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how going door to door to con face gate guns from americans is not feasible. beto o rourke was trying to take up a more moderate approach. he s trying to absorb some supporters from biden s camp if biden down the road implodes. if there s one thing they all have in common, it s the disadvantage they will be in no malt err who gets the nomination against donald trump. no matter who gets the nomination, the money raised by donald trump is staggering. $125.7 million by trump and the rnc. that matches essentially the total by all candidates. how big a factor will this be moving forward. certainly it s a huge factor. it s one the trump campaign loves to tout. one of the many boosts trump loves to get because of the incumbency advantage. of course, the democratic candidate will have to overcome that financial disadvantage.
42% of it white women voted for president obama while only 42% of white men did. women are decisive in our elections and we ve seen more women running for office in recent years and winning. 20 women now serve in the u.s. senate and 78 in the house. what s more, it seems that american voters don t harbor a particular bias against the ladies. in open seat races, women win at the same rate as male candidates, but all challengers, men and women, face an uphill battle in unseating incumbents and there are just men in office who automatically have that incumbency advantage. now women are coming for them. and how a man runs against a woman, especially how a republican man runs against a woman, well, let s just say that tends to make for some good tv, which is why the republican party is now offering a crash course in how to deal with women troubles. more on that next.
controlling the house of representatives. there s two things going on. there s gerrymandering. there s no question, there s four or five states where republicans tried really hard to build new districts and they succeeded. ohio. ohio. there s also, say texas where they tried hard and the court overturned it. when you net it out, maybe gerrymandering cost democrats eight, nine, ten seats. it s nothing to sneeze at, but it s not what lost us the majority. there s the incumbency advantage. the party that controls the house will keep controlling the house even if they lose by a couple percentage points. for years, it s benefited democrats, now republicans. democrats have work ahead of them. we have gerrymandering and we have to breakthrough the majority. once we get it back, the good news is, it s easier to keep it. there s good news. i think it s right. let s not get depressed. right. there s a party. there s a party. we don t need prozac, just a
bishop incumbency advantage. in albany georgia, jonathan serrie, fox news. shannon: change does seem to be a theme of this year s election. we go to colorado tonight for an example of a big change in how people vote. correspondent alicia acuna reports the days of everyone casting ballots on one big day are long gone. reporter: campaign commercials are ramping up. it may feel like election day is next week, but there is a reason. many votes are on the verge of being locked in well ahead of november 2. with mail-in ballots and early voting. they are causing a significant shift in the allegation of the resources. walt klein, consultant to republican ken buck campaign to unseat colorado senator michael bennett says it s more challenging now. so it makes the door-to-door canvassing you do, the mail that you send, the telephone calls that you make all of that targeting because harder. reporter: according to the