JACOB SOBOROFF HAS BEEN
CRISSCROSSING THE COUNTRY,
GETTING THE MOOD OF VOTERS.
>> Reporter: I'VE BEEN TO MAINE,
TEXAS, FLORIDA.
IT'S NO SECRET.
DEMOCRATIC NEW YORK CITY IS HOME
TO A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN IN A
DRI
DISTRICT THAT VOTED
OVERWHELMINGLY FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
WE RENTED A CAR, A QUESTIONABLE
DECISION IN NEW YORK CITY, TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY.
LESS THAN 15 MILES FROM 30 ROCK
IS THE UNITED STATES LONGEST
SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
IT'S ALSO THE WAY TO THE HEART
OF THE ONLY REPUBLICAN-HELD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN
NEW YORK CITY.
I'VE NEVER DRIVEN ACROSS IT
BEFORE.
WE'RE HEADING OUT TO STATEN
ISLAND, WHERE THERE'S MORE
REGISTERED DEMOCRATS THAN
REPUBLICANS.
BUT NEW YORK'S 11th DISTRICT
VOTED FOR TRUMP BY A HUGE
MARGIN.
IT INCLUDES ALL OF STATEN
ISLAND, AND FEELS NOTHING LIKE
WHERE WE CAME FROM THIS MORNING,
ESPECIALLY WHERE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN DAN DONOVAN WANTED
US TO MEET HIM.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO MEET AT
SHOP-RITE?
>> STAND FOR THE FLAG, KNEEL FOR
THE CROSS.
>> IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GO TO
VENEZUELA.
IF YOU WANT ME TO COME AROUND
AND CAMPAIGN FOR YOU, I MOST
CERTAINLY WILL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNY.
>> Reporter: NO WONDER YOU WANT
US TO COME TO SHOP-RITE.
WHAT CAN THE CONGRESSMAN DO FOR
YOU?
>> HELP ME WITH TRAFFIC.
>> Reporter: WHY TRAFFIC?
>> IT IMPACTS ME EVERY DAY.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU A
REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT?
>> A DEMOCRAT.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF DEMOCRATS
VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF VOTING FOR
THE REPUBLICAN?
>> MY WIFE DOESN'T VOTE AT ALL.
SHE SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER.
>> Reporter: YOU THINK YOU WILL
VOTE FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTION?
>> I WILL.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE ON YOUR
MINDS THE MOST?
>> SUPPORTING MY PRESIDENT.
>> SAME THING.
I LOVE TRUMP.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF DEMOCRATS
FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU DO.
>> ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
KAVANAUGH THING.
SO MANY WOMEN THAT WORK HERE
WERE OUTRAGED BY THAT.
>> Reporter: REALLY?
>> YES.
THE WAY HE WAS TREATED.
JUST THE TREATMENT.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU WANT
FROM YOUR CONGRESSMAN?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WALL
BUILT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIS AGENDA
MOVE FORWARD.
LIFE IS GOOD FOR ME.
I AM A SIMPLE GIRL.
>> Reporter: LIFE ISN'T AS
SIMPLE FOR THE STATEN ISLANDERS
WHO SPEND MUCH OF THEIR DAYS OFF
OF THE ISLAND.
THE NEXT MORNING, WE WENT TO
TRACK THEM DOWN, AT THE
WATERFRONT.
EVERY DAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE COMMUTE ON THE STATEN
ISLAND FERRY.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT MATTERS
TO VOTERS OUT HERE, THIS IS
WHERE YOU HAVE TO COME.
THIS IS WHERE I MET THE
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, MAX ROSE.
MAX ROSE, ALL RIGHT.
>> I'M STOKED.
THANKS.
>> Reporter: HE HUGGED YOU.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU ACTUALLY
KNOW, VERSUS KNOW YOU?
>> I KNOW EVERYBODY.
I DON'T JUST HUG RANDOM PEOPLE.
THAT WOULD BE WEIRD.
>> Reporter: 7:45 IS THE NEXT
FERRY.
>> ONCE IT HITS 7:44, WE'RE
WISHING THEM GOOD LUCK.
GOOD.
>> Reporter: YOU RECOGNIZED HIM?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: WHAT MATTERS TO YOU
THAT YOU THOUGHT MAX WAS THE
CANDIDATE FOR YOU?
>> NORTH SHORE NEEDS A RAPID
TRANSIT.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU GOING TO
VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S A
DEMOCRAT OR SAYING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT?
>> I DON'T VOTE DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN.
I DON'T THINK EITHER ARE GOOD
FOR US.
>> Reporter: WHAT MATTERS TO
YOU?
>> WHAT MATTERS IS THE
CONGESTION.
>> Reporter: YOU MIGHT VOTE FOR
A DEMOCRAT?
>> I MIGHT IF HE DOES THE RIGHT
THING.
EVERY FOUR YEARS, I GET
DISAPPOINTED.
>> DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN?
>> DEMOCRAT.
>> Reporter: SO MANY MORE
DEMOCRATS THAN REGISTERED
REPUBLICANS.
BUT STATEN ISLANDERS VOTE FOR
REPUBLICANS.
>> I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT
BOR
BOROUGH.
>> Reporter: YOU THINK HE HAS A
SHOT OF CHANGING THINGS AROUND
HERE?
>> I DO.
>> Reporter: GET ON YOUR FERRY.
HE MADE IT THROUGH.
I WOULD HAVE FELT BAD ABOUT
THAT.
I CAN CONFIRM HE GOT ON HIS
FERRY.
YOU HEARD THE GUY AT THE END SAY
THAT STATEN ISLAND IS JUST A
DIFFERENT BOROUGH THAN OTHER
PLACES.
DEMOCRATS MEAN THEY HAVE TO
CAMPAIGN ON DIFFERENT ISSUES,
LIKE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOR A
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, TRAFFIC.
>> THAT'S WHY THEY SAY ALL
POLITICS IS LOCAL.
THERE'S A REASON FOR THE CLICHE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE
PEOPLE BANGING THEIR HEADS WHEN
THEY HEAR ELIZABETH WARREN TALK
ABOUT HER DNA TEST, JUST 22 DAYS
BEFORE THE ELECTION.
THEY FEEL LIKE IN THE LOCAL
DISTRICTS, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE