three motorcades zipping around up there. very interesting. you know, i mean, i ve got some numbers in front of me. to me, this election in ohio comes down to cleveland which, of course, all three of them, that s where they are. jenna: right. northeast ohio, particularly cuyahoga county. in 2008 the early vote total was 266,053 ballots cast. entering some point yesterday, the total was 303,743. jenna: wow. so that would seem to be in the president s favor. that s his county up there, he kneads to win he needs to win big there, he usually does well. better than romney in early voting, polls suggested way more had voted for obama than romney. but there s another number that, or there s another factor to consider which is for the first time all 88 counties, so every
to change some minds because democrats and the obama campaign haven t really been blasting the air waves much there, have they. absolutely you re right. we started seeing ads in pennsylvania only in the last week of this election. it s not like ohio or virginia where they ve been bombarded with negative ads about mitt romney. mitt romney and the superpac supporting him have control of most of the narrative on pennsylvania air waves in this last week as well. they ve spent upwards of 15 million, while the obama campaign has used around 3 million tkhrafrpltz you re right. it s interesting that he s choosing pennsylvania as his last stop of the entire cycle. jon: right. democrats yesterday had former president clinton in pennsylvania. you don t do that if if you think that the state its absolutely in the bag. you send your resources to where they are badly needed. right. not only was former president clinton in pennsylvania he was in four places in pennsylvania.
else, because this is a whole conversation that s happening. we re going to be tracking it tonight. stephanie, it s great to have you on the program, and we look forward to having you back. thanks for having me. thank you. jon: i m thinking vice president biden looks out his window and said, hey, let s go down there and land in cleveland, shall we? well, as voters line up at polling places all across the country, we re going to take a close look at what s going on in two states that could play a big role in deciding who wins the white house. the latest from iowa and ohio, next.
now on the ground in cleveland, 18 electoral votes up for grabs in ohio, this is his 18th visit. he s up in the cleveland area trying to woo voters in key precincts up around kaj a hoag georgia county. all of the volunteers that worked on the statewide, local elections and national elections have melted down into these ground-game behemoths tracking each and every voter in the buckeye state. if you don t vote early expect to be hounded. jon. jon: all right. it s coming down to the wire. are you making any predictions? i guess we won t put you on the spot. reporter: yeah i wouldn t bet the family cow on anything that is going to come out of ohio right now. jon: it s going to be fascinating. thanks very much. mike tobin. jenna: cleveland, ohio where we are expecting to see governor romney in a moment. remember he has live events, final day, election day, he ll be appearing in cleveland, ohio. as we get remarks from eupl we will bring yohim we will bring you back to him, a very
in 2008 and more than halved them. the republicans and independents who are voting for mitt romney are less frequent voters and the democrat voters that are voting in the early voters are voters that vote every time. in other words they are getting their easy vote out where weiree getting the more difficult vote out. on election day we have a whole bank of voters that haven t voted already and that s why we ll see big numbers in the swing states like ohio. jon: two questions appease we are keeping it fair & balanced. thank you both. jenna: now this fox news alert out to chicago, the president making some phone calls at the chicago field office. we understand that he made about a half dozen calls to supporters and team leaders in wisconsin. as jon mentioned before a very important swing state. we ll have some sound from the president, some remarks he made at the campaign field office in chicago right after this quick break. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol