depending on what happens in nevada, it could become the center of the political universe in the united states again. nadia romero, thank you so much. so, republicans may not have performed as well as they expected during the midterm elections, but there is new cnn exit polling that shows the party has made inroads in some areas with the fastest growing demographic of new voters in the country. in some communities, there were notable declines from 63% support for democrats among latino men in the last midterm election to just a little over half this year. meantime, support for democrats among latinos also dropped from 73% four years ago to 66% on tuesday. to these shifts may not seem like much but in nevada and arizona, some democrats are urging the national party to do more to reverse these trends. melissa morales is the founder
they can do this to any other of my rights and freedoms in this country. and with exit polling in addition to abortion rights, democracy was also a top issue for voters, and it is speaking to that exact thing. that is the point. when you look at, that inflation, i am an economics guy, we can and will solve inflation. we will get there. but we take a portion writes the lump it with democracy, this should be remarkably motivating to young people. it seemed to have been somewhat motivating to young people, but let s just all be honest with ourselves. they did not come out in the numbers that would suggest your fundamental rights and your future is in danger. sure. and that s always a challenge to get young voters to the polls. you have to consider young people are often in school, working, and many young people are parents. there is a lot going on in the lives of young people that can make it more challenging for them to vote than say folks who are, retired, they have more time on the
the real problem will be in the house should the republicans pick up the majority. now, it looks like if that happens, it may only be a two vote majority. that will be very, very difficult. if they can kind of get together, the puts joe biden s legislative agenda to hold. just full stop. there is nothing that will get passed in both houses. let s talk about codifying roe. i talked about this a little bit earlier with ted lieu. we talked about how that could be part of legislation going forward if in fact dems control the senate. and if they possibly control the house if they can pull that one out. writing is on the wall they would come to american support for abortion rights across the country. we saw it in michigan, we saw in kansas as well. look at the exit polling. that is where americans stand when it comes to abortion rights. is this something in which republicans could come to the
and president of the latino voter advocacy group. thanks for being with us this morning. your education helps to educate and mobilize latino voters. you each had a history of endorsing democrats. why do you think the party shaw that shift in latino voters that s been going on for several elections? it s interesting i saw the exit polling you were talking about and as you said it s the national exit poll, so we certainly see i think florida and the shifts we ve seen in florida disproportionately represented in that. you know, i think florida is a caution naer their tale of what happens when you let your foot off the gas and take latino voters for granted. i think in the rest of the country, when you look outside of florida, definitely a much bigger picture of stability in the latino vote, sorlts of on
britt is a first woman to be elected to the senator from alabama. the list could go on. i have not even mention kathy hochul, the first female to be elected governor of new york. or summer lee, the first black female congresswoman from pennsylvania. but i will end on 25 year old democrat maxwell alejandro frost of florida. who is heading to congress as the first representative of the genesee generation. exit polling shows excess between 18 to 29 turned out at their second highest rate of any election in the past 30 years. a big reason why, these well, qualified, inspiring politicians are making history today s young people. they are rising up and casting their ballots for vision of a more diverse and inclusive