the environment, clearly, benefiting republicans. just a national narrative, where the focus is right now. on the economy, the focus on inflation. that s definitely helping republicans. the other thing we forget, steve, it s a redistricting year. and i don t know that we ve paid enough attention or given enough attention credit just how important that issue is, especially in some of these races where incumbent democrats like the chair of the democratic congressional committee running a district that 75% new to him many of these members are running in districts that on paper are competitive. but, where they don t know their constituents because they quite frankly haven t been on the ballot before. there are so many cross currents going out here steve that it s an interesting to watch some of these democrats who were in tight races right now tough races in states and in districts that on paper looks safe. but because of redistricting as well as the fact that in many of these states, you
same areas, again, these plus 36 trump counties for example. and she has really taken a unique strategy for democrats, who normally in north carolina spent almost all their time and urban centers, just trying to drive their numbers up there. but she s got a different tactic going on here. she s trying to get some of these voters some of these democrats and some of these black voters who live in these rural counties often get ignored, and drive them to the polls. that s what she thinks is going 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 tha
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 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
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 questions steve that will decide the outcome of this race. and how voters come down. the first is rural areas. are they gonna show a big heavy turnout, that s a mega country, republicans need that. the second question, are democrats going to show the same kind of firepower that they showed in recent cycles where there really surge their own turnout. they re gonna need that to have a shot and both of those things happen. and to your question, it s going to be the suburban moderate co
urban centers, just trying to drive their numbers up there. but she s got a different tactic going on here. she s trying to get some of these voters some of these democrats and some of these black voters who live in these rural counties often get ignored, and drive them to the polls. that s what she thinks is going 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