ryan nobles, our thanks to you and if your volunteer state, or for your virginia, cavalier state, expertise there. so what issues mattered most to the voters and how much of a role did the president play? one man knows the answer. cnn political director, with dav david chalian. david? the first question we wanted to ask voters as they were leaving polls in virginia yesterday is sort of, what do you think of president trump and what kind of factor was he in your vote choice? take a look at donald trump s approval rating in virginia yesterday, among voters who showed up to vote in virginia. 40% say they approve of the job donald trump is doing. 57% disapprove. underwater by 17 points. that was a tough spot for ed gillesp gillespie, the republican candidate. what about as a factor in people s vote. and take a look at this, because by two to one, if donald trump was a factor, 34% say it was a factor negatively. they went to go vote in opposition of trump. only 17% said that they went to
benghazi, you can t hide and delay. what about now? that s the answer to your question, david, why talk about that when i can do what my base loves and bad mouth obama and make it about me being attacked. spaourious. illegitimate. not what it appears to be on its face. i was going to say to david s point, he only compares himself. he finds definition by comparing himself to others. that s how he views everything. everything is a competition. whose build something bigger. whose show gets better ratings. who got more votes in pennsylvania. who got more electoral votes. you can go through it all. but to david s point, i am less concerned about the timing, necessarily, of the call than recognizing it, sort of saying to the public, we lost these people, and here s why i thought it was important to do this, and