rescue teams ready to deploy to impacted areas. of course, we have florida highway patrol, florida department of law enforcement, florida fish and wildlife, all those folks will be ready to go as soon as the storm passes, they will go on the ground helping out floridians. we have 2500 guardsmen and airmen pre-staged. 3,000 more are currently being mobilized and on the way for a total of 5500 and have at their disposal 2500 high wheel vehicles and aircraft. kevin is asking from other states and we anticipate those requests will be fulfilled. schools, hearn and owe county schools are closed today and citrus and leavey tomorrow. more counties to come in terms of school closures. parents, just understand that s coming down the pike. that, of course, is a local decision that will be made on a district by district basis.
one that for some members they don t want to risk their re-elect so they soften their position. they ve taken a different stance. for other members they lean further into it. you can look at it on a case-by-case, district by district basis and, okay, it will be what it is. i think your question really begs a broader point and that is as a matter of a national narrative for a national party, are you a party that has bought into death and disease for the same of power and money and false freedoms? or are you what exactly are you trying to say here? and these realities are going to be what 2022 are about. yeah. how do you make that case? and you can t turn on a dime.
of that shift in the gender gap is being driven by millennials in particular. so you have the pew poll that has republicans leading, you know, among men by three points and a massive 44 point pro democratic vote among women which is unprecedented. what s the impact on districts, the districts we re all looking at? obviously the ones hillary clinton won the presidential race but still have republican members of congress there. well, i think on a district by district basis, you re not going to see a huge amount of impact, simply because unless you have districts that have a higher proportion of millennials that, you know, in the aggregate are shifting towards the democrat. but across all the districts obviously the genders are evenly split regardless of where you
district. maybe voted for the president with reservations or against clinton. there we saw a case if you do a full embrace of the president in the general election in a fairly safe republican seat, didn t go very well. i get the sense that some republicans are feeling a little better about the midterms now than maybe they would have two months ago and some of the congressional ballot tests the margins have shrunk. you can look at that. but also there s intensity of support. how do you see it? look, if you re republican, you ll take a little bit of comfort knowing the generic ballot is closed a bit. but again, i am more concerned about the energy, the intensity, the anger on the democratic side. we ve seen several special elections in fairly safe republican areas where the republican candidate underperformed the president by 8 to 15 points. that s what i would be most concerned about. and the generic the national generic ballot is less a good indication. i look district by distric
there were repeated warnings from the judge and minnesota lawmakers are considering a bill to change the way the state s electoral college votes are allocated in presidential elections bring some want to switch from a winner-take-all system to a district by district basis the way nebraska and maine operate. this is a lie look at denver from fox 31, big story there tonight. cleanup following a train derailment in northern colorado. authorities say 25 railroad cars carrying coal went off the tracks late wednesday with some cars overturning and spilling their cargo. no one was hurt. the union pacific road is investigating prayed that his tonight s live look outside the beltway from special report period wililililil