,ost this is Josh Kraushaar National Journals Political Editor to talk about the results of last night. Lets start in virginia. Was the most interesting thing to come out of the governors race . Guest this pricing thing was that the democrats are within striking distance and could possibly win with the house of delegates. They were trailing badly, but they make it up to 51 seats when all of the results are counted and the scope of Ralph Northams victory was better than some of the most bullish democratic operatives expected. Host contrast his victory to previous victories on the president ial level with president obama and Hillary Clinton during the election, last year. Northam do. Differently . Was a sharp educational divide in the state were collegeeducated voters swung more democrat and noncollegeeducated voters became more republican. The race exacerbated those divides even more so. Northam carried collegeeducated whites which is a pretty significant, for a democrat to do in virgin
Independents, 202 7488002. Virginia and new jersey residents, if you want to call us and let us know your thoughts , 202 7488003. You can also post on twitter or our facebook page, at facebook. Com cspan. Here are the front pages from virginia and new jersey. Only thelighted not governors races but also the races in the house of delegates there and the Bourbon County record this morning a new era for new jersey, the subhead of one story saying the democrat stands as the antichristie. Take a look at the exit polling that out of the states, specific we political specifically politico looking at the exit polling. Among 57 of the voters who disapproved of the president s , they beat him 87 to 11 . Nearly half of virginia voters, 47 strongly disapprove of trump, and northam 195 of that vote. In other words, nearly 45 of the votes cast were from strong race. Disapprove half of virginia voters said trump was a reason for their vote, with twice as many saying there were voting to oppose trump
Mounts a new fight to overturn the North Carolina bill that did away with the antilgbtq bill known as hb2. We will also look at the political crisis in the tar heel state after republican lawmakers waged a legislative coup against the states democratic governor. Is the state of North Carolina still a democracy . And we will look at how a group of africanamerican residents are fighting back against factory hog farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. Thisu open the door, and melted sure by the way. You start gagging. I shut my hog operation down. I got out of it. I just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also known as International Workers day. This year, in california, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the bay area, as immigrant work
We will hear voices from the streets of new york and speak to an immigrant rights organizer here in raleigh. In the aclu melds a new fight mounts a new fight t to overturn the North Carolina bill that did away with the antilgbtq bill known as hb2. We will also look at the political crisis in the tar heel state after republican lawmakers waged a legislative coup against the states democratic governor. Is the state of North Carolina still a democracy . And we will look at how a group of africanamerican residents are fighting back against factory hog farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. Thisu open the door, and melted sure by the way. You start gagginin i shut my hog operation down. I got ouout of it. I just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome e to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also
Your ballot just arrived. Now, your are about to decide who will be oregons next governor. Democrat kate brown wants to continue the work she has been doing for 18 months. Im the best prepared and best qualified candidate in the race to lead this work. Republican bud pierce is new to politics but argues the state needs fresh leadership. We see a lot of problems. We see problems that the governor doesnt seem to want to take on. The race is framed by a Corporate Tax proposal, measure 97. I think its time for outofstate corporations to pay their fair share. What we really need to do is have government learn to live on less revenue. Oregons issues that run deeper than taxes. The next governor has to deal with a homeless crisis. We need to have allowing people to live. [inaudible] and find a way to fix crumbling roads and highways. Oregon has a transportation issue. We have congestion, we see it every day in the streets around the portland, metropolitan area. Tonight, both candidates meet a