The november elections on the washington journal. What are the top issues for you . You can join the conversation on twitter cspanwj. R go to facebook. Com cspan we will get to your thoughts and a second, what are the top issues for you and campaign 2014. Let me show you a gallup pole that was recently finished. Viewed onnode a americas list of top u. S. Problems. This as the quarantined ands or the first people to be diagnosed to the virus, it ranks among the top 10 issues americans consider to be the most important facing the country. However it still ranks behind five others including the economy which tops the list at 17 . Dissatisfaction with government is 16 and unemployment at 10 . Inlup earlier this month october did a similar survey when they found the economy and government are the top election issues for both parties. , but for bothdely parties, republicans and democrats it is the economy and the government that tops the list. What are the top issues for you. The lines are open. Republicans 202 5853881. Democrats 202 5853880 and independents 202 5853882. Ready for your call so dial now. Let me show you jerrys article today. The portrait of American Voters. 2014 versus 2012. The Midterm Election promises to do a terrific job of aloe illustrating the basic schism of american politics. Why we have deeply divided government and washington. Republicans have assembled the ideal coalition for winning congressional elections. He goes on to say that with a , the Weak Coalition which tend to be older, wider, more conservative and more mail appears to be ready to show up in force. The democratic one, not so much. Explain whyty helps republican sound so much more confident about next tuesday for now. Anthony in new york, a democratic caller what are the top issues for you . I would like to wish you a belated birthday to say youre doing an astounding job. You have fulfilled my expectations and gun so much further, and the way that you poise questions and you allow people you are very respectful when they come calling and they might Say Something stupid, but you allow the question to stand and i appreciate that. My greatest concern in this society i think we have lost there seems to be a loss of rationality in our thinking. We are basically walking atop the titanic and adjusting deck chairs because Nuclear Power in this country is going to be the undoing of the planet. What is going on in japan is a wakeup call to all the pleas to stop reducing nuclear waste. They were supposed to start receiving the waste in 1996 and not release it it is sitting it is manufactured on the ocean fronts and riverbanks of this country as well as the world over. We really needt to reassess the problem we have twice the waste that will fit in yucca mountain. And is my major concern know cspan in 2010 had a class of High School Students who basically supported Nuclear Energy and they were the grand Prize Winners and i was astounded as i did the same research that they did and i came up with a totally different conclusion as did oppenheimer, einstein and these other people who said it is not the way to go. Endorsement of a student certain policy, the student contest, we were asking students to do a documentary, fulfilling certain criteria, if youre interested in it, go to the website www. Cspan. Org. Back to campaign 2014, what are the top issues for you . That caller said it was Nuclear Energy. The portraits of American Voters , the likely voters are 78 white, 11 black and 7 hispanic. By comparison those who voted in two dozen 12 as determined by exit polling were 72 white, 13 black and 10 hispanic. That decline of minority interest and relative rise and white interest, if borne out next tuesday is bad news for democrats. Morningan, joe, good come a what are the top issues for you . Male in mym a white 50s and the issue that i am most concerned about is obamacare. Everye democrats single senate incumbent democrat up for election voted for obamacare and this was when they used the reconciliation process even though 56 of america did not want obamacare, the Senate Democrats pushed obamacare through the process and then when it came time to implement obamacare, when it came time to sign up in august 2013, Senate Democrats went to the white house and ask president obama an exemption and president obama said ok. Here we have senate immigrants passing laws that they later exempt themselves from and that is my biggest issue. Host all right, joe. Im wardo to twitter, about a bloated, corrupt and out ofe government control, drunk on power. I hope Republicans Take Senate for balance. Timothy noah is reporting this morning that minimum wage is the wedge issue from hell. Even as democrats lurch toward disastrous Elections Support for raising it on wage is resonating with voters and it may be the only issue on which democrats are winning. The Pew Research Center poll found 90 of democrats and 53 of republicans found raising the federal minimum from 10. 10 from its current 7. 25 as proposed by president obama. Republican, what are the top issues for you . Caller i would like to vote for anyone who will help restore and clement obamacare. It is one of the best insurances that we have. I hate when callers call in and talk like it is one of the worst things we have in the United States and they should repeal it. They should not repeal anything, both parties should Work Together to help restore it, it is a good thing that we have. I will vote for someone who makes sure that we may be able to vote because a lot of states are trying to suppress the votes for the latinos and the blacks and i want them to try to make it fair so everyone can vote. Lincoln hills, illinois, republican, top issue echo top issue . Caller im feeling a lot of hate, i dont have hatred for people, but im feeling that the democrats dont have a sense of patriotism that our country see a lotit is sad to of people not understanding where our bill of rights came our sense of how to explain it yet go explain it . Thats all right i think we understand. Joe, independent caller. Caller my major issue is that we have no leadership, can i keep going question mark . No leadership and no morals like we used to have as long as we keep killing all the little innocent human beings, and they want to pull the guns away and say guns kill people which is wrong, people kill people and not a word about all the little innocents killed who never used a gun. As far as im concerned with prochoice, the only choice is not to lay down and get pregnant. That is my comment. This whole nation is headed down the tubes without any leadership on ebola, isis or all these we are doomed if we dont change our morals. Gallup allthere is a that was recently done that found u. S. Voters are giving the Republican Party and edge versus the democrats on handling these top issues. The republicans in congress hold a significant lead over the democrats on four of six issues. Economy, the way the government is working, the situation with islamic militants and the federal budget deficit. Democrats by contrast, top the republican rivals on just one of the six, equal pay for women. That from a recent gallup pole. Yesterday at the daily news briefing, josh earnest was pressed by abc White House Correspondent about the role president obama is playing take a look. [video clip] any examination of the present schedule over the next eight days in advance of the Midterm Election would indicate a serious effort by the president to support Democratic Candidates on the ballot are in how Many Democratic Senate candidates as he campaigned with . There are a number of Democratic Senators with whom he has appeared. Hes looking for to an event with mr. Peterson on saturday in michigan, i know he traveled with senator franken where they are expecting issues important with middleclass voters in minnesota, i dont think there are Campaign Events associated with that specific trip, but what you have seen the president do is dedicate his time to doing what he can to support Democratic Candidates. He spent a lot of time raising money for them and that reflects a significant commitment of this president s time. The president e has been considered politically toxic to any of those democrats . I do not agree with that. Host at the white house yesterday, the correspondent talking about what role the president has played and his schedule with a week to go before the Midterm Elections. You can hear that he is headed to michigan where he will be meeting with governors there and he will also be in wisconsin as well and will hear from the Washington Times this morning. They have the headlines that democrats are shunning the president , the Washington Times reporting. ,hile they badly need democrats democrats demote obama to stump for gubernatorial candidates. The only democratic senator who has agreed to appear with mr. Obama is in michigan. Gary peters who leads the republican by average of 10 Percentage Points in a race Word National republicans have stopped running ads. News, from the website with the ap story that romney was in kansas along with the former senator bob dole campaigning for pat roberts, the incumbent republican in a close race there. Stumping for pat roberts and trying to get him reelected. You can also see senator sam brown former senator Sam Brownback and the governor also up for reelection, standing there with mitt romney. The Washington Post reporting on that kansas governor race, they say it is their National State for the Republican Party. Race. Cumbent in a tight his close because many republicans have the debt effected from brownback. If he can bring home those wavering republicans he can win a second term but so far he has not been able to do so. The Republican Governor Association has dumped 4. 9 million into kansas, something that was not in the strategy book at the start. Chairmanistie, the rga recently put out a call to gop governors and other surrogates to come to kansas and remind republicans of the Gubernatorial Races importance. Top issues for you in this Midterm Election, john, bridgewater, new jersey. Youre on the air. Me is the first thing to the importance of the Supreme Court appointees, nominees in the future. I think that is critical for my party. Lackecond thing, with the securityty, personal will be a real issue. I am 66 years old and i have lived in liberal states, new york and new jersey for economic reasons. Gungoing out today to buy a and pepper spray after all of the incidents in new york etc. The government cannot protect us, it is up to us to do that. Floyd in louisiana. Have you voted for both republicans and democrats . Caller youre calling on the independent line caller no. Caller youre calling up host youll vote for mary linger . Wise that . Caller here in louisiana, this. S a Democratic State the conversation is all evil talk. They are talking about being christians and coming out of church and talking all kinds of evil talk. Old im retired from the u. S. Air force and i will say this over and over. The people that i am around, they are talking about voting republican but you have to understand one thing, you put these republicans in office and they will put more people out of work and they will send your children right back to war in the mid east. They will get all of your children killed. Youre fighting people in their homeland and taking the democratic process to them. The expect them to live by your rules and they have been living and fighting for thousands of years. Host according to the papers this morning in the news report leading to the election, in louisiana youre headed for a runoff, that they are not going to get a 50 majority that they need. Lies. it is all based on he has no program whatsoever. , they askedebate him what is his plan for louisiana and he said to unseat andmayor and harry reid vote against anything obama puts up. He didnt say what he will do for the people. He is ducking all of the debates. Politico says the polls show that and your and cassidy are running neck and with landrieu just a point in front of cassidy. It is unlikely that either front runner will earn the majority necessary to avoid a runoff. Cassidy, the congressman from the sixth district has the edge in the runoff. Asked to choose between landrieu and cassidy, the republicans lead 48 to 41 . Int runoff taking place december. Mary landrieu first elected to congress in 1997 up for reelection. Globe, the boston democrat attack ads aim to save the Senate Majority. We told you earlier about jerry who says likely voters will be whiter and older. The democrats in this last week are going after the older voters. They have launched several ads in the last week in Key Senate Races. Aimed at older voters who cast ballots in large numbers in the Midterm Elections and tend to support republicans. Here is the ad the Senate DemocraticCampaign Party is running in iowa. [video clip] talk about relying on Social Security and joni ernst talks about privatizing it. Extreme, she so would risk seniors retirement on the stock market, ending the guaranteed minimum benefit. Tryingtood up to those to privatize Social Security, he will protect it for all of us. Senatorialtic Campaign Committee is responsible for the content of the advertising. Host that is a new ad that will be playing in iowa and several areas of the key Battleground Senate in the last week. Democratic campaign thosetee is putting out ads and buying up the airwaves with one week to go. Theashington times Washington Times has this. Trouble in obama country. Facingtic states are unexpectedly tough challenges. You can see here in colorado with the democrats just barely leading the republican opponent, andonnecticut, the democrat the republican in a dead heat. Illinois, a statistical tie. Massachusetts, wisconsin, the list goes on. The wall street journal this morning, democrats and republicans in a tight race again. Martha coakley, whose loss was a shock is facing a similar scenario. Latest boston globe poll gives mr. Baker a nine point edge. That in the massachusetts gubernatorial debate. By the way we aired that last night so if you missed it go to www. Cspan. Org so you can watch the debate. Lets go to george, democratic caller. Caller thank you for taking my call. Host top issue for you, george . Top issue for me is the depression. A few days before the election in ohio, the Supreme Court comes out and does all kinds of stuff making it hard for the democrats to vote. ,arly voting, sunday voting they did this in not only ohio but colorado and florida, wisconsin, texas and more. Corporations have bought up the congress. We dont have a congress we have a corporation rule. That is who rules the country. You say one word against the nra youll never get reelected. Host bill from new york, independent. Caller hey greta, i do have one issue i have 17 trillion. Aphis deficit gecko it . Deficit . Caller thais the debt. Eventually the bill will come due. It is understandable that politicians have to divide the race, by gender, by generation. They are seeking power and that buthe way that you do that, it is very important that we keep in mind that we all benefit from this great nation and the debt is a systemic threat. Host built you might be interested, and todays usa today the deficit remains an urgent issue, the deficit and debt are tied. The decline to 486 billion has prompted declarations in some circles that it is no longer a concern that we should turn our focus to making investments in Economic Growth. America is and will continue to be constrained from pursuing dynamic Economic Growth opportunities and from making Smart Investments until we put our budget on a fiscally sustainable course. Heights,icago illinois. Independent. That afterissue is , after the long vacation, that once the republicans get back to the house i would like to see the republican said the main issue for unemployment was jobs and they would find us jobs and they have not done that. Boehner is is going on 4 million, still waiting for the jobs on the republican so john boehner needs to get that vote up now. He even said there is an issue with longterm unemployment and he would do something about it. Issue oncee see that they get back to the house republicans, they promise us jobs. Nd have not found us they said the pipeline but that was something not going anywhere and did not impact anymore and so they still havent found any jobs for longterm unemployment. Lowell in huntington, West Virginia, democrat. Thank you for taking my call. Corruption. S the gerrymandering of the districts. Virginia we have 55 the majority of 18. 18 state senators the majority of 55 counties . Thank you for taking my call. Host on twitter, the to