of the cat skills. while most new yorkers will be voting in the primary, others will be voting in a special election for the house seat vacated by tino delgato after he was appointed governor. so why this race, especially because it s for a four-month term? this is because it s most potent, for economy and crime or abortion and democracy, what ryan is running on. the democrats are hoping the closer-a than-expected red districts, along with the resounding defeat of the anti-abortion measures are not one-offs. the hard-and-fast rules don t see so hard and fast. look at our survey conducted august 12th through 16th. threats to democracy has overtaken cost of living as the most important voter issue. president biden s approval numbers are still stagnant and modern history tells us the only time the party in power gained seats in the mid term is when the president is overwhelmingly popular, clinton in 1998 and bush in 2002. but even among exception, this is an exceptional time, th
august 12th through 16th. threats to democracy has overtaken cost of living as the most important voter issue. president biden s approval numbers are still stagnant and modern history tells us the only time the party in power gained seats in the mid term is when the president is overwhelmingly popular, clinton in 1998 and bush in 2002. but even among exception, this is an exceptional time, the fbi search of mar-a-lago, the january 6th hearing, inflation, abortion and to help us try to make sense of the senseless, here is my very sensible colleague, nbc national
changes. so convincing new yorkers that the supreme court decision will lead to a national ban on abortion, it is tougher than convincing people in ohio and michigan. that is what republicans are betting on. what about convincing people in georgia, shaq? that s a red state. what are they saying there? what are the candidates running against ron desantis saying about abortion for the primary and then for the general election? reporter: it is a motivating factor. you re talking about representative charlie crist and nicky freed. they said this is something that excites their voters. they also have differences on when the voters will get excited. charlie crist said it will motivate and he can win over moderate republicans and independent voters especially fired up by this abortion ruling, not just the ruling in
none. abortion is protected here in this state regardless of what the supreme court said or because of what the supreme court said. new york is a place where it has not been outlawed or restricted. is it a good indicator here to be looking at new york is is this a unique place if you re trying to project it around the country. republicans i talked to the in the district, if we have a great republican year and win the state senate, we re not going to control the assembly so don t worry about it. we re not going to be relevant enough as a party to reverse the state s abortion law. but molinari didn t say anything when the state needed to codify abortion rights. they re trying to convince people, look, you saw how quickly the supreme court can flip. imagine a day when the leadership of our state or leadership across the country
people who have come up from new york city and found new homes with more space during covid. pat ryan, the democratic nominee for congress there, he s the ulster county executive, strong democratic county, that s his message is abortion. and running very differently than a lot of the candidates we ve been referring to are running. there are republicans making things difficult. on ryan s main focus, if elected he would not vote for a national abortion ban. he thinks the court left it to states. if every republican in every race in that answer, it would probably be more popular than what you re seeing in the michigan governor s race and a lot of these republican races came out of the gate saying i m for no restriction or almost