everyone, pretty far left ideas and she has appended the number 4 docrats ihouse. this is an upset in the finest tradition of upsets. some strong views against somebody who has been there for a long time, spent $3 million, if you look at the number of votes, 25,000, 26,000 votes in a district that is 90% democratic. in reality very few people voted. she did a great job organizing and she won. other challenges against lapinski in chicago were beaten back, here is one where the left picked one up and dr. somebody who had gotten out of sync with his district. shannon: how does it play out in the fall? clearly it will stay democrat. if that holds to capitol hill, it is an influx of somebody who is pretty far left and endorsed
democrat in the house. well, this is an upset in the finest tradition of upsets. not expected to win. has some strong views against somebody who has been there a long time and spent $3 million and didn t get his vote out. there were 26,000 votes in a district that is 90% democratic. in reality, very few people voted. she did a great job organizing. she won. other challenges in the left in chicago were beaten back. here s where the left picked one up and knocked off somebody who was out of sync with his district. shannon: how do you think this will play out in the fall? if she comes to capitol hill it s somebody who is far left. endorsed by the democratic
of change, which we did a great job organizing. those organizations and there were others. you know, the interesting thing about this is you can criticize the dnc and they ll say the right things, but the real change of all of this is coming from the grassroots. there are grassroots organizations of color that are unbelievably effective which need to be properly funded. i just was with one last night, black girls vote, which is incredible. they are in maryland. they registered i believe over 11,000 voters. there are these smaller grassroots organizations. they re a small organization with not a ton of money but they re actually out there registering the voters who vote for progressive policies. registering them, developing relationships with people. there s a group called black pac that was heavily in virginia, new virginia majority. the work that advancement project did for years trying to
trump voters and convert them or convert what normally are republican voters, like white suburban women and have them convert over to the democrats. politico put out a poll 8 in 10 trump voter would vote for hem again knowing what they know now. i feel the return on investment, democrats don t necessarily see bigger roi in investing in community of color than they do in conversion? and i wrong about that. i think they i think so. i think the dnc look, the dnc is an inside the beltway organization with 40 people in virginia. they did their piece. the heavy lift among african-american and latino voters in particular were color of change, which did a great job organizing, and voter latino. latins vote. those organizations, and there were others. look, you know, the interesting thing about this is, you can criticize the dnc and they ll
going to the democrats. i would add this point to the national perspective. donald trump s numbers aren t good right now, that s true. but they never were good. they weren t good for the campaign. he beat hillary clinton. and the democrats right now have numbers that are in the toilet. they ve had their lowest number as a party. so i don t think you can take too much from this race outside of the fact that in virginia, the democrats are on their way out. so michael, what s the reality? break it down. i get to play referee here. i think it s a little of both. i think the virginia democratic party did a fantastic job organizing. they had a tough primary. they brought the party together. i think that s a lesson going into the midterms. it s not about running against russia or trump but creating a positive message of unity. that s worked for them. at the same time, there s a hangover from last year s election. a lot of the workers in washington, d.c. live in northern virginia. they wok