rigged. trump trailing in the polls nationally. what was he saying tonight to encourage voters? and did his words resonate? reporter: a couple of things. basically he s telling his voters that the polls are wrong, that the polls are not true and that they should basically ignore the polls. i mean you have got to do something. he s trailing here in the state of north carolina, trailing in several national polls and so you have got to do something to rally your base. and so what we ve been seeing and hearing from donald trump here in the state is basically saying things like, look, these polls are put out there by the media. the media cannot be trusted. talked again about the system being rigged. but it is also very clear to the trump campaign that internally they are worried. they are worried about these poll numbers and evidence of that anderson, at least some evidence of that is something that donald trump said tonight that we ve not heard him say before. and this is we need you
voting on their senator because he s not supporting the nominee. those vote who are showed up enthusiastically for trump i can promise they are very disappointed in their senate candidate who didn t support the nominee. amanda back in 96 when it seemed bill clinton started urging candidates in tough races to unz scoring how important it was to keep congress in republican control. do you think we start seeing a similar thing the next few weeks? yeah and that is a smart message to. because whatever wins whether hillary clinton or donald trump. most likely hillary clinton, will toleneed a strong republic congress to keep them in check. donald trump is pulling so much worse than many of these senators in battleground states. if you look at the battleground states they are fairly competitive maybe between three and five points.
it is not just a democrat thing. there is a total, they are so dissatisfied with the system, that s why they picked an outsider in donald trump. and that is why they are frustrated. some of them with their own members of congress. they are at a boiling point where they want to drain the swamp. get the d.c. cartel out and start over. and sometimes you even vote across party lines. i probably wouldn t be one of the folks do that but some people are at the point where they are so fed up they are ready to start over and willing to give someone else a try no matter who. kayleigh, what do you say to republicans in tough races trying to figure out what to do about trump? whether they kind of, you know, just separate themselves from him or continue to embrace. you support the nominee. the choice of the people. the republican party seems to forget they do not exist absent republican voters. republican voters this is really important i think. posted a poll that showed that 51% think donald t
begin with traveling with the trump campaign. trump trailing in the polls nationally. what was he saying tonight to encourage voters? and did his words resonate? reporter: a couple of things. basically he s telling his voters that the polls are wrong, that the polls are not true and that they should basically ignore the polls. i mean you have got to do something. he s trailing here in the state of north carolina, trailing in several national polls and so you have got to do something to rally your base. and so what we ve been seeing and hearing from donald trump here in the state is basically saying things like, look, these polls are put out there by the media. the media cannot be trusted. talked again about the system being rigged. but it is also very clear to the trump campaign that internally they are worried. they are worried about these poll numbers and evidence of that anderson, at least some evidence of that is something that donald trump said tonight that we ve not heard him s
carolina. usually reliably republican. and indiana. watch that race. and in north carolina, we talk about the green party candidate. the libertarian and presidential race. a libertarian in north carolina could effect the race here. debra . this could come down to something like this. 48/48, 49/49 with one or two senate races deciding the balance of power. and anderson heading into final weeks republicans are worried. john, thanks for that. hang on now with the difference. republicans divided over trump. kevin, this whole notion from trump that the election is rigged. how concerned should down ballot republicans be about that if republican voters stay home believing the whole thing is rigged a lot of these races could easily tilt democratic.