a reminder that election date is november 8th, everyone. chris, thank you as always. thank you. thank you for joining us at home tonight. we re just two weeks away from the midterm elections, in the battle for control of congress in the state houses could really could not be closer. polls have been tightening for weeks, as republicans have edged into democratic gains that were made over the summer. tonight, debates just wrapped in races for your governor and the senate, we ll have much more on that. but before, that it s worth remembering exactly how we got, here considering how much of a rollercoaster of electioneered s been. remember a few months ago on june 7th, when the city of san francisco shocked the country, when it recalled its progressive district attorney. the campaign against him had framed his criminal justice reform platform is somehow soft on crime, provoking backlash among san franciscans. that local election in blue california, was held up as a canary in
literally not be closer. polls have been tightening for weeks, as republicans have edged into democratic gains that were made over the summer. tonight, debates just wrapped in races for new york governor and the senate, we ll have much more on that. but before, that it s worth remembering exactly how we got, here considering how much of a rollercoaster of an election year it has been. remember a few months ago on june 7th, when the city of san francisco shocked the country, when it recalled its progressive district attorney. the campaign against him had framed his criminal justice reform platform is somehow soft on crime, provoking backlash among san franciscans. that local election in blue blue california, was held up as a canary in the coal mine for democrats. the party, according to them, had a crime problem that republicans would seize on in an election year, when that already favored republicans. and here were some of those headlines. progressive backlash in california,
when it called its district attorney boudin. and that local election in blue, blue california was held up by pundits as a canary in the coal mine for democrats the party, according to them had a crime problem that republicans would seize on in an election year, one that already favored and here were some of those headlines. progressive backlash in california fuels democratic debate over crime. california voters send a stark message to democrats on crime and homelessness. democrats need to know the message that crisis september. week of recall, gas topped $5 a gallon for the first time ever and republicans began gearing up to make the election all about inflation. those were theoretically, the contours of this election, only a few months ago, as of the first week of june and then two weeks later, everything changed. the united states supreme court struck down a 50-year precedent protecting a woman s own right to control her own body which upended politicals across the country.
more, we will see, that s the skepticism that some have won a look at that number. so again, if you re a democrat, and you re looking for a republican see that he could pick off here, what about wisconsin? regeneron johnson, he s a two term incumbent leading by about two and a half points in the polls right here. interestingly, johnson was losing in the polls over the summer, and now leaves. what explains that change? emphasis on crime. john his senate has really played up crime, his opponent has really leaned on the abortion message. here s a poll from marquette law, they basically ask are these issues important to you? and this was a significant finding. nearly 90% that crime is an important issue to them. abortion it was just about ten points left. so there is a difference there in terms of residents of these two issues. crime, which johnson is running hard on, and abortion, which barnes is running hard on, that might explain the switch that we ve seen in that race, that is put john
early june. republicans are focused on urban crime, and they re coding racially focused messages to scare voters into thinking that democrats want to turn the country into a scene out of matt max. that same analysis found that republicans have spent nearly $50 million on ads focused on crime since labor day, making it one of their top issues nationally. this is how that issue played out in tonight s debates. john fetterman, during this crime wave, has been trying to get as many murderers sentenced to life in prison out of jail as possible. i m running to take back our streets, and to support unapologetically our men and women in law enforcement. people who are afraid of being pushed in front of subway cars, they ve been stabbed, beaten to death with hammers. that was a comment from leaves, a republican who s within four points of kathy hochul in a state elected a republican as governor and over two decades.