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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, fight's over for now. Five to fifty three is
our time here in Houston's Morning News. We had a
really amazing election. You have Donald Trump getting what have
you seen a final total? I guess there is no
final total just yet. But the last time I saw
when don't he get about seventy six million votes? And
I think he had about four and a half or
five million more than.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
COmON We were saying, yeah, he uh what we had yesterday?
He's up to six million dollars six million difference, no
difference between the two between the two right now.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Which will probably tighten a little bit because.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Casty got it all together. Is still twenty million short
of what it was supposedly four years ago. Isn't that
any And they keep saying that it was a record turnout,
So like, where are the missing twenty million votes? Where'd
they go?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I don't know, let's ask Bill Miller, he's a political strategist.
I mean, as good as the turnout was, it wasn't
as good as twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Well it was. The turnout was healthy, it was, you know,
an exciting electorate. They everyone was talking about this race
that didn't depend on which side you were on. Everyone
was excited about it, and truthfully, I think everybody expected
their team to win. So you go into the race
and then you have this outcome. There's some big disappointment
(01:16):
out there among Democrats. Well, it was correct.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Here in Texas. We had more than eleven million votes
as far as we know, is not official yet what
eleven point six or something. We had eighteen million on
the voter rolls. So is that still considered great or
should there have been even more?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Well, I think the argument is the more the greater
the vote, the better the healthier it is for the system.
I think that argument can always be made and will
always be made. The truth is that was a great turnout.
It was It was a turnout that you would want
in every election. People were interested and they voted. Does
everyone always vote no for a lot of different reasons,
(01:59):
but you know, the people who cared voted. I think
that you know, if you look at those numbers, those
are people who cared. And that's the election that you want.
You want the election where people who care on both
sides participating, and then the outcome is what the outcome is.
And of course we saw what it was on Tuesday. Yeah,
and we saw some major shifts. Let's start with the
early voting shift. You know, a lot of Republicans just
(02:21):
were completely averse to the idea of early voting. That
guy turned around in a big way this year. Well,
and Jimmy. One of the reasons, and I didn't really
realize that we're into this whole deal, is that Trump
had discouraged early voting in twenty twenty. I don't know why.
I had no idea why he would take sick position,
(02:42):
but the campaign said that they had to overcome his
opposition to that, and I don't know what it was,
but he went along with the idea voter vote often,
which is the old adage. But so, yeah, voting early
made a difference. And I think it was they got
participation up and got the ball rolling, and that was
difference in philosophy for Trump.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Bill. Can you believe Star County?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
I don't think anybody can believe Star County. It's our county.
Start it was it was, you know, it had a
starring role and it's a bad metaphor, but it's it's true.
It's just startling really in what happened.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, Star County had not voted Republicans since eighteen ninety
six during reconstruction and it went for Trump.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
When you those are the kind of fact, you take
the whole election nationwide, but that's that's a county and
a small county and a big state, a lot of
many states, and all of a sudden you take a
look at the whole election, and that says everything you
want to know about what happened.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yep, exactly that perfectly. That shows you the fundamental shift
that that happened in the Republican Party. Yes, duh, yeah,
I mean the Republican Party has become the party of
the Hispanic vote, and the gains in the black vote
just quite amazing. It's it's it's a much bigger tent
(04:08):
for the Republicans. I think that will serve them well.
Bill Miller always good to talk to you. There, got
around political strategist, Bill Miller. It's five fifty seven
Well, fight's over for now. Five to fifty three is
our time here in Houston's Morning News. We had a
really amazing election. You have Donald Trump getting what have
you seen a final total? I guess there is no
final total just yet. But the last time I saw
when don't he get about seventy six million votes? And
I think he had about four and a half or
five million more than.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
COmON We were saying, yeah, he uh what we had yesterday?
He's up to six million dollars six million difference, no
difference between the two between the two right now.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Which will probably tighten a little bit because.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Casty got it all together. Is still twenty million short
of what it was supposedly four years ago. Isn't that
any And they keep saying that it was a record turnout,
So like, where are the missing twenty million votes? Where'd
they go?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I don't know, let's ask Bill Miller, he's a political strategist.
I mean, as good as the turnout was, it wasn't
as good as twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Well it was. The turnout was healthy, it was, you know,
an exciting electorate. They everyone was talking about this race
that didn't depend on which side you were on. Everyone
was excited about it, and truthfully, I think everybody expected
their team to win. So you go into the race
and then you have this outcome. There's some big disappointment
(01:16):
out there among Democrats. Well, it was correct.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Here in Texas. We had more than eleven million votes
as far as we know, is not official yet what
eleven point six or something. We had eighteen million on
the voter rolls. So is that still considered great or
should there have been even more?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Well, I think the argument is the more the greater
the vote, the better the healthier it is for the system.
I think that argument can always be made and will
always be made. The truth is that was a great turnout.
It was It was a turnout that you would want
in every election. People were interested and they voted. Does
everyone always vote no for a lot of different reasons,
(01:59):
but you know, the people who cared voted. I think
that you know, if you look at those numbers, those
are people who cared. And that's the election that you want.
You want the election where people who care on both
sides participating, and then the outcome is what the outcome is.
And of course we saw what it was on Tuesday. Yeah,
and we saw some major shifts. Let's start with the
early voting shift. You know, a lot of Republicans just
(02:21):
were completely averse to the idea of early voting. That
guy turned around in a big way this year. Well,
and Jimmy. One of the reasons, and I didn't really
realize that we're into this whole deal, is that Trump
had discouraged early voting in twenty twenty. I don't know why.
I had no idea why he would take sick position,
(02:42):
but the campaign said that they had to overcome his
opposition to that, and I don't know what it was,
but he went along with the idea voter vote often,
which is the old adage. But so, yeah, voting early
made a difference. And I think it was they got
participation up and got the ball rolling, and that was
difference in philosophy for Trump.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Bill. Can you believe Star County?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
I don't think anybody can believe Star County. It's our county.
Start it was it was, you know, it had a
starring role and it's a bad metaphor, but it's it's true.
It's just startling really in what happened.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, Star County had not voted Republicans since eighteen ninety
six during reconstruction and it went for Trump.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
When you those are the kind of fact, you take
the whole election nationwide, but that's that's a county and
a small county and a big state, a lot of
many states, and all of a sudden you take a
look at the whole election, and that says everything you
want to know about what happened.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yep, exactly that perfectly. That shows you the fundamental shift
that that happened in the Republican Party. Yes, duh, yeah,
I mean the Republican Party has become the party of
the Hispanic vote, and the gains in the black vote
just quite amazing. It's it's it's a much bigger tent
(04:08):
for the Republicans. I think that will serve them well.
Bill Miller always good to talk to you. There, got
around political strategist, Bill Miller. It's five fifty seven
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