I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
A pass from House Republicans, while congresswoman liz cheney had to fight back a challenge for her leadership post. Cheney more than survived, but the question is, whats next for Marjorie Taylor greene . Plus, new remarks from President Biden on his nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief proposal. He says he wants a bipartisan bill, but the question is, what is he willing to compromise . And democrats won control of the Senate Two Weeks ago, but they are just now taking control of the committees. The question is, how long before we finally see Confirmation Hearings for key Cabinet Posts like Attorney General . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early, the show that has yet to hear any cries of voter fraud after the house referendum on liz cheney. I am kasie hunt on this thursday, february 4th. Well start with the news. The third highest ranking house republican, liz cheney, will remain in leadership after beating back a Secret Ballot challenge to strip her of h
Tomorrow will be the last time the chancellor brandishes the budget red box outside number 11 before the election. Will there be any surprises inside . It is the eve of what is probably the governments last set piece before a general election, and speculation over tax cuts surroundsjeremy hunts budget. I asked rishi sunak ally, the former minister liam fox, whther it was time to unfreeze Tax Thresholds. Well, if i had my choice and if i were the chancellor, tomorrow that is what i would be doing. Well be asking labours Shadow Minister For Industry and decarbonisation whether a Labour Government would change the fiscal rules in order to cut taxes . Also tonight. It looks like its going to be a pretty Super Tuesday for donald trump, so can anyone or anything stop him in his tracks on the way to the republican nomination . Music the latest production at the birmingham rep. After Birmingham Council cuts its Culture Budget to zero, is austerity for the arts coming to a town near you . Well
the gunman in the deadly shooting at an outlet mall outside of dallas. eight people were killed. also developing this evening, at least seven people are dead after a car plowed into people outside a homeless shelter in brownsville, texas, this morning. that shelter has been housing migrants. first we want to play you the moments leading up to the incident. we should warn you, withat you e about to watch is very disturbing. we have frozen that video right before the moment graphic moment of that footage. the video comes from a congressman s office. i will speak with him later. let s go to rosa flores. what do we know about what happened? reporter: according to police, seven people are dead. at least six excuse me, ten individuals are in the hospital. police are still going to hospitals to see if there are any other individuals injured. from talking to the director of the shelter, he says that at about 8:30 this morning, there were 25 migrants sitting waiting for a bus. tha