nathan gonzales, thanks for being here. a couple days after the debates. we will look at a pole in a second about who is ahead. just your take on those nights. who came out on top and who did not perform as well? >> we need to define winning in a couple different ways. you can talk about who captured the conversation. i think senator kamala harris really captured the conversation. in some way, i think she was one of the key winners. another way to define winning is who moves the most in the polls. what do the democratic primary voters think about those debates. we are just at the beginning edge of finding out what voters thought. there was at least one national poll that has been out. i would like to see some polls out of iowa and new hampshire because they are going to be very influential in this process. over the next few days, that picture will become clear. >> one of the posts we saw from cnn, harris and warren rise and biden slides after the first democratic debate had surprisingly. not surprising. after the debate nights joe biden dropping 10%. kamal

. >> they gonzales is editor and gonzales is nathan an editor and publisher. 2020. look at the presidential candidates and some key senate races. nathan gonzales, thanks for being here. a couple days after the debates. a pole in a at second about who is ahead. just your take on those nights. who came out on top and who did not perform as well? >> we need to define winning in a couple different ways. you can talk about who captured the conversation. i think senator kamala harris really captured the conversation . in some way i think she was one of the key winners. winning is to define who moves the most in the polls. what do the democratic primary voters think about those debates. we are just at the beginning edge of finding out what voters thought. there was at least one national poll that has been out. i would like to see some polls out of iowa and new hampshire because they are going to be very influential in this process. over the next few days that picture will become clear. and: harris and warren rise biden slides after the first democratic debate had surprisin

host: nathan gonzales is editor of inside elections. the currently safe seats, 190 five for democrats. 174 republicans. the number of seats and play on the democratic side, 40. ready for republicans. compare this to the dynamic going into 2018. >> republicans are on offense. they need a net gain of 18 or 19 this redonding on how election in north carolina goes. stage i expect democrats to maintain control of the house. enough competitive seats that there's a path for republicans. inre are now 31 democrats the house who represent that president trump carried in 2016. it's a little bit easier on paper than in reality. some of the democratic members of congress already have, josh gottheimer of new jersey represents a district. we are waiting to see what kind of recruits do republicans get. host: is an early in the game to tell that? >> they are starting to jump into races. win 18 or 19 seats republicans probably need 70 quality challengers and people who get through primaries. that was one of the thing that helped democrats in 2018 was hav

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. >> nathan gonzales is editor and publisher of inside elections. he's an election analyst with a roll call. we will spend the final hour of the program looking ahead to 2020. look at the presidential candidates and some key senate races. nathan gonzales, thanks for being here. a couple days after the debates. we will look at a pole in a second about who is ahead. just your take on those nights. who came out on top and who did not perform as well? >> we need to define winning in a couple different ways. you can talk about who captured the conversation. i think senator kamala harris really captured the conversation. in some way, i think she was one of the key winners. another way to define winning is who moves the most in the polls. what do the democratic primary voters think about those debates. we are just at the beginning edge of finding out what voters thought. there was at least one national poll that has been out. i would like to see some polls out of iowa and new hampshire because they are going to be very influential in this process.