CAN WE ALL JUST SAY A
COLLECTIVE WOW?
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE
EVERY DAY.
JOINING US NOW, DOCTOR MILEAH
KROMER, POLLSTER AND HUGHES
CENTER DIRECTOR AT GOUCHER
COLLEGE.
AND DOCTOR ROGER HARTLEY, DEAN
, OF THE COLLEGE OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AT UNIVERSITY OF
BALTIMORE.
WILL WE EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE
THIS AGAIN?
>> I HOPE NOT.
VERY DIFFERENT.
I HEARD SOMEONE SAY EARLIER THIS
MORNING, DOES THIS SET THE TONE
FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACES IN THE
FUTURE?
WITH THE TWITTER WARS, THE
NASTINESS, THE DIVISIVENESS, IS
THAT WHAT AMERICANS HAVE COME TO
EXPECT IN THE FUTURE?
>> I THINK DONALD TRUMP WAS
READILY AVAILABLE TO THE MEDIA.
I THINK FROM NOW ON,
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES,
PARTICULARLY THO THAT ARE NOT
THAT WELL KNOWN, WILL START
EMBRACING RATHER THAN BEING
SCRIPTED.
>> I THINK WE ARE SEEING
SOMETHING REALLY BIG AND
SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL HERE THAT ONLY
HAPPENS GENERATIONALLY.
I THINK WE ARE SEEING THE
BEGINNING OF A POLITICAL
REALIGNMENT FOR THE TWO PARTIES,
PARTICULARLY THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
I THINK THE DEVICE OF THIS WE
ARE SEEING AND A LOT OF THE REAL
HARD-CORE FIGHTING IS COMING
FROM A GROUP THAT IS TRYING TO
HOLD ONTO POWER AND THEY ARE
SEEING THINGS CHANGE QUICKLY.
THAT IS WHY I THOUGHT -- I SAID,
I HOPE NOT.
WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS THAT I
REALLY THINK THIS IS UNUSUAL.
WHEN SHE SAID ABOUT THE MEDIA IS
INSIGHTFUL AND RIGHT ON.
DONNA: DO YOU THINK THIS IS
GOING TO BE A VERY LATE, TIGHT
RACE OR YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO
BE POSSIBLY CALLED EARLIER?
>> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE HAD A
POOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
BALTIMORE AS TO WHETHER THEY
WOULD CALL IT.
I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE ANSWERS
WERE IN THE 10:30 RANGE.
I HAD PREDICTED 10:00.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME BIG
THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN EARLY
THAT MIGHT LEAD SOME OF THE
NETWORKS TO CALL IT PRETTY
EARLY.
DR. KROMER: ROGER AND I HAVE
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY.
THAT IS REALLY A BIG STATE TO
WATCH.
THAT IS A STATE WITH THOSE
CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS.
WE HAVE A LARGE PROPORTION OF
AFRICAN AND A GROWING HISPANIC
POPULATION.
THAT IS REALLY THE KEY
POPULATION TO WATCH.
AS GOES THE HISPANIC POPULATION,
SO MIGHT GO THE ELECTION.
DONNA: I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY
THAT WITHOUT FLORIDA, TRUMP
SIMPLY CAN'T WIN.
DR. HARTLEY: WE WILL HEAR ABOUT
OHIO, FLORIDA, AND HOW TIGHT
THOSE RACES ARE.
THEY HAVE TO STRETCH OUT UNTIL
WE HEAR ABOUT NEVADA, WHICH HAS
TO GO IN TRUMPS COLUMN AS WELL.
I AGREE WITH MILEAH THAT IF IT
CLOSES FAST, WE ARE LOOKING AT A
PRESIDENT CLINTON AT THIS POINT.
STAN: YOU MENTIONED A
REPOSITIONING ALREADY POSTURING
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
WE LOOK DOWN TO REPUBLICANS
RUNNING FOR SEATS THAT
TRADITIONALLY GO TO DEMOCRATS --
RIGHT HERE IN OUR STATE, THIS IS
A HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC STATE AND
KATHY SZELIG FEELS SHE HAS A
SHOT.
DR. KROMER: OUR WHOLE REALLY
SHOWED THAT LARGE, 30 POINT GAP.
I THINK SHE HAS MADE SOME
INROADS, BUT WHETHER THAT IS
ENOUGH, IT REALLY REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
THE LARGER PICTURE ABOUT KATHY
SZELIG IS THE ROLE OF
REPUBLICAN WOMEN IN THE FUTURE
OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
WE HAVE A RACE TO WATCH IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE WHERE KEL AYOTTE,
WHO IS CONSIDERED A RISING STAR
IN THE REPUBLICA PARTY, MAY
LOSE HER SEAT TO MAGGIE HASSAN.
THAT IS A BIG RACE TO WATCH.
DONNA: A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
KATHY SZELIG IS KIND OF
POSITIONING HERSELF FOR YEARS TO
COME.
DR. HARTLEY: WE ARE THINKING OF
-- WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY MAY BE
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2018.
THERE IS SOMEBODY BIG SENATORIAL
AND HOUSE RACES THAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR TONIGHT.
THE EFFORT BY RACE IN INDIANA.
YOU HAVE HASSAN, RUBIO, THE ROSS
VS. BURR RACE IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE
ELECTORATE THAT WILL BE FUN TO
TALK ABOUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
DONNA: IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING
NIGHT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SEE
WHAT PLAYS OUT.
THE MATTER WHO WINS TONIGHT,
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BIG JOB
FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT TO REALLY
TRY AND DO?
HOW DO THEY HEAL THIS DIVIDE?
DR. KROMER: FOR DEMOCRATS, THEY
HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO
REESTABLISH THEMSELVES WITH
WORKING-CLASS VOTERS.
WHILE THEY ARE BUILDING MAJOR
COALITIONS -- THE OBAMA
COALITION MAKE MAJOR INROADS
WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THEY ARE BRINGING HISPANICS INTO
THE FOLD.
THIS TALK TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
A MESSAGE THAT APPEALS TO A
LARGE CROSS-SECTION OF
AMERICANS.
THEY HAVE LOST THAT BATTLE WITH
A LOT OF WORKING-CLASS VOTERS.
STAN: WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IS
THAT THEY DON'T WANT WHAT THEY
HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST WHATEVER.
WE GET NOTHING DONE.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE A CHANGE IN
THAT DIRECTION?
DR. HARTLEY: WHAT WE ARE SEEING
TONIGHT IS MAYBE NOT FOR A
LITTLE WHILE.
IF IT IS A POLITICAL
REALIGNMENT, THERE IS GOING TO
BE A LOT OF DIVISIVENESS GOING
FORWARD.
PERHAPS THE SENATE COULD SHIFT
TONIGHT, PERHAPS NOT.
IT WILL STILL BE A DIVIDED
SENATE AND NOT ONE THAT IS
FILIBUSTER PROOF.
THE OTHER THING IS, WILL THERE
BE A WAR BETWEEN REPUBLICANS IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OVER SPEAKER RYAN'S POSITION AND
CONSERVATIVES IN THE PARTY?
DO BUSINESS REPUBLICANS STAY
WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEW
OR DO THEY SHIFT TO DEMOCRATS?
WHAT ABOUT LATINOS ALL ACROSS
AMERICA WHO ARE TRENDING CLEARLY
DEMOCRAT RIGHT NOW.
STAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DONN THANK YOU BOTH.
AS FOR THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, HERE IS A LOOK
AT SOME OF THE RACES ON THE
BALLOT IN OUR AREA.
IN DISTRICT ONE, REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENT ANDY HARRIS WILL TRY
TO HOLD AGAINST DEMOCRATIC
CHALLENGER JOSEPH WERNER.
DISTRICT TWO FEATURES DEMOCRATIC
INCUMBENT DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
AND REPUBLICAN OPPONENT PAT
MCDONOUGH.
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT JOHN
SARBANES AND THE GOP'S MARK
PLASTER SQUARE OFF IN DISTRICT
THREE.
STAN: DEMOCRAT AND INCUMBENT
ELIJAH CUMMINGS FACES REPUBLICAN
CHALLENGER CORROGAN VAUGHN I
DISTRICT SEVEN.
WHEN THE POLLS CLOSE, AND THE
RESULTS START TO COME IN.
KEEP IT HERE ON 11 NEWS.
OPEN THE WBAL-TV APP.
THEY WILL BE UPDATING ELECTION
RESULTS AND SHOWING RETURNS
RIGHT DOWN TO EACH COUNTY IN
MARYLAND.