League football grounds. We are here at staff at rangers, sir keir starmer wrapping up his visit behind me Stafford Rangers. He was talking to a handful of voters who said they voted conservative last time and were considering Voting Labour at this one. There are a number of Labour Campaigners here as well. The focus for him today was the economy, he is making the accusation that under the conservatives, britain has got poor. Rishi sunak also focusing on the economy, he is making the case is planned for the economy is working keir starmer alleges that under the conservatives, britain has become poorer. Conservative mps in particular are Stepping Down, among them michael gove. I asked Keir Starmerfor his Reaction Them michael gove. I asked keir starmer for his reaction to that decision. Michael gove is Stepping Down and i obviously michael gove is Stepping Down and i obviously wish him well but i think its significant he is Stepping Down because its significant he is Stepping Down becau
current controversies, aside from herschel walker s many gaffes, new reporting suggests the political land scape in georgia could be shifting less than two weeks from the senate runoff. today, the georgia supreme court reinstated a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. less than a week after a lower court overturned that ban. midterm exit polling data from nbc news found that among democratic voters in georgia, abortion was the top issue that brought them to the polls. additionally, a majority of georgia voters say abortions should be legal. rafael warnock, who is also a refrpz, made abortion rights a core tenet of his campaign, and earned nearly 38,000 more votes than herschel walker in georgia s general election. organizers in georgia are hoping that voters will again award raphael warnock more votes to defend reproductive rights and
have likely picked up on a trend in american politics. the president party does not very well when it comes time to go midway into the turn. this is a pattern that goes way back. in 15 of the last 20 elections, the president party lost ground in the senate. in 19 last 20 election, president party lost ground in the house of representatives. with that in mind, it made sense for democrats to expect some losses. and that is just a normal times. on top of those odds, the democrats also have the disadvantage of a president with an underwhelming approval rating. 44%. that is according to the national nbc news exit polling data. it was looking ole but certainly the democrats were going to lose, maybe even lose very big on tuesday. spoiler alert, this year did not fall in line with tradition. democrats managed to defy historical train. they actually overperformed in this year s midterm. how did they do it? according to the nbc news political unit, the democrats won over the true swing voters.
and nevada. since the last midterm election in 2018, and additional 5 million eligible hispanic voters were added to the voting roles, according to the pew research center. that number represents 62% of the total vote of all eligible voters. as a voter turnout has increased, some are surprised by the increase and republican support among latino voters. while latino voters in arizona helped president biden secure his presidential bid, former president trump made significant gain among hispanic voters in florida and texas. and more latinos who voted for trump in 2020 than did in 2016. they saw exit polling data, 32% of latino voters cast their ballot for trump in 2020, compared to 28% in 2016. an increase that can make all the difference in tight races. some people are questioning the perceived eroding support for democrats among latinos. in fact, the myth of a monolithic hispanic vote is
state very democratic. what happened in 2020, joe biden 63.5%. what happened in the last race, 61.9%. so overperforming on a percentage basis. you can go county by county and see where the apathy didn t happen, the surge didn t happen. you can pull up the counties where newsom underperformed what he did in 2018 you see one. and that is a very small county. you see where he overperformed, six counties. he overperformed more than underperformed. that s the story why gavin newsom had a victory overnight. we have voter data in here, but i want to pull up some of the exit polling data we had. you heard governor newsom when he was talking in the sound you played really focus on the pandemic. focus on vaccines. in that exit polling you understood why. the most important issue for facing californians, covid. 31% above homelessness, it fighting wild fires and crime.