>>> WELCOME BACK. JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
WITH A LOOK AT SKIAXIOS.
WHAT IS THE BIG THING?
>> ALL THE WAY TO HACK AN
ELECTION.
ELECTION. AMERICANS VOTE IN, OF COURSE, 50
SEPARATE STRAIGHT-RUN ELECTIONS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS
POTENTIAL POINTS OF FACIAL.
THINK ABOUT IT.
VOTER REGISTRATION.
VOTER REGISTRATION. BOTH WHEN YOU GO TO FILL OUT THE
FORM AND ONCE THEY COLLECT ALL
THE DATA.
THE DATA. VOTER TABULATION, ONCE YOU SEND
IT IN.
IT IN. VOTER MACHINE, THIRD-PARTY
VENDORS.
VENDORS. THEIR PROBLEMS BECOMES PROBLEMS
OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND
PROBLEMS AT THE POLLS.
POLLS BOOKS.
POLLS BOOKS. SOMETIMES ONLINE, SOMETIMES ON
PAPER.
PAPER. WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LOOKING AT
THE LIST THAT JUST POPPED UP ON
AXIOS
AXIOS AXIOS.COM, LOOK AHEAD AT
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. THINK ABOUT THE FACT
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES TOLD US
THERE ARE ALREADY INTRUSIONS IN
THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
THAT THIS IS A HUGE FIX AND YOU
THINK ABOUT THE FACT THERE ARE
SOME STATES THAT DON’T EVEN HAVE
A PAPER TRAIL FOR THINK BALLOTS.
>> BASICALLY THE POINT, ON THE
EVE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY WHEN WE
AS AMERICANS SHOULD FEEL THE
MOST ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, ARE
FEELING VULNERABLE ABOUT THE
VERY ELECTIONS COMING THIS
NOVEMBER?
NOVEMBER? WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THE
ELECTION?
ELECTION? WE’RE AT A CROSSROADS OF
POSSIBLY A RIGGED ELECTION ONCE
AGAIN?
AGAIN? >> WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY,
YES.
YES. NO QUESTION.
NO QUESTION. THIS IS A PLACE THAT AMERICA IS
FAR BEHIND.
FAR BEHIND. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN
WARNING US THAT PEOPLE ARE
BANGING -- OUTSIDE FORCES,
BANGING ON THESE ELECTIONS
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET INTO THE
STATES.
STATES. WE KNOW IN 2016, AT LEAST IN 18
STATES, THERE WERE EFFORTS TO
INFILTRATE THOSE ELECTIONS AND
WE THINK THOSE PROBABLY WEREN’T
SUCCESSFUL, BUT WHAT WE’RE
SEEING IS THAT IN ADDITION TO
THE WELL-KNOWN EFFORTS TO AFFECT
THE ELECTION ENVIRONMENT AND
AFFECT OUR SOCIAL FEEDS AND ALSO
PHYSICAL VOTING NOW IS VERY MUCH
IN DANGER.
IN DANGER. >> LET’S SWITCH GEARS AND TALK
ABOUT INTERNAL DEMOCRATIC
POLITICS FOR A MOMENT.
HOW COULD THE BLUE WAVE WITHIN
THE DEMOCRATS’ OWN PARTY IMPACT
THE CANDIDATE THEY PUT FORTH IN
THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE?
IT’S BEEN GETTING ATTENTION IN
THE WAKE OF THE VICTORY HERE IN
NEW YORK BY OCASIO-CORTEZ?
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. THE ENERGY WE’RE SEEING FROM
DEMOCRATS IS GREAT NEWS FOR
THEM.
THEM. THE BAD NEWS FOR THEM, AND THE
REASON THAT DEMOCRATS ARE MORE
WORRIED THAN THEY WERE BEFORE,
IS THIS PROGRESSIVE BLUE WAVE
THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE FROM
AXIOS OFFICIALS.
AXIOS OFFICIALS. WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THAT THE
WINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER INSTEAD
OF JUST FOCUSING ON REPUBLICANS.
SO THAT AMAZING INTERVIEW WE SAW
WITH CONOR LAMB HERE ON "MORNING
JOE" AFTER HIS VICTORY IN A
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, DEMOCRATS
THEN SAID, OH, BUT THE PATH TO
SWIN TO HAVE MODERATES, BUT NOW
WE’RE SEEING THIS PROGRESSIVE
WAVE, AND INCLUDING IN STATES
WHERE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS
HAVE BEEN BEATEN IN PRIMARIES
FROM THE LEFT IN A COUPLE OF
DOZEN CASES.
DOZEN CASES. SO CAN DEMOCRATS FOCUS ON
REPUBLICANS?
REPUBLICANS? CAN THEY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
KEEP THESE TWO WINGS OF THE
PARTY FROM SWAPPING EACH OTHER?
>> MIKE ALLEN, THANK YOU VERY