In your state . We will open up our regular lines. If you support President Trump and Vice President pence, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you support democratic candidate joe biden and Kamala Harris, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are undecided or support another president ial ticket, your number is 202 7488002. You can oyster text us your and we at 202 7488003 are always reading on social media. Once again, we are looking to talk to our viewers in battleground states only this morning, as the last few hours of this election season come to a close. Cook political report actually has a list of states which it considers to be up for grabs for this Electoral College season. You can see those states on your screen, six states listed officially as tossup states theida, georgia, iowa, second Congressional District of maine, North Carolina, ohio, and texas. Those are the states that are officially listed as tossups from the Cook Political Report. We want to hear
State in this cycle. Guest first, demographic changes. The state is rapidly changing and was moving in a peripheral direction for the last couple of election cycles. See doesnt explain what we in terms of this particular election, where it seems to be a good amount of republican defection from ranks and republicans indicating they are voting democrat, independents are leaning toward biden and mark kelly, the senate candidate. We have seen a surge in democratic registration in the state. On the whole, that is unlikely to change the trend as were publicans far outnumber democrats in the state. Host you had an oped in the New York Times titled why would a republican vote biden, asked arizonans . Why would they support biden . What has changed . Guest i credit my colleague here at the university of arizona. Together we worked on a survey with the arizona policy lab, an organization affiliated with the school of government and public policy. What we find is a surprising number of arizonans
Cspan. Org supremecourt. Washington journal has focused on key battleground states this Election Year with political reporters and analysts on the ground. We examine what has changed since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters and took a look at what recent trends that can give us clues on how the state might vote in just a few days. Today we look at arizona. Joining us is chris weber, an associate professor at the university of arizona. Good morning. Guest thanks for having me. Host tell us how arizona became a battleground state, a swing state in this cycle. Guest first, demographic changes. The state is rapidly changing and was moving in a peripheral direction for the last couple of election cycles. See doesnt explain what we in terms of this particular election, where it seems to be a good amount of republican defection from ranks and republicans indicating they are voting democrat, independents are leaning toward biden and mark kelly, the senate candidate. We have
Thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. Beth beet with ari melber start rights now. We start with Breaking News a legal first for President Biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland Upending Washington today with an announcement, he is appointing a special counsel to hand it will probe of classified do you means found in joe bidens office at home. This is a significant legal development. No matter what happens from here. Its also the kind of twist that would have seemed like a movie plot even just a few months ago when former President Trump was clashing with the doj over his handling and alleged mishanding of classified material. Would have felt like a twist in the last couple weeks when bidens team was optimistic after the midterms and then the gops chaotic start to the congress. Garland did not preview plans at all. He announced he would deliver remarks today. Didnt deliver the topic and then said the words that tend to rattle
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