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Congresswoman alexandra was trying to answer that question of, what is going on. i want to take a listen, owner here would she had to say. >> i can say with latino voters, we never tried as a party. the democrat party is not for you in terms of the latino electorate. >> what was your reaction when you heard? >> one of the things shes putting out there is that latino can care about immigration, its absolutely an issue that we care about, but its not necessarily a voting issue. its very much the e...

Should raise the stakes, even without trump being on the ballot himself. but if you look at a wide swath of public polling. by and large, voters, the majority at least. dont value this as a motivating voting issue. they can be more economical terms, all of them putting them ahead of protecting democracy. why do you think that it is that voters have not adopted your mantra that this is sort of the defining existential issue of the election? >> because ultimately, it comes down to whether or not y...

Polls. is it possible the polls are missing the continuing interest in this issue? i suppose put differently, is it likely that an issue that was very much at the top of many voters minds and by the way reflected in some of those provisional races we saw, the vote in kansas, that it is already faded so much as a voting issue in these midterms? >> right. we can never put too much stock in polling whatsoever, but i think that its the reaction to how much abortion has been a motivator has varied wh...

Voters and with seniors, those are two important components, but the bottom line is there are places where his presence would not be helpful in the closing days and thats why you dont see him there. i want to just mention the obvious, this rally, the dueling rallies on saturday in pennsylvania, it is both perhaps a look ahead to the 2024 race and a look back at past elections. a look back at 2020. it is this weird like rematch, future match moment and i dont know if its going to move the needle ...

Issue. interesting looking at polling. we thought after kansas, after dobbs, this might be a voting issue that could propel democrats into the midterms. in the state of pennsylvania among catholic voters even, only 10% say abortion is their number one issue and 60% say its the economy, which seems to be true across cross sections of voters. >> a moment activated democratic base, activated women, and democrats found, you know, fueled, supercharged in some ways over the summer, but i think we have...

Especially math scores. >> yeah. >> theyre holding down several jobs. their wages are going up, but inflation is going up faster. these are issues that when you knock on peoples door or put a camera in their face, these are the issues that voters are focusing on far more than very important issues that we talk about every day here. >> dashas reporting tracked what we heard last week when we were in philadelphia and pittsburgh. swing voters, especially women, very concerned with inflation and imp...

Stacey abrams, brian kemp, tight race. by most polling, "realclearpolitics" shows he has the lead. in this poll by one percentage point. with the knowledge of the economy is your major voting issue what does that mean for you in the governors race? >> it means that ive got to make a tough decision and right now im kind of undecided but one thing i do know for a fact that brian kemp has led this state and he has been a strong leader for businesses and small businesses. so i right now i know what ...

Last month and adds. republicans, only 4 million. in new hampshire where key races are helping to control the house and senate, election integrity is also at play. >> 2020 election was undoubtedly stolen from president trump. >> inside her store, friends of all political persuasions voiced concerned about the countrys deep divide. the question is whether that is a voting issue in the final rate weeks of the race. >> we should all be standing up and supporting this country and this democracy beca...

They used to be. finding employees is next to impossible. >> you hope the november rings a change in washington, in terms of -- ? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> this tell of two elections is playing out in a crush of campaign ads from coast to coast. on prime -- hammering democrats. >> hes more worried about criminals than victims. >> spending more than $21 million on ads in the last -- month alone. while democrats have invested less than 5 million. on abortion, democrats are dominating the airwa...

Help determine control of the house and senate, election integrity is now also at play. >> the 2020 election was undoubtedly stolen from president trump. >> reporter: inside her store, she said friends of all political persuasions voice concerns about the countrys deep divide. the question is whether that becomes a voting issue in the final weeks of the race. >> we should all be standing up and supporting this country and this democracy, because there are those who are trying to tear it down thr...