Hour 1 - Feelin' Good on Election Day

Buck Sexton (0:00)

Welcome, everybody. Election Day edition of Clay and Buck. And it is, we're feeling good. I'm gonna tell you, we're feeling good out there. I even have on, no, this is not an early Christmas thing, although that would be fun too. I'm rocking the red Crockett T-shirt for the red wall. Not a red wave.

I am not promising something that will not materialize, Clay. But I'm here in Florida, Fortress, Florida, and we are the red wall, if you will. We will prevent the blue wave from splashing on our beautiful beaches and across our shores, including those of the Gulf of America. And I think that there will also be other red wall states like Texas, perhaps even Michigan. I'm feeling like, look, we're gonna lose some tough ones tonight. There's no question about that. I think we're gonna win some tough ones, too. And Clay, that means good enough.

We're not looking for a huge night, folks. We're looking for a good enough night. And I think the red wall of Florida, the red wall of Texas, is going to be central in that effort. You will get into the early voting data. We can talk about all this. You've actually been mobilized, Mr. Clay Travis, to help with the red wall of Florida.

Clay Travis (1:23)

Yeah, look, I want to talk about a bunch of different states and encourage everybody out there right off the top. Go vote, go vote, go vote.

It was, yesterday morning, I woke up and Byron Donalds' team said, hey, Clay, can you help us with a teller rally in the Panhandle of Florida, which is the Ruby reddest part of the state of Florida. So yesterday afternoon evening, I called in and helped Byron Donalds. And so I want to encourage everyone in Florida. The numbers are looking great. A lot of big turnout in Florida, Republicans dominating. I feel like, Buck, one of the stories may be that in a lot of red states, Democrats punch themselves out in the early vote and they don't have a lot of calvary left to show up and help maintain some of those margins that they posted. It's what we're seeing in the early part of the day in Florida. But, the places that are red, let me just hit this right out of the top. If you're in Kansas and you're listening to us right now, there may not have been very much drama in your life as a Kansas voter. This is your opportunity. If you are in Iowa, lots of big decisions to make there, get out and vote. If you are in Nebraska, if you're in Alaska, if you're in Texas, if you're in Ohio, this is a home turf battle, right? This is a, you live in a red state. You need to get off your butt and you need to get out to the polls and you need to take people with you. I got my 18-year-old this morning, Buck, went and voted for the first time ever. So he has officially become a Tennessee voter. I am going to be tonight emceeing Marsha Blackburn's Governor Night, we expect to be, election party.

Well that's going to be a fun one.

Buck Sexton (3:11)

That one's pretty much in the bag. That's a safe one to go to.

Clay Travis (3:14)

We're going to turn the entire state of Tennessee red, all nine congressional districts, but Michigan, Maine, North Carolina, Georgia, so many different huge elections, Governor, Senate, Congressional seats.

Get out and vote. This is imperative. Good data that the polls, Buck, may have been wrong again.

SPEAKER_3 (3:38)

Yes, indeed, my friends.

Buck Sexton (3:41)

So, let me give you some of what we know right now. Before we get into more of what we think or we hope, here is what we know. Early turnout has been huge, about 55 million early votes, which is 8 million more than 2022

Clay Travis (4:04)

And those numbers, by the way, Buck, nearly identical to 2022 for Democrat Republicans. So, those of you, like you and me, who went out and voted early, we held the ground. Democrats have a lead, but it is not much different of a lead than they had in 22 Now is when the cavalry needs to arrive on voting day.

Buck Sexton (4:25)

This is gonna be, I think the cavalry, at least in some of these states, is gonna arrive. And today is the day, my friends, when this will be determined. So, nothing was set, nothing is done yet in any of these close races. The Democrats' lead early talk is all about modeling, not about count. The count is happening as we talk to you. Hopefully some of you, and you know what, if you're on your way to the polling place during the show today, obviously, make sure your hand's free and you can do so safely, or you're in a safe place to call, call in and tell us where you're going. I mean, let's get in on this action. It is election day, make sure you get there. So, much of that early Democrat lead talk is about models and predictions not count.