their vote for roy moore, and we re questioning whether they will show up at all. but doug jones, in order to win this race on tuesday, needs those republicans to come to the polls and vote for him, because remember, just one year ago, donald trump beat hillary clinton by almost a 2-1 margin. there is some hope. we ve been seeing the early absentee requests that have been coming into the counties in a couple places like madison county and tuscaloosa county. in these conservative districts that have shown the willingness to vote democrat in the past, those are the counties where doug jones needs those republican voters to cast their votes for him. and indications are, at least from the early ballot requests, is that there is an interest in this case, which should be good news for doug jones. is it enough, though, is the question. all right, vaughn, you re in your home stretch as well. vaughn hilliard following that for us on the ground in birmingham, alabama. thanks. and the president
if claire mccaskill can t break 50% after a week like this, democrats should ask claire to step down. senator mccaskill does not take robo polls seriously. today she tweeted, rasmussen poll made me laugh out loud. if anybody believes that, i just turned 29. today, nbc news released its presidential election battleground map based on the latest polling. the map is exactly the same it was in june. president obama leads mitt romney, 237 to 191 electoral votes. and a slew of new polls have encouraging news. among likely voters, the president leads mitt romney in florida by three points and in michigan by three points, in pennsylvania nine points, wisconsin by two points. and nationally by two points. joining me now, msnbc s alex
here is how todd akin s campaign manager and his son interpreted that poll. if claire mccaskill can t break 50% after a week like this, democrats should ask claire to step down. senator mccaskill does not take robo polls seriously. today she tweeted, rasmussen poll made me laugh out loud. if anybody believes that, i just turned 29. today, nbc news released its presidential election battleground map based on the latest polling. the map is exactly the same it was in june. president obama leads mitt romney, 237 to 191 electoral votes. and a slew of new polls have encouraging news. among likely voters, the president leads mitt romney in florida by three points and in michigan by three points, in pennsylvania nine points, wisconsin by two points.
a robo poll of likely alabama primary voters shows romney, santorum and gingrich in a virtual three-way tie. the only certainty in alabama is a last place finish for ron paul. the same goes for mississippi. where robo polls show paul in a distant fourth. gingrich and romney are in a statistical tie for the lead with rick santorum polling third just outside the margin of error. joining me now is rick tyler, a senior adviser for the pro-gingrich super pac winning our future and hogan gidley, communications director for the santorum campaign. and msnbc political analyst steve schmidt, former adviser to john mccain s 2008 campaign and strategy in the bush/cheney 2004 campaign. thank you all for joining me. steve, i want to start with you. you have your former delegate counter now doing the job for rick santorum. this is a very, very tricky process in a tricky science, and this year it seems more
virtual three-way tie. the only certainty in alabama is a last place finish for ron paul. the same goes for mississippi. where robo polls show paul in a distant fourth. gingrich and romney are in a statistical tie for the lead with rick santorum polling third just outside the margin of error. joining me now is rick tyler, a senior adviser for the pro-gingrich super pac winning our future and hogan gidley, communications director for the santorum campaign. and msnbc political analyst steve schmidt, former adviser to john mccain s 2008 campaign and strategy in the bush/cheney 2004 campaign. thank you all for joining me. steve, i want to start with you. you have your former delegate counter now doing the job for rick santorum. this is a very, very tricky process in a tricky science, and this year it seems more complicated than ever with proportional share.