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Watters: For the First Time in History, Republicans Lead in the Early Vote

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With former President Donald Trump’s support, Republicans are voting early again. They are going to the polls in large numbers to cast their ballots in person before Election Day, which has helped bring the national total to almost 19 million.

Fox News host Jesse Watters noted that in close states like Georgia, North Carolina, and others, the number of people who voted early is breaking records.

Below is a transcript via Grabien:

Jesse: Harris spent the day in Pennsylvania. She’ll be in Philly tonight with lady gaga. Celebrities are only way she can fill seats. Before that she was going door to door looking for votes. Talk about ending the campaign with a whimper. I almost feel bad for her. Both candidates have spent the most time in Pennsylvania, the Keystone state seems to be the key to victory. The race in Pennsylvania according to the polls is tied. It’s also tied in Michigan and Wisconsin. Harris can’t afford to lose any of these states because Donald Trump’s ahead by at least a point or two in North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. It looks close, but the Trump campaign feels good about where they are because of the early vote. For the first time in history Republicans are ahead in the early vote. That’s in person and in mail ballot combined. They’re ahead in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and Nevada, and have cut Democrats’ early vote lead in Pennsylvania by half. We’ll have more inside information about the early vote later in the show, but the Trump campaign says women and urban voters are down by 2020. And rural voters showing up big. 9r the ’em kraatz are counting on — the Democrats are counting on a big turnout on Election Day, which historically rarely happens for them. They are relying on enthusiasm so far, but we haven’t seen any enthusiasm show up so far in their vote. It has David Axelrod worried.

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So what I’m worried about is how — you’re counting on some women who are independent, Republican women to come out and vote for Harris. Is that going to materialize? Is the gender gap going to be what you need it to be? Are minority voters going to come out in the numbers, African-American numbers in particular, and are you going to get the margins that you want there. So there are a lot of open questions. This race is filled with uncertainty.

Jesse: Republicans worked their tails off put together a ground game over the last few years, and we’re already starting to see the results. The polls say the race is tied, but there’s still a lot we don’t know.

I think the bolsters are gettinggetting this wrong. They’re giving us the same poll over and over again. They are telling us we’re watching a basketball game where every play is a jump ball. Somewhere somebody is missing something. I think there’s — I’m not going to call it a wave, but I think there is a wavelet out there of Republican enthusiasm and registration.

Jesse: Wall Street, who pays guys millions of dollars to know things before they happen, is seeing the same thing.

The expect station Donald Trump will win the White House in just a few days. We’ll know shortly.

Jesse: h’m. Wall Street isn’t always right, though. But even our good friend Chuck Todd is predicting a chump win.

This is not the beginning of — Trump win —

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We are about to have two — just finish two straight one-term presidents. The likelihood of this being a one-term presidency is high, not low, because we are a country that has been voting against. We voted against Hillary Clinton in ’16 and got Trump. We vote dented Trump in ’16 and got Biden. I think this is another vote against election, not a vote before — vote against.

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