Slowly but surely flipped blue. 2016 when Hillary Clinton flipped two of the three biggest suburban counties. The other reason is the white vote. Polls show joe biden getting about 20 20 9 of the white vote in georgia. Racially polarized state like georgia, that means the state becomes competitive. 2016, hillaryt to clinton got only 21 of the thee vote for host white vote. Host how do you look at those who have already voted and those who expect to turn up . Record 3. 9ave a Million People who have already cast ballots the selection. Our turnout record in georgia is 4. 1 million. We have almost exceeded the entire 2016 turnout in georgia. Includingunties, bigger counties have already exceeded that. What the election day looks like, nobody knows. Figure, and this has historically been true, democrats tend to win the early vote. No one knows how much the surge in early voting has affected that if republicans and democrats are cannibalizing their election. What we do know is one Million P
In fact, why most political scholars kind of hate the Electoral College. Its not popular among the Political Science set. Youll get a whiff of George Edwards book which hopefully youve read most of it, if not all of it. You get an argument against the Electoral College. He lays out all the comments for it, which is helpful for allowing each person to sort of make up their mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. So this is really i do a whole week on this one because its how we elect the president but very few americans understand the full extent of the process. At the very least if you take a course in the american presidency, you should walk away understanding how the process we use to select our chief executive officer works, but also because its also really important in how it structures how elections turn out. Just like how we started our discussion of president ial nominations by talking about the history of nominations processes and taking a relative
The first president ial campaign as a during the 1952 contests to between 20 eisenhower and adelaide season. President campaigned has been important ever since. Heres a look. You like now is the time for all good americans like bob. Like, bob. Im so glad were friends again bob. Yes ike, we agree on everything. Lets never separate gate separate gate again bob. Never again ike. Ike, bob. Like, bob. Well i can bob really live happily ever after . Is the white house making up for both of them . Stay tuned for a musical interlude. So joint production of American History on cspan 3 and cspans washington journal. Will be joined by Professor Robert mcmahon, and louis is in a State University daisy petals and mushroom clouds. Take a look these 90 minutes at the history of tv political advertising. Professor mitt thanks for joining us here. Thank you good for being with. You weaves start with 1950. Too so that was the first year that tv was used it is a medium for television ads. Television had
At 8 50 a. M. , North Carolina. A look at iowa. And at 9 30 a. M. , texas. Host good morning. This is washington journal on election day. Cspans coverage of the election starts tonight on cspan, you can also view that on our website, or listen along on our free radio app. Our three hours will be devoted to your calls on election day. Tell us if you plan to vote on today or if person you have already voted. For those of supporting joe biden, 2027488000. If you support President Trump, 2027488001. Undecided are an voter or voting for someone else altogether, 2027488002. Text us if you wish at 2027488003. You can also post on twitter or reach us on facebook. The Associated Press reporting out of New Hampshire this morning, results already coming in. This took place as of midnight, communitiesiny making their vote for joe biden, votes. The towns five to the south it was President Donald Trump winning 16 to bidens five. Those are very early results. Will have a better assessment tonight, so
More than 100 Million People early inperson or absentee, shattering old records. Thats nearly three quarters of the total vote in the 2016 election. Today we look at how latinx voters could play a key role in the battleground states of florida, texas, arizona, and pennsylvania. We will speak to former Bernie Sanders advisor chuck rocha and the Award Winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Than Racial Justice, reproductive rights, immigrant rights, rank Choice Voting just some of the issues on this years ballot thrgh citizen being voted on today. Measures and in candidate races. Americans will decide how we will risk on to this moment of racial reckoning. Amy we will speak to Ronald Newman of the American Civil Liberties union. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Today is election day. Over 100 Million People have already voted a recordshattering number that is more than two thirds of the total votes cast in 2016s