Like this to win us the constitution. We pay a fee. And came over that made a difference. This is a part of any business. All that and more, now on power politics. Hello, everybody, im david. Im michael shure. Did you vote today . Look at this, i do nothing without my trainer. Exactly 90 minutes from now the first polls will be closed. The voting will end, and well get our first result. Again thats starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. At Al Jazeera America well keep you covered all night and into the morning not just with results but how those results will effect the issues that youve seen us cover throughout this election season. Issues that continue to engage the country like the Affordable Care act, isil, immigration, minimum wage, marijuana and ebola although not necessarily together. Today the Associated Press has been conducted tens of thousands of exit polls in multiple precincts in every state. Based on their analysis certain races will be called as soon as the voting ends. For the
America goes to the polls america goes to the polls tuesday, and the economy remains tuesday, and the economy remains the overriding concern for the overriding concern for voters. Voters. A poll finds job creation and a poll finds job creation and Economic Growth are the most Economic Growth are the most important factor for 41 of important factor for 41 of voters in congressional voters in congressional elections. Elections. This is the highest of any this is the highest of any single issue out there. Single issue out there. Lets assume you just arrived on lets assume you just arrived on earth from mars, and i tell you earth from mars, and i tell you since the last election, the since the last election, the u. S. U. S. Unemployment rate has Unemployment Rate has dropped to 5. 9 . Dropped to 5. 9 . America has created a fairly america has created a fairly healthy 192,000 jobs every month healthy 192,000 jobs every month since then, but you the martian since then, but you the martian mi
America goes to the polls tuesday, and the economy remains the overriding concern for voters. A poll finds job creation and Economic Growth are the most important factor for 41 of voters in congressional elections. This is the highest of any single issue out there. Lets assume you just arrived on earth from mars, and i tell you since the last election, the u. S. Unemployment rate has dropped to 5. 9 . America has created a fairly healthy 192,000 jobs every month since then, but you the martian might reasonably think that americans are happy. And Economic Growth 3. 5 . This all looks pretty good, but welcome to america, martian, the same poll shows that just 36 of americans, of registered voters are satisfied with the state of the economy. 64 are not satisfied. The reason for this gets to the heart of what is happening in america now and what has been happening for the last several decades. It is a story of continued growth in income inequality that this chart makes clear. Since about 1
After all of those votes at home and around the world. David shuster breaks down what tonights votes and losses mean for americans. And joie chen is in washington, d. C. With incites on how in could effect the way business is done in the nations capitol. Its 8 00 in the east, the polls have just closed in 15 more states. 36 races for governor, nearly 50 competitive house races. Countless ballot questions and control of the senate is. Two early wins are on the book for republicans, that includes kentucky, stephanie sy is here with our returns desk and the latest. Stephanie. Hey, john, republicans are looking for a pickup in this key state, New Hampshire. Looking at the early results right now, the democratic incumbent does lead scott brown. He is the transplant from massachusetts looking to up seat shaheen. He was the senator from massachusetts for a couple of years. Turning to North Carolina, another key competition tonight, and incumbent senator kay hagen, the democrat in that race, a
His job and become the Senate Majority leader. He spoke this afternoon alongside rand paul in a rally in kentucky. Victory is in the air. We are going to bring it home tomorrow night. After six years of borrowing and spending and taxing and regulations, these people need to be stopped. Fired up and ready to go. Lets take a look at the last round of media polls. The poll shows mcconnell ahead comfortably. Another poll republicans seem happy with, a twopoint lead over mark udall. Still holding his lead. The republican still ahead in this poll. Those are all pretty good for republicans. There is some good news for democrats in three of the closing polls to be shipped over here. You look at the iowa senate poll, it is tied at 47. The iowa poll, done by partners at the des moines register, put them ahead by seven points. This one puts them in a dead heat. You have the incumbent democrat up three points. That is consistent. Pretty consistent with a lot of the public polling. The Louisiana Se