politicsnation. tonight s lead, record right now, we ve got two days left and 48 hours until one of the most impactful midterm elections in recent history. brand-new polls from nbc news show two days out, show the parties themselves neck and neck in a variety of ways. americans are mere even over the democrats should retain majorities and house and senate or rather republicans should retake one if not both chambers. 48% of likely voters say they prefer democrats in control of wisconsin. 47% prefer republicans. with two days ago, democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap. seven in ten voters from both parties now say they are highly interested in tuesday s election. still, president biden s popularity with voters is a concern for the democratic candidate. just 44% of voters approve of biden s performance. 50% disapprove. nearly half the country say it wants a massive change in direction from biden s first two years as president. the landscape has democrats, has got democrats
The candidateshare the views on universal healthcar a speech and College Campuses and how the political values compare with representative kim. The states primary is scheduled to be held in early june. Hello and welcome to the first debate between the Democratic Candidates for the u. S. House of representatives from new jerseys third Congressional District sponsored by the new jersey globe, on new jersey and rider university. This is a race for the open seat of andy kim who is running for u. S. Senate. We have three of the five candidates are running. Herb conaway and carol murphy. Our panelists this evening are David Wildstein and joey fox at the new jersey globe. In Micah Rasmussen director of the institute at rider university. Now after drop of cards we would have determine carol murphy will go first. Herb conaway book of second and joel joe will get there. Weve gone over the rules about to keep in mind our time want to cover as many topics as possible so we will dive into Opening S
his decision to lift covid restrictions in connecticut. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. as the biden administration, the democratic congress, and the country as a whole try to claw our way out of an unprecedented set of national crises, the republican party coast to coast has found its mission for the year 2021 make it harder for americans to vote. right now we re on track to see the largest rescue bill in recent memory signed into law by president biden this week. it would provide direct relief to americans, billions for vaccination programs, money to reopen schools, keep restaurants open, and not a single republican in either house or the senate has voted for it. instead, after losing the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center s tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. the
elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center s tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. their list includes 253 bills introduced, prefiled or carried over this year in 43 states. in georgia, of course, already notorious for having absurdly long lines to vote with residents waiting up to 11 hours to cast their ballots last fall, republican governor brian kemp has waged a long battle to make the voting process even more difficult. in his previous role as georgia s secretary of state, he oversaw the closing of polling places and the purging of hundreds of thousands of registered voters from the polls. thanks, in part, to the efforts of stacey abrams and other activists on the ground registering hundreds of thousands of new voters, turnout in 2020 in georgia in the election was unbelievably high, smashing records and, of course, also helping to propel joe biden to the white house
commission for students and families at h.h.s. and central director of the office of civil rights within the office of the secretary. we re pleased she could join us to moderate us this afternoon. after our opening remarks we ll turn to audience questions. if you have a question please enter it into the q&a feature in the bottom of your screen. maya, the floor is yours. maya: thank you. i m pleased to introduce two redistricting expert who was dealt with this issue for multiple cycles. first, professor jeffrey white from the new york university law school new york law school as adjunct professor of law and senior fellow and director of their census and redistricting institute. second, mark braden who is counsel at baker-hoff setter. professor white? prof. white: it is a pleasure to share this program with mark braden who is a longtime friend and associate of mind. we of mine. we come from different backgrounds but for many years have been able to work together for the com