county wide races in pennsylvania like in delaware county that not elected democrats to their county board in over 100 years and it happened in 2017, 2018, 2019, with governorships in kentucky, louisiana. talk about the reddest of the red states going democratic. and then again in 2020, if it is full steam ahead for maga, republicans in the primaries, this is something that should make democrats breathe a sigh of relief. one thing i would add to the argument that j.d. vance not getting a majority of republican voters, the trick is the other candidates were competing to be more trump like. it was not a trump like candidate who happened to come ahead of a variety of other style republicans. this were all trump republicans anz which one would prevail and the one that got the trump endorsement. the question is how will it translate in the fall.
dying and the 10% of america that is the reddest, the most pro-trump part of america, six times as many, the death rate is six times as high there as it is in the bluest 10% of america. the death rate is three times higher in the reddest 30% of america than it is in the bluest. this is very much a pandemic of those who are refusing to get vaccinated and by and large those are right now the republicans because their leaders are telling them to do so. dana milbank, always a pleasure to talk to you. still to come, we re just one week into the new year and it s already feeling like a repeat of 2020. we re going to take a look at what s driving us back into the hot tub time machine to 2021. plus one of the biggest 80s villains on the big screen is here, actor martin kove. sweep the leg.
kept nearly 4 million children from poverty. that just to put in perspective is sort of unprecedented levels of child poverty levels we see in the u.s. in general. reporter: unless there s an extension, the new year will bring new challenges for families like connie s. i think we ll have to figure out a way to cut back in other aspects. let s bring in leanne caldwell on capitol hill and nbc news senior national politics reporter jonathan allen. what do we know about this meeting last night? are democrats any closer to getting manchin on board? we often say, yes, he s a democrat, but he represents the reddest of the red states, but it s a very poor red state that needs a lot of this social support. and that s why democrats are confident that they re going to be able to get him on board, but i m not so sure, steph. we know that this call last night lasted an hour and 35 minutes. we know that senator manchin spoke near the top of the call
that is the reddest, the most pro-trump part of america, six times as many, the death rate is six times as high there as it is in the bluest 10% of america. the death rate is three times higher in the reddest 30% of america than it is in the bluest. this is very much a pandemic of those who are refusing to get vaccinated and by and large those are right now the republicans because their leaders are telling them to do so. dana millbank, always a pleasure to talk to you. still to come, we re just one week into the new year and it s already feeling like a repeat of 2020. we re going to take a look at what s driving us back into the hot tub time machine to 2021. plus one of the biggest 80s villains on the big screen is here. actor martin
first term of the 46th president of the united states, joseph, are biden. and one year since this moment. the year of the one term of the twice impeached, disgraced, ex president, donald trump. but we really did. we ve gotten so much don that nobody thought would be possible and i do want to thank congress. i want to thank all the great people of washington d.c.. all of the people that we worked with to put this miracles together. so, have a good life. we will see you soon, thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. have a good life, i ll tell you, we are trying. it s not easy but we re trying. of course president joe biden came into office to more than just reddest of donald trump.