It s jd vance versus tim walz, the ohio senator, and the minnesota governor sharing a stage for the first time after weeks of hostility and making the case for their running mates in prime time. I say we get a president who knows what the hell he s doing. I say we get donald j. Trump back in the oval office. We are not satisfied with putting cracks in the glass ceiling. We re pushing president harris through the glass. The vp picks of kamala harris and donald trump are about to be tested as they ve never been tested before just five weeks before election day when we fight, we win. It s debate night in america. And cnn s live coverage begins right now political spotlight is on new york city as vice presidential nominees j. D. Vance and tim walz are about to confront one another on the debate stage. We are standing by for the start of what is likely to be a contentious faceoff that could have a unique impact on the 24, 2024 presidential race. It is debate night in america on this special
gap is not new. gender canyon. we re going to start calling it a canyon. get a different word than gap, something more dramatic. you mentioned too the education divide. so we ve established more movement among men than women. then there s this. post election 2018, here s how the groups broke men, women by education level. here s where they are in our polling right now. two things jump out. among men is where you see the double-digit movement toward the republicans. more pronounced, men with a college degree. that s a group that swung hard toward the democrats in the 18 midterms, dramatically in our polling moving toward republicans. that s a huge shift right there. something else that jumps out, remember, 18 an incredibly friendly environment for democrats. women with degrees heavily democratic. in a more republican friendly environment overall, women with degrees have actually gotten more democratic. so this group is really
does it mean what we think it is, does it benefit the out party in almost all instances? actually, i don t think we can divine that much from the early voting data. what it shows is there s extraordinary historic interest in this midterm election, and that could mean a number of different things. what i keep coming back to is the fundamentals here. there are three big, big problems for republicans. the first is that trump s approval rating among women with college degrees is 27% in the most recent nbc/ wall street journal poll. 70% disapprove. of course, 64% of men without college degrees approve of trump, so we don t just have a gender gap, but a gender canyon, but the problem for republicans are the people most likely to vote in a midterm, women with college degrees. we also have a record number of republican retirements. if they flip 12, that would be more than what they need for majority. and we re seeing bonkers democratic fund-raising.
supreme court and what s on the other side and the stakes are too high and donald trump is only answer. o the only issues are how he treatise treats or talks about half the population does not matter to some of o of those women. what about testimony undecideds women? he s 19 points behind with women. he s got to get more women on board. this is the election whether the republicans gender gap threatens to turn into a gender canyon. certainly women on that tape are remaining supportive of trump. and hillary clinton is the biggest factor in this because they are hard core republican voters who believe hillary clinton they call her evil. in the crimes against humanity, someone who could kill american women in military theater . i ve talked to these women. i know these women. and that grow the party? that is going to be a long-term problem for republican men if they can t figure a way to heal
he ran against the republican congress, medicare cuts. it was very effective that year. what i sense is maybe a little different here. the push back from republicans now is, well, okay, you ve got this ryan plan. you also have the health care reform law and cuts president obama included that. they re trying to confuse you because the same cuts are in the ryan plan. the other thing we haven t touched on is ryan is the most imaginably anti-abortion person possible that life begins at conception, that certain forms of birth control are outlawed. if you thought we had a gender gap, this might move it to a gender canyon. in that he s a staunch devout catholic, yeah, but more strict catholic doctrine than the kinds that led 54% to vote for obama