In your state . We will open up our regular lines. If you support President Trump and Vice President pence, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you support democratic candidate joe biden and Kamala Harris, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are undecided or support another president ial ticket, your number is 202 7488002. You can oyster text us your and we at 202 7488003 are always reading on social media. Once again, we are looking to talk to our viewers in battleground states only this morning, as the last few hours of this election season come to a close. Cook political report actually has a list of states which it considers to be up for grabs for this Electoral College season. You can see those states on your screen, six states listed officially as tossup states theida, georgia, iowa, second Congressional District of maine, North Carolina, ohio, and texas. Those are the states that are officially listed as tossups from the Cook Political Report. We want to hear
29yearolds say they will definitely vote this year. 47 said the same in 2016. The polls show young voters will likely back joe biden over to 25ent trump, 63 percent. It is becoming a familiar story for louisiana. Much of the state is under a hurricane warning. Zeta is heading toward the uf goals u. S. Gold coast. Gulf coast. If it makes landfall in louisiana, it would be the fifth named storm this year. Bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 5 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. William spriggs, the aflcio chief economist on how the groups 12. 5 million members are coping in the absence of more fiscal stimulus. Big news in the semiconductor business. Competitor for 35 billion in an all stock deal. With theive interview
State in this cycle. Guest first, demographic changes. The state is rapidly changing and was moving in a peripheral direction for the last couple of election cycles. See doesnt explain what we in terms of this particular election, where it seems to be a good amount of republican defection from ranks and republicans indicating they are voting democrat, independents are leaning toward biden and mark kelly, the senate candidate. We have seen a surge in democratic registration in the state. On the whole, that is unlikely to change the trend as were publicans far outnumber democrats in the state. Host you had an oped in the New York Times titled why would a republican vote biden, asked arizonans . Why would they support biden . What has changed . Guest i credit my colleague here at the university of arizona. Together we worked on a survey with the arizona policy lab, an organization affiliated with the school of government and public policy. What we find is a surprising number of arizonans
Cspan. Org supremecourt. Washington journal has focused on key battleground states this Election Year with political reporters and analysts on the ground. We examine what has changed since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters and took a look at what recent trends that can give us clues on how the state might vote in just a few days. Today we look at arizona. Joining us is chris weber, an associate professor at the university of arizona. Good morning. Guest thanks for having me. Host tell us how arizona became a battleground state, a swing state in this cycle. Guest first, demographic changes. The state is rapidly changing and was moving in a peripheral direction for the last couple of election cycles. See doesnt explain what we in terms of this particular election, where it seems to be a good amount of republican defection from ranks and republicans indicating they are voting democrat, independents are leaning toward biden and mark kelly, the senate candidate. We have
David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define eadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Before we get into blackstone, i would like to talk about a couple of other things. You grew up in a middleclass environment in philadelphia, and now, you are one of the wealthiest men in the world, one of the biggest philanthropists in the world, and you are an advisor to president s, the last three president s have asked your advice on things. Nd you are very close to President Trump. When you were growing up in philadelphia, did you ever in your wildest dreams imagine this could possibly happen . Steve no. Dave do you pinch yourself every day now that you think about where you have achieved your status in life . Steve frankly, every day is an adventure, and every day is a privilege. David now, you have come t