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Apprehension among critical GOP constituencies and a penchant for split-ticket voting during the midterm elections helped wither away the expected red wave, a Republican research firm found.
What pushed you towards oz instead of fetterman? >> i think that fetterman, during the debate, he wasn't able to say what he was going to do and how he was going to solve the specific problems. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, it's not just a smattering of voters. several unions are splitting endorsements between parties in the state's top races. pollster quiz boarig says it's about who's on the ballot. why are we seeing this trend now? >> i think it's in some places a reflection of the party's going to the extremes. >> reporter: in the governor's race, polling shows democrat josh shapiro leading...
Democratic candidates that are talented enough to be able to weave them together the way barack obama does. but elissa slotkin last night in michigan, she's got the endorsement of liz cheney, she did an event with liz cheney last night, and she's another one trying to take a stab at pulling all of those arguments together and saying, it's not about one of these things or the other about these things, it's about all of them. and if you're not for the continuation of a real genuine, legitimate american democracy, all of the rest of it falls apart. that's the thing that the democrats -- if democr...
But -- even probably brighter spot is that governor's race with governor kemp going against stacey abrams again. on the flip side, i was in pennsylvania last week, as well, josh shapiro is probably the democrat in the most commanding position of any prominent race in the country in his governor's race. and can he bring fetterman over the line with him? there are open questions about that. i'm getting much more of a sense, and we'll see next week, but much more of an appetite for split-ticket voting with shop yo and dr. oz up there. we will definitely see. but people who are not campaigning tog...
Toss-up. what about arizona, richard? >> that's an interesting one, because i think you're going to see some split-ticket voting. some folks are going to go to the polls, punch a republican for governor or a democrat for the governor or republican for the senate. i think in this case mark kelly's going to pull this one out. he's the incumbent. his wife, michigan gabby give orders, as we know was wounded in gun violence, but i think once again -- not only is this going to be tight, but we're not going to see it decided on election night. we're going to to wait to maybe friday to see how this co...