and it puts too much of a benefit into small states and red states and the swing states in the middle of the swing states in the middle of the country, wisconsin, pennsylvania, arizona and georgia as well, these are states where that will determine who wins the presidency, and in that, ialso will determine who wins the presidency, and in that, i also feel like there is a lot more at stake here for the people on the ground, and we are seeing just in recent election, a candidate winning for the supreme court. it is not. its about american freedom, and you will see the president s message to that, trying to mobilise voters and get the people out. as larry pointed out there will be out on the abortion issue. that goes beyond any individual candidate.- issue. that goes beyond any individual candidate. larry, you talked about, individual candidate. larry, you talked about, even individual candidate. larry, you talked about, even if individual candidate. larry, you talked about, even if
this time around. the only race they lost was the senate race where one big reason, according to many republicans you talk to around the country, was this guy, herschel walker. it might be more of a candidate issue. the so it s a state that democrats can and have won. is it a state that they will start winning every time like virginia, which is now seen as less purple, more blue? hard to tell. and will republicans blame donald trump for getting them into this predick snamt. yes. i think they already have. i ll just point out. if you are talking about states where trump backed a losing candidate, georgia, pennsylvania, arizona, all states where the democratic candidate won and the trump-backed republican lost. i see a trend there. john berman, good to see you, my friend. here to talk about all of this is our distinguished guest. jackie kucinich, april ryan is a white house correspondent for
has good judgment, 50% for raphael warnock and herschel walker 33%. why is herschel walker staying so close? look at the candidate qu qualities but the biggest factor, candidate issue positions 57%. candidate character 42%. raphael warnock is winning the vast majority of these vote voters who say character. but look at the ones that say issues are the biggest factor. these voters favor herschel walker by a 64% to 35% margin. basically the fundamentals. the high inflation, joe biden s unpopularity are keeping the race close because the voters may not love herschel walker but they prefer him to raphael warnock because they don t like raphael warnock. it s not necessarily about loving herschel walker. thank you very much. stick around, a little bit later
turnout is not where it needs to be compared to the last midterm election. and that makes democrats a little bit nervous. i m also a little bit worried there is this whole conversation about the right ward shift of latino voters. i don t think latinos will go to republicans. i worry about them turning out. you cannot under estimate the hangover. not even a hangover. it s like they re still feeling it of covid in las vegas and how much people are hurt because of the economic struggles. it s the case across the board. a place driven by tourists like las vegas is tough. on the candidate issue, it s interesting some of the better candidates of the cycle are in the states that both parties would consider to be the reaches. tim ryan in ohio probably did the best he could there. he s going to lose i think. for us, republicans, it s tiffany smiley in washington and joe o day in colorado. i have to tell you, i ve spoken
poll like this. generally not good news to see high inflation, and a wrong 70% for the party in power heading into a midterm election. and we ll get to that later. the news out of opec saying they re going to cut oil production is going to raise prices and inflation more. if we think back over the last few months, when was it that republicans were looking particularly strong and democrats on their back feet. it was when we had oil prices, gas prices, at, what, $7 a gallon at the pump, and that was killing democrats and democratic candidates around the country and although joe s right. this is a state by state issue, and a candidate by candidate issue, if you re running against a weak candidate, that helps you. inflation is a country wide problem, and you feel it in every state you re in. if the gas prices creep up again between now and november, now and polling day, that is only going to hurt democrats in