and an entire demonstration. what result do you want? do you want the democrats to keep control of the united states senate and house of representatives? oh, i would love you know, i m not making those choices or decisions. i m going to work with whatever i have. that front democratic senator joe manchin, a short time ago. i ll ask him to play out the scenarios for us on how democrats might hold power, and what could turn that power over to the gop. plus, abortion. it may be the single biggest issue driving voters to the polls, even more than the economy. how is this issue influencing voters in swing states? and will action at the state level to limit abortion rights make its we re going to dig. and we start with those hotly contested races and ballot box issues across the country. and kansas, and abortion rights vote is facing crucial test on tuesday. it s the first of its kind since the supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade more than a month ago. and, we re
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that fact. even as they re battling all of these polling numbers and lack of confidence around the president potentially be a nominee for 2024. saying over never get that the president intends to run in 2024. even so, our nbc colleagues here at the white house have reported this week that the white house is keeping a close eye on other people that might want to go up against the president come 2024. like illinois governor jaime gavin newsom. that is something that the white house is closely watching. as you look further ahead, those indications that we re seeing for the presidential run in 2024 to paint a picture of what could happen in 2022. we ve seen the president ratings drop but in the meantime a. lot of democrats and other states like in pennsylvania and georgia. they are availability has actually gone up in recent months. so that could be a good sign for democrats. the white house has repeatedly said that they want to put president biden out on the trail to support democrats.
bellwether for november. both in terms of the turnout that we may or may not see on tuesday, just how engage these voters realistically, when it comes election day, are. but also the outcome could give us a lot of information as well. this is a conservative state. if the yes vote winds, that s somewhat expected. if the no vote winds, even that could really show the strength of the abortion rights movement moving into november and how much voters might come out in support candidates that are in favor of abortion rights. this is going to be really critical to watch, not just for kansas, but the great plains, as well as the entire country. this is going to be a very critical issue come in terms. definitely. that s when we re watching closely. dasha, shaquille brewster, thank you so much. now, in washington, democrats are making some major legislative moves. remember, we are just 100 days out from the midterms. elections that will decide the balance of power for the rest of president b
this is going to affect the midterms early polling before really showed momentum on the gop side that we actually had a great chance on picking up seats and winning the midterm. what this is doing is this is energizing the democrats to get out the vote and it s doing another thing. it s also energizing women. and even suburban women, there are a lot of women here that let s just say that they are republican but they believe that some of the rights have been rolled back. this is going to be very interesting to see how they re going to vote. and if you look at crime has been a big issue, lot of these shootings everything going on. there is a recent poll that showed that abortion ranks higher than crime when it matters to a lot of these women. so it s going to be a very pivotal issue when it comes