University, Lauren Copeland. Let me begin with early voting. What should and should not we read into the numbers . Guest i dont think we should read too much into the numbers. Are votingocrats early at much higher rates than republicans. That thepect to see early vote will look a lot more democratic than republican, and the in person vote on election day well look a lot more republican than democratic, which should balance things out in ohio. One other predictions for voter turnout overall . Guest ohio traditionally has a higher rate of voter turnout than other states in the country, because it is a swing state and because our elections are so competitive. In the past, it has been upwards of 60 , and i think we can see even higher voter turnout ra te this election season. Host walk us through the history of how ohio has voted in previous president ial elections. Guest so there is a saying that is soe saying that goes ohio, so goes the nation. It is a saying that has the virtue of being
Journal, we focus on the battleground state of ohio. Coming up in an hour, seth richardson. Copeland. M. , lauren host good morning on this wednesday, october 28. We are six days away from President Trump asking america to give him a second term. This morning, we will focus on his first term. Has president kept his promises . If you are supporting the president , dial in at 20274 80001. If you are supporting the former Vice President , dialin a if you are0, undecided or supporting another 4880002. , call 2027 2027488002. Usa today put this piece together, donald trump made many promises. What has he cap and what is he still working on . Kept by the president , tax cuts, conservative judges, deregulation, he left the paris accord and move the Israeli Embassy to jerusalem. The newspaper says these are the promises the president has partly accomplished, renegotiate trade bills, build border wall and have mexico pay for it and defeat isis. Here is where the president here is where they say
Courtroom on bull [ bleep ] because his Attorney General charged me with something. [ bleep ]. Also a former obama Cabinet Secretary and leading conservative federal judge teaming up to defend democracy from what they see as new threats. The president cracking down on investments in semiconductors and other Sensitive Technology to china. How will beijing respond . Massive wildfires in maui burning through buildings and forcing evacuations. Good day everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. Voters in ohio turned out in the august heat in recordbreaking numbers, an overwhelming reminder that Abortion Access is still a major motivator to draw supporters to the polls. Unofficial results showing ohioans voted to amend the constitution that passed. Organizers calling the vote a huge victory. The majority still rules in ohio. [ cheers and applause ] and the peoples power has been preserved because ohio voters like you showed up and overwhelmingly voted down issue 1. President biden declaring
Reproductive care. In theory, turnout would be low, making the initiative easier to pass, and therefore the fall vote on abortion harder to pass. The problem, voters saw through it, and turned out in droves, resoundingly rejecting the gop effort to make it harder to protect access to abortion. An outcome prominent members of the state party worried was inevitable as explained by republican state rep, jamie calendar to ali vitali on this show yesterday. Whats the lesson for your party come tuesday night or wednesday morning, the Ballot Initiative fails . Maybe we should spend more time thinking through things before taking the step. Reporter maybe less read meat for the base, more thoughtfulness. There is a way to provide the red meat and do things in a thoughtful way. And im afraid this was rushed a little bit. Because we had to make a certain deadline to be able to get it done. And i think it could have borne a little more debate. And im not sure if i would have voted to put it on the
Kevin madden, you are still us with. A chance to respond . Look, you know, if you are going it to make a Campaign Manager switch, do it in the summer because the real big full tilt of this campaign, which is going to be the fall and into the winter when get to the early primary contests in places like iowa and new hampshire, thats when your campaign has to be hitting its stride. Make a campaign you know, get on sync with the Campaign Manager now. This is the last of the resets. The Desantis Campaign is not going to get any more opportunities to sort of change the leadership at the top. Instead, its going to have to be about making the case right now to voters and proving to donors and supporters they are in it to win it. Kevin madden and nina turner as well, thank you both. Cnn this morning continues right now. 1is. A busy hour ahead on clcnn this morning. Victor blackwell here. Good morning. Breaking news out of hawaii. Evacuations underway. A hurricane is whipping up destructive wild