Welcome back to our special two-hour edition of Alex Wagner tonight. I'm Katie

Fang in for Alex. The 2000 presidential election was one of the closest

presidential races we've ever experienced in this country.

Although George W Bush won the election by just five electoral votes, it was Al Gore who won the popular vote that year. But when you start to slice and dice

the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look way less tight. Check this out. In 2000, George W Bush dramatically outperformed his opponent

among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2004, he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support

for the Republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections.

And then look what happened in 2016.

Donald Trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters.

The Donald Trump's ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed

as the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran.

Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for Donald Trump

to chart a repeat path to the presidency, which is why headlines like these today are a five alarm fire for the

Trump campaign.

Quote, why evangelicals are upset at recent Trump and Vance statements on abortion.

The last 24 hours have laid bare the challenges of running the first Republican campaign for president in 50 years.

And in America where abortion is not a guaranteed constitutional

right.

In addition to voting for president this November, Florida will also vote on whether abortion

access should be protected in their state up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Right now abortion is illegal after just six weeks, which is before most women even suspect that they could be pregnant.

Last night, Donald Trump, who himself is a Florida voter, told NBC News that he believes

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