Page 324 - Midterm News Today

Between early vote and absentee and absentee set a new record as of this morning of 234,000 for a midterm. that really takes away pressure off election day because as of -- when we start today nearly 37% of all active voters had already cast a ballot. >> can i ask a question about absentees. did i hear you right, 234,000 absentee ballots. can you give me context on how big that is and how that counting goes from here? >> well, the previous record had been in the midterm about 213,000 from 018. s...

Manhattan are telling me that they are worried about public safety and about the access to abortion rights. thats what people here have pointed out to me but they are also extremely surprised that it is this close so people have been coming up to the poll site today. weve been seeing a steady number of people here. wolf. >> gloria, thank you very much. also in new york right now congressman sean patrick maloney whose job kathleen to get democrats elected could be at risk of losing his own race. ...

Cbs adriana diaz is in the badger state, where crime was the subject of 70% of republican ads. good evening, adriana. >> reporter: good evening, norah. now, election officials told us that turnout today felt more like a presidential election than a midterm. democrats hope to flip the key senate seat here because president biden won the state just two years ago. but this is now. mandela barnes, who would become the states first black senator, has mounted a stiff challenge against incumbent ron jo...

>> gabe, i know you heard nick talking about how today there havent been lines, it hasnt seemed super high turnout in terms of what he is seeing. im curious what youre seeing on day of voting. i know the early voting was a record for a midterm and matched the 2020 early voting turnout which is highly relevant because its comparing to a presidential year and also during covid, right, when people were able to early vote so what -- how would you describe turnout today on day of voting? >> its alway...

We have identified through our friends at inside elections as well. we do eight most competitive seats. there are others that could come into play. you get surprised in the midterm elections. the eight most competitive seats are evenly divided in four held by republicans, and four held by democrats. six of these eight states were held by joe biden. >> menarrowly in three of them. >> you look at the terrain, new hampshire to nevada and arizona. the best way to look at this, especially early on as...

Their right to vote. >> no, i completely agree. we havent had that many tests yet. we saw in kansas a race that was supposed to be very close, we wound up winning it by 18 points in a majority republican state. in those special elections as well, in the state of alaska. what we saw is that when women have the chance to come out and actually express their point of view, they did. i think thats why its so hard to read the polls right now and predict anything. i know my friend matt dowd is on. hes ...

Too much that affects all of its messaging on everything from transgender and crime and identity politics that i think turns off a lot of rural noncollege educated voters. >> theres certainly going to be a lot of looking inward for the democratic party depending -- certainly depending on how they do today. >> look, i mean, its not clear to me that there are a lot of tactical adjustments that could have really prevented a bad midterm election. in the nbc poll on sunday 80% of americans said they ...

Commissioner of agriculture, you may not have done your research on that, lets flip over to page two, it hasnt finished yet, there is also justice of the supreme court to be retained in office. i hadnt really thought about that and then there is that community development commission which im sure youve spent a lot of time researching and then two more pages on different ballot measures. so this is four pages long, i havent done the maths assignment but i reckon there about 40 people that you are...

Republicans and democrats and libertarians. the former republican governor scott walker is actually from this area. now, weve been speaking to the election officials here and they say this is unprecedented turnout for a midterm. it is double than what theyve seen even in the presidential election, which tends to bring out a lot more people. they have also reported double absentee voter turn jeouts and havent hit the afternoon work rush. thats starting now. its 4:30 p.m. local time here. its a si...

If that red wave doesnt start forming there, it means were going to be in for a very mixed and different night than most of the modelers had thought. thats what i think is going to happen. i think were going to be in a mixed night in the course of this. i have a theory -- as you know, i have many theories, but i have a theory that what happened this year is the same thing that happened in 2016, but the opposite. and in 2016 all the modelers and forecasters overestimated democratic support and un...