Happy Election Day?
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🗓️ 6 November 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Alfredo Corchado calls in from the border to talk about voter enthusiasm in his area. Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report shares her tips for watching election night returns. Slate’s Molly Olmstead explains why she’ll be eyeing the teacher candidates tonight. The Root’s Jason Johnson is our man in Atlanta following the Georgia gubernatorial contest.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is November 6, 2018, Election Day. |
| 0:03.6 | And this is how it looks in El Paso, Texas. |
| 0:06.3 | I've never seen a bigger sense of urgency, as I have this year. |
| 0:11.3 | I mean, my parents have voted for years, but this year, I mean, it's almost like they couldn't wait for early voting to begin. |
| 0:21.1 | Alfredo Corchado is a journalist. |
| 0:23.2 | Rights for the Dallas Morning News covers the border. |
| 0:25.7 | My mother will spend hours on the phone just calling everyone she knows |
| 0:31.1 | and making sure that they voted and asking everyone, you know, |
| 0:34.9 | can you send us a picture to make sure that you voted? |
| 0:38.2 | She wants to see their seats. |
| 0:39.9 | She wants to make sure that they don't say, oh, of course we're going to vote. |
| 0:43.5 | No, she wants proof. |
| 0:48.2 | I called up Alfredo because we have spent so much of this election talking about immigration. |
| 1:03.0 | Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens to pour into our country. I don't think so. |
| 1:04.0 | The criminals, the smugglers, the trespassers, marching toward our border, |
| 1:09.0 | turn back now because you are not getting in. |
| 1:12.6 | I don't care what the fake media says. |
| 1:15.9 | That's an invasion of our country. |
| 1:18.2 | I wanted to know what today felt like on the border itself. |
| 1:21.5 | So I asked Alfredo, does it feel like you're waiting for an invasion? |
| 1:25.4 | Not at all, unless you are the target of this administration. |
| 1:33.9 | I mean, last week in El Paso, one morning there was like helicopters, federal helicopters, |
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