I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
From msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. We begin with decision 2024 and 66 days until election day, 10 days until the first residential debate, and six days until voting by mail starts in north carolina. New today, another push by the harris campaign for open microphones at the september 10th debate with donald trump. We will have more on that in just a moment. Also new, reaction from the first gen z member of congress, touring college campuses and talking with potential student voters. Maxwell frost is telling my colleagues at msnbc s, the weekend, that young people are energized. People are fired up all across the entire country. North carolina, arizona, ending today in pennsylvania. The rooms are packed. Students are assigned to go organize. Young voters have been so neglected in politics for generations, and we are seeing a candidate run a full campaign to court the youth about, and people are saying, this is out of this world. Morning rea