I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
a court order that would bar someone from what is essentially, people will say, their second amendment right, and there is the controversy. one of the sponsors is this assemblyman. i m also joined by cnn legal commentator mel robbins and hln legal analyst joey jackson. i d like to begin with you. at first blush, some people would say it sounds like a good idea. but then you hear the controversy. you hear the issue about the second amendment. it is a guaranteed constitutional right. so if your amendment is the solution, why isn t it already legislation? well, i think that s a great question. and i think the father, richard martinez, is right. why haven t we done something before nationwide? and how many mass killings have to occur before we are spurred to action? and i, for one, do not want to let california not move forward. i think that if you don t believe that guns should be