we re talking this headwind. but i m excited to give money to a candidate who can win a purple state. sheri beesly is the former chief justice of the north carolina supreme court. she lost her last race by three votes. she is a formidable candidate. and ted budd is as closest thing to mastriano as you can get. while we re talking about the fringes of the party, in this race in north carolina, the fringe is you cannot paint cheri beasley out to be sanders. you cannot. she is as close to center moderate democrat as you can get. ted budd is the fringe. ted budd is everything that represents trumpism and everything else. while you may be jumping for joy, what i m saying is democrats are excited not only about fetterman, because we believe he has a chance. but i guarantee if you talk to a democrat tonight who is in the know who is fundling money who wans to bundle money and dollars, they re going to say the name cheri beasley over and
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conservative provocateur wing of the republican party. like beneath all of that is an actual person who is obviously having some serious issues that are playing out under the brightest spotlight imaginable. gentlemen, stand by. stand by, folks here in the studio with me as well. we re going to talk about the democrats on the other side. and so much more. don t forget, pennsylvania s senate race, gop senate race. dr. oz, dave mccormick. i mean, wow. 637 votes right now separate the two men. we ve got a long night ahead of us. line accounts were hacked! he uses the same password for everything. i didn t want to deal wiwith i. but t aura digital security just dealt with it. what w were we worried about again? shopping on public wifi is sketchy. but with aura digital security, my devices are protected in like 3 minutes. it s time to protect your life online with aura s all-in-one digital security. try for free today at aura.com what was that password anyway?
these results how the trump direction for the party is self-perpetuating. because the kind of voters who are the most resistant to it are becoming less likely to participate in republican primaries, leaving what s there the core that remains more trumpy than before. you know, charlie was mentioning before that the southeast philadelphia, southeast pennsylvania, philadelphia and the four surrounding counties are about 30% of the population. back this the 90s, they cast a third of the republican vote. well, i did a quick back of the envelope here tonight. it s only about 1/5 of the primary republican vote was cast in philadelphia and the four suburban counties tonight, which reflects the movement of those counties towards the democrats. we saw in ohio a few weeks ago the share of the vote cast in franklin, cuyahoga and hamilton counties, the three biggest counties in the state was significantly lower than it was 15 years ago in the republican primary. in north carolina tonight, wake and
john, i asked jeff zeleny, mehmet oz is hopeful. he believes he can pull it off. can he? he sure can. look, this thing is tight as a tick. take a look at this. 2,600 votes. 86% in. votes outstanding all over the place. but if you want evidence that kathy barnette could be acting as a spoiler for oz after the trump endorsement, take a look at places where kathy barnette s in first place, like montgomery county. now this is her home county. it s the third largest county in pennsylvania. oz is in second place. so you see there s evidence that they re eating into each other s bases. and if you add those two numbers up of course mccormick s in a distant third. but mccormick may have been able to come through the middle. take a look where he s rising which is surprising. rural counties. traditionally rural counties are the heart of trump country, especially in a state like pennsylvania. mccormick outperforming in a lot of these rural counties. also something interesting to take a look at.