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wind at their backs. i m john berman, brianna is off, cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins here this morning. wind at their backs, we will see come november, i guess. a little. they re hoping wind at their back this morning. what democrats are looking at the reason they might feel this way is based on the results of special elections here in new york. cnn projects that democrat pat ryan will win the battleground 19th district, a district that joe biden narrowly carried in 2020 but republicans felt very good heading into this special. they were hoping they could flip this. abortion rights became the central issue in this race, democrats made it so, much more on this in just a moment. also in new york congressman jerry nadler easily defeated he is a powerful committee chair he easily defeated powerful committee chair carolyn maloney in a bitter race that really got to the redirstrictin struggles the democrats had in new york. in florida democratic congr
lot of voters willing to send republicans to congress who weren t willing to send trump back to the white house. we know that from the data. it s interesting that this outperforming of joe biden suggests that would be great news for democrats if people are willing to say, sure, i m not really happy with the president, but i m more interested in democrats controlling congress. and the culture war issue is an interesting part of this, covid in particular think about suburban moms struggling with remote schooling. republicans were by the end we are not at the end of the pandemic but as the pandemic wore on republicans were really winning on that issue and i think that this is some evidence that dobbs has really shifted that. and that s a problem for republicans. and it also doesn t help that donald trump is in the news, right? in such a terrible way. his beach home was raided by the fbi, there was all this conventional wisdom that somehow that would be good for donald trump, maybe
endorsements of people like chuck schumer, elizabeth warren. he had the support the endorsement of the new york times as well. he says he was the one who just ran the better campaign. i have called congressman nadler to congratulate him on his victory. he is a distinguished member of congress, i share his progressive values and i wish him every success. carolyn maloney and i have spent much of our adult lives working together to better both new york and our nation. i speak for everyone in this room tonight when i thank her for her decades of service to our city. reporter: so, again, not so much of a surprise in terms of what happened here at the 12th. big surprise in terms of what happened up there in the 19th district. democrats of course hoping that it could be a sign of what may be to come in november. guys, back to you. still remarkable to see a powerful democratic chairwoman
either the republican or democrat party should be caring about now and going to the middle east he is desperate for help with energies but his own policies he instituted on day one that led to the energy crises we re sperntion at home. harris: the new york times congressional control. a college poll shows 41% prefer the democrats controlling congress and 40% prefer the gop in control. those are squeaky tight numbers, molly. they are ridiculous numbers. nobody actually believes that democrats have an advantage in a general election. harris: not even 1%. it s not true and anyone being honest with themselves knows it is not true. a good thing to think about that number when thinking how seriously to take any data point in the poll. new york times has favorable polls for democrats. historically have. this one is very difficult to take seriously anything they re