2020 SERIES COUNTING THE
COUNTIES.
SHE'S BEEN TALKING TO VOTERS IN
THE PLACES THAT COULD HELP
DECIDE THE ELECTION.
>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON IT'S
BEEN 116 DAYS OF THIS.
>> THERE WAS NO QUID PRO QUO.
>> THIS IS HOW A MAFIA BOSS
TALKS.
>> SECRET DEPOSITIONS.
>> THE CALL WAS PERFECT.
>> THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME YOU
HAVE INTERRUPTED.
>> DON'T MESS WITH ME WHEN IT
COMES TO WORDS LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: BUT OUTSIDE THE
BELTWAY IN BELLWETHER COUNTIES
HOW HAS IT BEEN PLAYING WITH
VOTERS?
MY FIRST STOP WAS CENT COUNTY,
MICHIGAN, RIGHT AS THE HEARINGS
BEGAN IN NOVEMBER.
THIS INCREASINGLY PURPLE COUNTY
WENT NARROWLY FOR TRUMP IN 2016
AND PEOPLE WERE HOOKED TO THE
HEARINGS.
HOW MUCH WERE YOU PAYING
ATTENTION TO THAT?
>> EVERY DAY.
IT'S A COUNTRY DIVIDED NOT
UNITED AND IT'S REALLY
UNFORTUNATE.
>> I LISTEN TO THE NEWS BACK AND
FORTH TO WORK EVERY DAY.
>> I AM DIVIDED KIND OF HOW I
FEEL ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: BUT AS THE HEARINGS
CARRIED ON CONCERNS SET IN EVEN
FOR DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO IMPACT
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MORE THAN
IT'S GOING TO EVER REMOVING
TRUMP FROM OFFICE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS DUBUQUE
COUNTY, IOWA.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2016 IT
WENT RED.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ALL THE
ATTENTION SURROUNDING THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS
OVERSHADOWING OTHER ISSUES?
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE
ARE UNFORTUNATELY PAYING
ATTENTION TO.
THEY THINK THAT THE ENTIRE
CONGRESS IS PARALYZED.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THIS
PROCESS IS CHANGING ANYONE'S
MIND?
>> NO.
I DON'T THINK SO.
>> Reporter: FOR REPUBLICANS
IMPEACHMENT HAS MADE THEM DIG IN
MORE.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS
INFLUENCING YOU AS A VOTER?
>> I'M BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF
A SUPPORTER OF DONALD TRUMP, AND
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE
FEEL THE SAME WAY.
>> THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS I TALK
TO HAVE DEFINITELY LEANING MORE
TOWARDS TRUMP THAN THEY EVEN
EVER WERE IN 2016.
>> Reporter: BY THE TIME I MADE
IT TO OHIO DURING THE HOUSE
VOTE, FATIGUE HAD SET IN.
>> THEY WASTED TIME AND IT WAS
UNNECESSARY.
IT'S THE EPITOME OF WHAT
FRUSTRATES PEOPLE ABOUT
WASHINGTON.
>> Reporter: IT ONCE HAD A
BOOMING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
BUT MUCH OF THAT HAS DISAPPEARED
AND PEOPLE HERE WANT WASHINGTON
TO BRING SOLUTIONS NOT MORE
PROBLEMS.
>> RAISING AM THE MINIMUM WAGE,
LABOR LAW REFORM, THOSE ARE
ISSUES I CARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW?
THE IMPEACHMENT IS A PROCESS.
THE PROCESS IS GOING TO COME AND
IT'S GOING TO GO, BUT EVERYTHING
ELSE IS GOING TO LIVE ON.
>> SO FASCINATING TO HEAR FROM
THOSE VOTERS.
>> YOU'VE BEEN TRAVELING AROUND
THE COUNTRY FOR MONTHS NOW, HAS
AN INSIDER LOOK OF WHAT
AMERICANS THINK.
IS THIS SORT OF IMPEACHMENT
FATIGUE REAL RIGHT NOW?
HOW IS IT AFFECTING FOLKS AT
HOME?
>> I THINK THE FATIGUE IS REAL
AND THERE'S TWO ELEMENTS HERE.
THE TIMEPIECE OF IT WHICH HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE BUT
ALSO THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IN
DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
THEY'VE SEEN A LOT OF JOB LOSS
AND BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD SO
HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH
ARE BIG PRIORITIES.
SO VOTERS THERE ARE REALLY
FOCUSED ON THESE DAY TO DAY
ISSUES AND THEY WANT THEIR
LEADERS TO FOCUS ON THOSE AS
WELL.
>> OVERALL, THOUGH, HOW DO YOU
THINK IMPEACHMENT ACTUALLY
IMPACTS THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER
WHEN WE GET THERE?
>> I DON'T THINK IMPEACHMENT IS
GOING TO BE REALLY THE THINK
THAT MOVES THE NEEDLE FOR MOST
PEOPLE.
MOST VOTERS I TALKED TO, THIS
HASN'T REALLY CHANGED THEIR
MINDS BUT I HAVE RUN INTO AN
INTERESTING TYPE OF VOTER.
I ENCOUNTERED A COUPLE OF
CONFLICTED CONSERVATIVES.
I'M TALKING MODERATE REPUBLICANS
WHO SAY THEY DON'T REALLY
RECOGNIZE THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN
PARTY, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY
HUGE DONALD TRUMP FANS AND THEY
DON'T SEE THAT THE VALUES OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY
REFLECTING THE PARTY THAT THEY
GREW UP WITH, SO I DO THINK
THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR
DEMOCRATS THERE TO MAYBE BRING
SOME OF THOSE FOLKS OVER TO
THEIR SIDE.
I DON'T THINK IMPEACHMENT IS
CAUSING THAT CONFLICT, BUT I
THINK IT'S AMPLIFYING THAT
FEELING.
ULTIMATELY I THINK DEMOCRATS
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO SHOW
VOTERS THEY'RE NOT DISTRACTED BY
THIS AND THEY'RE PAYING
ATTENTION TO WHAT VOTERS CARE
ABOUT.
>> WELL, IT IS A FASCINATING
LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT
ARE GOING TO DECIDE THIS
ELECTION.
GREAT REPORTING.