Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Everybody has gone home. A few hours ago, this was a pretty bumping party. Democrats really felt like they had a shot here tonight. It the last 48 hours of this race, everything seemed to be breaking their way. The republican candidate stumbled into a gaffe about Franklin County The Night Before the election started. Their candidate had been all over the place in national and local media. They felt like they were fighting out the la
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. We expect those also break democratic enough to erase a 1754 lead . No, but could it be enough to cut into that 754 enough that baldersons advantage which is 0. 9 right now over oconnor if that ends up at 0. 5 or less, state law says guess what, we got to have a a recount here. You could potentially, i wouldnt say its the likeliest scenario but you could see that happening. There are also 5048 what they are calling uncounted absentee ballots, that were mailed out to voters in some cases weeks ago and they havent been mailed back. A lot of them probably arent going to be mailed back. Some of them a small number probably military ballots maybe still making their way. Some of them probably a small number are voters you had to have them postmarked yesterday. If they sent it out yesterday, it still comes in, that vote probably still going to be
district, the areas that currentlied to trump, the turnout wasnt as high but the vote, the margins that bal
like gates s credibility was damaged by that cross examination today, the defense team really going after him. ultimately, do you think that matters? well, maybe a little. he did get beat up some, but that was to be expected. the important thing is not whether he s done sleazy or criminal things. it s whether the jury now believes he s telling the truth. and what he said is, look, here s my plea agreement. if i tell a lie, i lose it all. i m incentivized for it. the defense made a textbook error. they said to him, well, if you re done so many lies, should the jury believe you now. he said yes. and they said why? and you learn in trial 101 don t ask a question you don t know the answer to. he was prepped for it and he said, because i m here to tell the truth, paul manafort had the same choice, he chose another path. i think that hit home. the important thing is not what
12 according to the cook political partisan voting index. and there are also 119 less republican districts than that pa1 seat that democrats won back in march. the magic number for democrats to win the house, they need 23 to do that. we thought we would take a look at some of those districts that may be top tier target for democrats. why don t we look at this. this was the last one, the last special election it started all the way back in april 2017. since the 2016 election heading into 2018, these are all the special elections for the house. so many great memories. how many nights did we stay up like this. some of these were very suspenseful. clearly a pattern emerged. this is around wichita. this was mike pompeo s district. trump won by 27. the republicans did win the seat in the special election but that was a move to the democrats of 20 points there from 27 to 7.
are 6 republican held house seats less republican than ohio 12 according to the cook political partisan voting index. and there are also 119 less republican districts than that pa1 seat that democrats won back in march. the magic number for democrats to win the house, they need 23 to do that. we thought we would take a look at some of those districts that may be top tier target for democrats. why don t we look at this. this was the last one, the last special election it started all the way back in april 2017. since the 2016 election heading into 2018, these are all the special elections for the house. so many great memories. how many nights did we stay up like this. some of these were very suspenseful. clearly a pattern emerged. this is around wichita. this was mike pompeo s district. trump won by 27. the republicans did win the seat