contest at one tenth of one percentage point, between the two. that s how close it is. there is a possibility that neither candidate gets to 50% required by state law to avoid a runoff. in which case, it would be on december 6th would be when that runoff is held, and if democrats hold their own elsewhere, georgia s runoff could once again decide which party controls the united states senate. now, there s no question, steve, that down the stretch herschel walker had the momentum. he s got political gravity on his side. he s in a state where republicans have structural advantages, as a republican stronghold, about two years ago when presidents low approval rating concerns about the economy are propelling him on the other hand you have raphael warnock who s sharpened his attacks lately, portraying herschel walker as someone who is unfit to serve in the senate, given his lack of knowledge about the issues, given his turbulent past. allegations of violence and there are ultimately three que
about covering this back and forth between ryan and vance in recent months. is that unlike other races where you ve seen democratic candidates stressing issues like election integrity and abortion for tim ryan. congressman right now. he s really zeroed in on the economy, specifically buzzwords of jobs, workers china. probably three of the words we hear the most from him. he calls his campaign bus the workers first express. and on the other side of this race, we see j.d. vance talking about inflation, tying that to democratic policy and, tying ryan to those policies as tim ryan tries to keep the democratic party at arms length. we caught up with both candidates today, asked them what their messaging would be for undecided workers working in manufacturing, here s part of what they told us. for a factory worker, the thing that i d say is, we re gonna lose every factory job in this country unless we have energy independence. energy independence is the core thing we need to bring manufact
to help her get this winning coalition that people in her view, maybe sleeping on. right now. take a listen to my conversation with both candidates, i had a wide-ranging conversation with both of them from everything from abortion in the economy to the threats of democracy and how voters are feeling about both of these candidates right now. take a look. what about abortion restrictions, this is the number two question i get. what would the ideal abortion policy or restriction look like. and that s really for you, but also for you. the two of you will be working together. it s not what north carolinians are talking about. i talked north carolina or will about access to abortions all the time. so, what we re how extreme they are. this is what democrats want. abortion at anytime for any reason all the way up to the moment of birth. and they want that attachment expense, and that is wildly out of step with north carolinians. ted biden s national republican allies have been spending
yeah, and i can tell you, steve, we heard from j. d. vance himself pointing to pulling inaccuracies. obviously, you re just looking at what we ve seen, history has shown us in the past in the state tim ryan on the other side of this race. we ll tell you that he is trusting what he sees on the ground. compared to the polling. but money doesn t lie. we ve seen a huge infusion of cash from national republicans, a group along with senate majority mitch mcconnell to help boost j. d. vance in recent months. that tells us at minimum they re focusing on this race trying to defend the seat for republicans. what really stood out to us about covering this back and forth between ryan and vance in recent months. is that unlike other races where you ve seen democratic candidates stressing issues like election integrity and abortion for tim ryan. congressman right now. he s really zeroed in on the economy, specifically buzzwords of jobs, workers china. probably three of the words we
that shows the contest within a point, there s another polling average by 5:38 that shows the contest at one tenth of one percentage point, between the two. that s how close it is. there is a possibility that neither candidate gets to 50% required by state law to avoid a runoff. in which case, it would be on december 6th would be when that runoff is held, and if democrats hold their own elsewhere, georgia s runoff could once again decide which party controls the united states senate. now, there s no question, steve, that down the stretch herschel walker had the momentum. he s got political gravity on his side. he s in a state where republicans have structural advantages, as a republican stronghold, about two years ago when presidents low approval rating concerns about the economy are propelling him on the other hand you have raphael warnock who s sharpened his attacks lately, portraying herschel walker as someone who is unfit to serve in the senate, given his lack of knowledge about th