted cruz. you gave me a long list of issues that are important to you. first of all, i support president trump and his agenda for the
now, to the battle in texas. a showdown that s garnered national attention throughout the campaign. beto o rourke trying to unseat republican senator ted cruz in what has become the most expensive senate race in u.s. history. athena jones in south lake, texas, for us. what are you seeing there now? hi, kate. there s a lot of enthusiasm here in tarrant county. this is the third most populous county in the state of texas, and it s the last large urban county to be a red county, to vote republican. there is this is a bellwether county, that s why we re here. this county, president trump won it by nine points. that s exactly the margin that he won the state of texas by. and we have heard from folks, from beto o rourke, who hopes to replace senator ted cruz, they re going to be watching closely to see what happens in this county. o rourke has said as tarrant
million people have already cast ballots. now we want to see what s happening in the great state of texas. to my colleague athena jones. reporter: we re here in texas where polls open in about half an hour. no lines yet although we have seen a few early rising ted cruz supporters. we are in tarrant county, it is the largest urban county that remains red. with err in tarrant because it is a bellwether county. president trump beat hillary clinton here by nine points, that s the exact margin by which he carried the state of texas. we know when it comes to some of the big races we re watching here in the lone star state like the senate race between democratic congressman beto o rourke and senator ted cruz they will be closely what happened happens in tarrant county. as tarrant county goes, so goes the state. they have to win this this county in order to be able to win the state of texas. it all comes down to the size
of him work 47 percent among that 27 percent, 95 percent of the voted for him for governor. that is better than almost 2 and a half - one. this is what s taking time virginia was at record 10 of the democrats. i mean, ed gillespie, he won one counting orally. it is a north virginia county that is kind of a bellwether county. he won that in the senate race in 2014 narrowly. 400 and some boats that he lost averaged 23,000! this time. democrats poured out there. they were motivated by something. and in your view this is just sending a message to the president? sure. statewide this turnout was up 60 percent over four years ago. over alexandria city, 26 percent, fairfax county the