the bomb shell, kyrsten sinema leaving the democratic party just days after democrats secured the 51st vote in the senate. you look at poll numbers until the state of arizona. politically it makes pretty good sense. she does well with independents. she does okay with republicans. not quite as well with democrats. her approval ratings over the past few years, while she has been criticizing in washington, d.c. have been fairly strong in arizona and typically a little bit stronger than mark kelly s. but it s so interesting, katty kay, democrats were so frustrated by joe manchin because joe was out front, but there were so many times when they would be close to a deal on reversing trump s tax cuts, the worst parts of trump s tax cuts, if you consider give aways to billionaires and multinational corporations a bad thing. and kyrsten sinema would be the 50th vote getting in the way. the same thing with big pharma. there are many times when
u.s. senate. democrats have control with 50 seats to republican s 49. but a 50-50 split with vice president harris having to cast the tie breaking vote versus 51-49 could make a difference. it is about judges and nominations, if it is 51-49, joe biden has an easier time getting his judges through committee and ultimately on the senate floor. we will see less of kamala harris because she won t need to be the 50th vote as often, for republicans it is that same issue for the judges they may oppose. that is why these voters say it worth turning out. every vote counts. even if patience is wearing thin. we have been inundated with tech messages and calls, we re all ready for this to be over. the weather has been pretty damp and rainy but state election officials say more than a million people have already voted and they could be on track to break another record. walker would have to win a significant percentage of that to catch up to his democratic
for your country. right now, we need workers out there, we don t need politicians. we need people that will fight for this country, five for your kids, five for my kids and five for the right for people to have the right to speak. i now one of the biggest difference is jasmine between the general election and this runoff election is that senate control is no longer up for grabs. democrats have clinched it with that crucial 50th vote. i want to be very clear that the outcome here will be a normalcy important for the balance of power in washington, i will give you three reasons why. let s get these on the screen, the first is if you get a 51st for democrats love a clear majority, they can rip up this power sharing agreement. they have lost republicans and get you know enough numbers on the committee for that republicans cannot forcing the jump through hoops. they can also have subpoena power without requiring on any of the court and the second reason, 2024 senate map is looking bruta
to that point, alex, this could be a victor of voters, but republicans tried to block this. clearly they think it would give democrats an ex. yeah, historically, you know in the trump era, democrats have availed themselves of it more, and republicans have generally tried to restrict it. i think the bigger problems is this is no longer the 50th vote in the senate. giving the person doubts that even some voiced about herschel walker, if they can turn out when the vote is not at issue, i think that s the biggest challenge. there s another change, van, for herschel walker. there s a new report that revealed he s getting a tax break for a primary residence, but the residence isn t in georgia, but it s in texas. to what extent do you think that
winner of the nevada senate race, securing reelection over adam laxalt. same thing in neighboring arizona, where senator mark kelly was projected to win his race against blake masters. and with those two wins, democrats will hold control of the senate, thanks to the vice presidents tie breaking vote. if they win the georgia senate runoff to next month, well, that ll be a 51st, not a 50th vote for the dems this time around. but here s what s so important to recognize amidst all the numbers. president biden and congressional democrats pulled this all off by defying conventional wisdom. by ignoring the political pundits who said, nobody cared about democracy. that the energy around abortion rights had faded away, the democrats should be talking about kitchen table issues like the cost of groceries and gasoline, or they should be sounding tough on crime. but cortez, masto, and kelly,