Candidate to be able to be donald trump with bluecollar voters. We will see if that comes to pass. I think trump is concerned he has lost a few points with bluecollar workers in the southwest corner. But, he has gained support in the Northeast Corner which is the area where joe biden is from. Ishink they know the state in play and they are trying to do their best to keep those margins down. Biden does not want trump to run up margins and red counties like he did last time. Trump is trying to cut into the margins in the blue counties. Host host we saw in 2016, the president cut 48. 2 of the support their versus Hillary Clinton at 47. 5 . Razor thin margins. Are those margins still at play today . Guest it still feels like a close race. Biden had a lead here for the last year or so, but his lead has been within the margin of error in most polls. At has felt close. I think you need no more proof than how often they have been coming here. They have come here more often than any other battl
At 8 50 a. M. , North Carolina. A look at iowa. And at 9 30 a. M. , texas. Host good morning. This is washington journal on election day. Cspans coverage of the election starts tonight on cspan, you can also view that on our website, or listen along on our free radio app. Our three hours will be devoted to your calls on election day. Tell us if you plan to vote on today or if person you have already voted. For those of supporting joe biden, 2027488000. If you support President Trump, 2027488001. Undecided are an voter or voting for someone else altogether, 2027488002. Text us if you wish at 2027488003. You can also post on twitter or reach us on facebook. The Associated Press reporting out of New Hampshire this morning, results already coming in. This took place as of midnight, communitiesiny making their vote for joe biden, votes. The towns five to the south it was President Donald Trump winning 16 to bidens five. Those are very early results. Will have a better assessment tonight, so
Editor for the tampa bay times, steveyou can call us, post on sl media as well. Also, we will focus on specific states with reporters who have been closely following these events. Pennsylvania, closely watched in this cycle. Thank you for joining us and giving us your time. Guest thank you for having me. Host what you make of the aggressive nature just in the last days or so of candidates going to this state . Guest i think both campaigns think this state is in play. I do not think either campaign feels like they have pennsylvania locked down. I think they are particularly concerned about bluecollar voters. If you remember, democrats onlyht joe biden was the candidate to be able to be donald trump with bluecollar voters. We will see if that comes to pass. I think trump is concerned he has lost a few points with bluecollar workers in the southwest corner. But, he has gained support in the Northeast Corner which is the area where joe biden is from. Ishink they know the state in play and
Colliding with a car. Dozens of colliding with a car. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. An increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers the promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains tax rises. Putting pressure on rishi rises. Putting pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative Party Conference. Jeremy hunt has told the times he wants to stop the vicious cycle of ever rising taxes , but ruled out tax rising taxes, but ruled out tax cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, whos organised the pledge , says whos organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word and all too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised, that is why this tax pledge
This discussion was part of a conference hosted by the Education Writers Association at georgetown university. Its just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to this panel. Im eric, Deputy Director at ewa. Today we are going to discuss an issue that has been getting just a little bit of attention these days, School Choice and especially private School Choice. I know that there is all sorts of forms of School Choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters in particular, as well. Given so much of the recent conversation and the recent president ial election i think this is where we are going to do our primary focus. We will allow a little time for other issues if you have questions and so forth. So School Vouchers and other voucherlike programs, voucher cousins, if you will, have been growing in number. The cousins would be like tax credit scholarships and Education Savings Accounts. The latter is what one proponent called the cool new kid on the block.