as you look at this number. as we say, what you are seeing what these early results like a reported out enjoying batches like, this you are seeing the mail ballots that i ve been coming in for weeks. so, there s a question here about the same day vote, the folks who went out in the city of los angeles voted today. did they vote differently than the folks who voted, you know, a week or two ago by mail. was there late shift in this race one way or another? it s going to change these numbers dramatically. because again, keep in mind, the 50% rule is in effect here. so, if somebody can get to 50 sorry, go ahead. go ahead stephanie, i m sorry. i didn t say anything. i m just listening. the only thing i m trying to say is and, you re the only person i don t want to interrupt. if somebody can get to 50% tonight, they went on the spot. otherwise, talk to, november runoff. all right, steve we re, going to check back in with you in a minute. it s speaking of november, we are fi
50%. the top two face off in november to decide who will be the next mayor of los angeles. we ve told you in california the biggest story of the night that s now complete is that recall of boudine. on the congressional side, an eye on embattled republican incumbent in the central valley who voted to impeach donald trump, david valadao. rudy salas is going to the general election. valadao is trying to hold on to this lead over chris mathys. the good news for valdao, we re looking at the same day vote, doesn t seem to be a lot of it. mathys is doing well with the same day vote. there may not be enough of it for him to catch valadao, if he can get to the general election against salas this is a fascinating race. this is a very democratic
up and wait. we ve got a big batch of votes that came. out this is basically the mail-in vote. all right with caruso leading congresswoman, karen bass. what we re waiting on now is there s going to be a lot of. these the votes that were cast it same days that were not today on election day. and voted. but, basically the question is, is somehow caruso winning the election day vote by a massive margin? a different margin than we re seeing in the mail ballots? a margin that would be big enough to lift his overall number from, you, c 41 changed right now to be 50%. because that s what he would need to win this on the spot. he would need to get to 50%. if you can t do that, for that, matter if karen bass can t do that and the two of them are going to head to a runoff in november. the mayor will be desired it then. so it s just a question about what that same day vote would be. we haven t seen much of it, yet we want to get a sense of what it looks, like but i think that would give us clarit
what you are basically seeing here, right now, and what i m curious about is the vast majority of the votes that have been counted so far in this new stories are those vote by mail ballots. those mail-in ballots. the stuff that came in early. the votes that were costed maybe a week or two ago. maybe a little bit longer than that. what they are starting to do now is to count up the same day vote. the people who went up to the polls and voted today. of, course that raises the question, is there a difference in how those votes voted in how the folks voted by mail. you ve already seen caruso take up about half a point as we started counting the same day vote. is there any possibility he did much better and the same day vote, it is 41.2 starts to rise and he can get into the mid or high 40s when we start to talk about that 50%? it will take an awful lot for that to happen. but that is one thing we want to look at as that same day vote starts to get reported. up but caruso, bass, very possib
mail ballots that have been coming in for weeks. so, there s a question here about the same day vote, the folks who went out in the city of los angeles voted today. did they vote differently than the folks who voted, you know, a week or two ago by mail. was there late shift in this race one way or another? it s going to change these numbers dramatically. because again, keep in mind, the 50% rule is in effect here. so, if somebody can get to 50% sorry, go ahead. go ahead stephanie, i m sorry. i didn t say anything. i m just listening. the only thing i m trying to say is and, you re the only person i don t want to interrupt. if somebody can get to 50% tonight, they win it on the spot. otherwise, talk to, november runoff. all right, steve we re, going to check back in with you in a minute. it s speaking of november, we are five months away from those midterms. a new nbc analysis offers some clues about the issues that would be dominating the airwaves between now and then