>> Sandra: THE PRESIDENT
HEADING TO FLORIDA AND GEORGIA
TODAY.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE HEADING TO
MICHIGAN.
SOME KEY PLACES THAT THE
CANDIDATES WILL BE VISITING TOM
BEVAN WILL JOIN US FOR A SPIN
ON THE TOUCH SCREEN THIS
MORNING.
TOM, WE LOVE DOING THIS WITH
YOU.
FOUNDER AND CEO OF REAL CLEAR
POLITICS.
YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE PRESIDENT
IS FIRST HEADING.
HE WILL BE DEPARTING MIAMI NEXT
HOUR HEADING TO OCALA, FLORIDA,
MARION COUNTY SPENDING TIME.
YOU LOOK BACK AT THE 2016
RESULTS, IN A COUNTY HE SOLIDLY
WON IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT TO
SPEND TIME THERE OTHER THAN
HOPING FOR A REPEAT?
>> WELL BECAUSE I THINK THE
PRESIDENT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE
HIS BASE IS ENERGIZED AND
EXCITED.
THE LATEST POLL IN FLORIDA
SHOWS HE HAS ABOUT A 17-POINT
ADVANTAGE OVER JOE BIDEN IN
TERMS OF THE ENTHUSIASM FACTOR
WHO IS EXCITED ABOUT TURNING
OUT ON NOVEMBER 3.
SO THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS
FLORIDA CRITICAL TO HIS
REELECTION.
HE CAN’T WIN THE WHITE HOUSE
AGAIN IF HE DOESN’T WIN FLORIDA.
>> Sandra: YOU LOOK AT THE
RESULTS IN 2016 IN MARION
COUNTY.
A SOLID VICTORY FOR THE
PRESIDENT THERE.
IF HE OUT PERFORMS PAST GOP
CANDIDATES IN THAT COUNTY.
TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT SPENDING
MORE TIME THERE TODAY IS
INTERESTING.
MEANWHILE HE WILL HEAD UP TO
MACON, GEORGIA.
A BIT LATER ON.
THESE ARE BOTH MAGA RALLIES
THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
HOLDING.
HE IS HEADING TO A BLUE COUNTY
THAT HILLARY CLINTON WON IN
2016.
60% OF THE VOTE THERE.
WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT THE
PRESIDENT -- WHAT ARE WE 18
DAYS OUT FROM ELECTION DAY?
WHAT DOES IT SAY HE IS SPENDING
TIME IN GEORGIA THIS CLOSE TO
ELECTION DAY?
>> WELL, GEORGIA IS ONE OF
THOSE STATES THAT HAS BEEN
MOVING, TRENDING MORE
DEMOCRATIC OVER TIME.
A STATE TRUMP WON BY FIVE
POINTS LAST TIME AROUND.
IT WILL BE CLOSER THIS TIME.
THE POLLS SHOW BIDEN WITH A
SMALL LEAD IN OUR REAL CLEAR
POLITICS AVERAGE.
THE TRUMP FOLKS FEEL GOOD ABOUT
GEORGIA BUT AGAIN THEY AREN’T
TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET
THEIR BASE TURNED OUT.
TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE VOTE
THAT BIDEN WILL PICK UP IN
ATLANTA, AND THE SUBURBS.
>> WE SHOWED A NARROW LEAD
ACCORDING TO REAL CLEAR
POLITICS AVERAGE THAT JOE BIDEN
DOES HAVE IN THAT STATE.
18 DAYS OUT.
MEANWHILE, WHILE THE PRESIDENT
IS TRAVELING DOWN SOUTH YOU
HAVE -- I SHOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN
OUT OF THERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS TRAVELING DOWN
SOUTH JOE BIDEN WILL HEAD TO
MICHIGAN TODAY.
HIS FIRST STOP MAKING REMARKS
ABOUT HEALTHCARE IN SOUTHFIELD,
MICHIGAN HITTING OAKLAND COUNTY.
THIS HAS BECOME A BIG
BATTLEGROUND COUNTY, TOM.
WHAT ARE WE SEEING THERE AND
WHAT IS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN
STRATEGY IN OAKLAND COUNTY?
>> WELL, IF IT’S ODD THAT --
WHAT IS BIDEN DOING IN MICHIGAN?
I THINK THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN
DOESN’T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH
THE POLL LEAD THERE AND I THINK
THEY THINK IT’S CLOSER THAN
THAT.
IN 2016 DONALD TRUMP WAS AT 42%
IN THE FINAL POLL OF MICHIGAN
AND ENDED UP WITH 47 1/2% IN
THAT STATE.
I THINK THE POSSIBILITY FOR
TRUMP TO OVER PERFORM IN
MICHIGAN IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN WORRIED.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
LOCK DOWN THEIR VOTE IN
MICHIGAN.
>> Sandra: SPEAKING OF CHECKING
ALL THEIR BOXES, AFTER THAT HE
WILL HOLD A VOTER MOBILIZATION
EVENT IN A COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF
THERE, WAYNE COUNTY.
HOME TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
39% AFRICAN-AMERICAN INCLUDES
THE MOST POP YOU LAOS CITY.
WHAT WOULD BE THE STRATEGY
THERE.
YOU LOOK BACK AT THE 2016
RESULTS FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
SHE DOMINATED IN THIS COUNTY.
WHAT IS JOE BIDEN’S GOAL THERE?
>> SHE DOMINATED IN THAT COUNTY
BUT SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE TURNOUT
SHE NEEDED.
CERTAINLY NOT THE TURNOUT THAT
BARACK OBAMA GOT IN THOSE
COUNTIES IN 2008 AND 2012.
THAT WAS PART OF THE DOWNFALL
OF HILLARY CLINTON’S CAMPAIGN.
IN THE URBAN CENTERS LIKE
MILWAUKEE, DETROIT,
PHILADELPHIA SHE DIDN’T
ENERGIZE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
VOTE.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS CONCERNED
TRUMP WILL DO BETTER WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
FOR JOE BIDEN TO CARRY THOSE
STATES HE NEEDS TO TURN OUT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS IN THE
URBAN CENTERS BETTER THAN
HILLARY CLINTON DID FOUR YEARS
AGO.
>> Sandra: THE TREND IN
MICHIGAN YOU ARE SAYING JOE
BIDEN WORRIED ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING THE REAL CLEAR POLITICS
AVERAGE.
49.8% LEADING THE PRESIDENT WHO
IS POLLING JUST UNDER 43%.
YOU ARE SAYING THERE IS WORRY
THERE TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THE
GROUND IN MICHIGAN.
FINAL THOUGHTS.
>> IF THEY FELT THE STATE WAS
WELL IN HAND THEY WOULDN’T BE
SPENDING TIME THERE, THEY WOULD
SPEND TIME IN OTHER PLACES.
YOU LOOK WHERE THE CAMPAIGNS
ARE SPENDING TIME AND MONEY.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THEY
HAVE.
IT WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE
THE RACE STANDS.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN WANTS TO
MAKE SURE AND A LITTLENER ROUSE
ABOUT THE FACT THEY DON’T FEEL
AS COMFORTABLE IN MICHIGAN AS
THE POLLS SUGGEST.
>> Sandra: PERHAPS SEEING AN
OPPORTUNITY WITH MANUFACTURING
JOBS IN MICHIGAN AS WELL.
LOOK AT WHERE THEY WERE IN
JANUARY 2017.
THE PRESIDENT TOUTS HIS CASE
FOR ADDING MANUFACTURING JOBS
AND IN AUGUST OF 2020 THEY’VE