Anti-trump candidate. matt dolan from up in cleveland who ran against trump, said the election was real and happened and so those voters are up for grabs. they don t want to go down this road of destroying the democracy, of undermining the precious right to vote, call into question elections. like ohioans aren t like that, they are not extremists they re pragmatic people. maybe they are a little more conservative or liberal, but they are pretty pragmatic. you distinguished yourself from barack obama, nancy pelosi and bernie sanders. right? do you feel as if you are to an extent running against some in the democratic party? i m running as an american and, as i said, i ve gotten a long record of being and fighting against democrats and
Where you are? reporter: we actually have. it s been interesting to watch the ebb and flow. what really the clinton campaign wants is the flow, right? because record early turnout across the state, not in cleveland, not in cuyahoga county, that s where the high african-american population is, that s where she wants folks to come out. the other thing we haven t seen, frank lishgs as you watch this steady flow we ve had throughout here and cuyahoga county, no problems. we have a couple of poll watchers inside, another one outside who s there if people have any concerns or questions. they haven t seen any of that in spite of the fact the column dispatch did a poll that shows almost one in every five voters had concerns whether this would be a legitimate election. so far, everything here is smooth. the question is, will they get this late surge that the clinton folks at least quietly acknowledge they need if they re going to have a chance to really win this state. remember, love these
Here who are speaking where will they think that their candidate will win or lose, they re speaking at the polls. and roers that is the most important thing. people coming out and making their voice heard. so as we move forward in the next four years, you can at least say you spoke your mind. so if you haven t, like she said, go vote for whoever you vote for. good message. anne thompson is in columbus, ohio with a special guest. who do you have? reporter: i m here with secretary of state jon husted for the state of ohio. mr. secretary, as we look here, no long lines. this is pretty empty. does this mean ohioans aren t interested in this election? exactly the opposite. because at this polling location, more than 50% of the people on the rolls voted early. we had a big rush this morning. almost everybody who is eligible to vote almost already has here. so there was a lot of excitement, people came out and voted.