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i want to bring in mark preston to talk about with what all of this means. i guess in a way mark, we knew that things were partisan. that s not surprising. but if you look at how pew researchers measure this, 48 different ways of measuring how we feel about politics over the years, and they find that we re more divided than ever. almost double over the past 25 years. why? you know suzanne, talk about a comprehensive study that pew has done now, you know, there s a lot of reasons. and what s interesting is that it shows that not only are we more divided politically but also seeing a growing middle. you know, a grow withing number of folks not aligning themselves entirely with the democratic party or the republican party. i think what you see is frustration out there right now on how to lead forward. i think you might be able to tie in the fact that social media has become so prevalent in helping organize people, you know, ten years ago we didn t have facebook or twitte ....
not necessarily legitimately because both leading democrats and leading republicans say wisconsin is its own microcosm, but the reason it is so relevant is because debt and spending have been major issues there. those are major national issues. and many of the big picture issues we seen play out across the nation are playing out in wisconsin right now, namely money and the influence of super pacs. an independent nonpartisan group estimates dlfr 70 million to $80 million will be spent in the state of wisconsin. that s mind blowing in to a state where air time is so inexpensive. governor walker has outspent his democrat 7 to 1. governor walker today has raised $30.5 million to the democrat barrett s $4 million. that s not even taking into account how much labor unions and super pacs are pouring in. then there s the ore big question that both sides, democrats and republicans are using this as an opportunity to organize the state for november. kate? absolutely. the numbe ....
captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin in wisconsin where voters have three more hours to cast ballots in an effort to recall their republican governor scott walker and replace him with the democratic mayor tom barrett. both parties see it as a potential weather vane for november s election. the exit polls are fascinating to begin with, number one and number two show a very close race and how polarized and partisan the electorate is. we mentioned governor walker s efforts to limit collective bargaining rights, strongly disapprove of the efforts, 38% of those voting today strongly days prove but let s come to the other end, 37% strongly approve, that tells you why we think this is going to be a close race as we go through, the others in the middle there. that s the defining issue in the race. look at the electorate again today another close divide, 35% of those voting today are democrats, 33% are republicans, we get that to highlight, 32% of the electorate today ....
Rights. the result of tuesday s vote will also be an early indicator of the political climate in the badger state ahead of the general election. so far, the race is turning out to be the most expensive in wisconsin election history with 63.5 million dollars already spent. the majority by governor walker. both candidates are receiving funds from outside of the state. nearly 2/3 of walker s $30.5 million have been from donors outside of wisconsin. a quarter of barrett s funds have been from out of state. overall, walker has outraised barrett by a ratio of 7.5 to 1. according to a recent marquette university poll, walker leads barrett by seven points, 52% to 45%. we ll be covering that closely over the next couple of days. elizabeth warren is now officially the democratic nominee for the senate seat once held by the late ted kennedy. warren won an overwhelming majority of the votes at the massachusetts democratic convention on saturday, taking ....
Walker has raised $30.5 million since january 2011 and has spent almost all of it. of the total walker has raised, 59% has come out of state. democrat tom barrett has raised $3.9 million to win 26% of barrett s donations came outside of wisconsin. you should know the right wing of the conservative establishment around the country view this election has a did i vice sif moment towards fin nshing the product that they have been working on for 80 yours. you should know it is entirely possible and increasingly likely wle union left in america. you should know that that future is not inevitable. let s begin with you, mr. michael steele, what should folks know? when scott walker wins on tuesday talking smack. yes, but the reality is, nothing changes. ....