thursday, who knows. let s take a look at some of the key states that will be voting and ultimately determine the shape of congress. let s start out in arizona. a state that took days to project the 2020 presidential winner. interestingly in arizona, the later ballots were good for the gop in 2020, which was a reversal of what happened in 2018. and this one they re going to be talking about. some states, later ballots are related to gop. and some states are good for the democrats. let s go to one of those states where it s better for the democrats in 2020 and 2021. you may remember there was in fact a 2021 senate runoff in georgia. and it was not determined who won those runoffs, and told the wednesday after the election. so it took a long time to count. it took even longer that general election back in november of 2020. here, the later counted ballots were good for the democrats in 2021, and in 2020. remember biden keeps getting gaining gaining. then ultimately biden over to
their ballots with the vision for the country very much up for grabs. welcome to america reports on this election day. i m sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you on this important day, i m john roberts in washington. democrats hope to remain in control of congress to further advance president biden s agenda. republicans believe voters frustrations with how things have gone the past two years will send them back into the majority. sandra: a seat the democrats will likely need to win in order to keep the senate is arizona. there is also a crucial governor s race taking place there. john: a busy show ahead. all-star analysts will preview, and all of the closest races. start with senior correspondent at a polling site in the phoenix suburb of paradise valley. wh john and sandra. the maricopa county elections division says 20% of the tabulation machines in and around the county are malfunctioning, means the ballots are not being counted at the election site w
Is it about the quality of candidates? are we in a situation where once again it is reminiscent of the lesser of two evils? the different areas? or we have a point where, look, people are really really appealing. first, of all let me, say they don t just want anybody on the first election day panel. i was gonna say that. absolutely. look, there s two different things. there s a house in the senate, they behave very differently. and midterm elections. senate elections don t necessarily move the way the waves to the reason is because there are much bigger campaigns bigger figures or off and more well-known in their states. so in the recent answer your question is. why is it is quote as maria suggesting some cases? part of it is candid quality. mitch mcconnell did not get many of the candidates he wanted some of these key states. it s been closer. and the home side of pennsylvania there are scenarios you could ve imagined
And toxic with voters. super pumped for this election day panel at the top of the hour. so, heading into tonight, jessica, seems there are some in your party who are warning that the party is seen as extreme by voters and that could hurt the outcome for your party tonight. there have been people saying this for months, frankly, since the dobbs decision came down and we saw the shift back to people focusing on the economy and crime and public safety was the second or third most important issue to voters. people of the more moderate aspect of the party and third wave, which is the think tank we released the study or poll have been saying excuse me, voters are telling you what they are concerned about. it s not to say they don t care about the other issues, but this has turned into an election saying two faces, i m interested in this, and them saying i m not going to talk about that. do you regret your party did not listen? i ve been talking about it.