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district care primary. that, to a cnn projecting, charlie quest will win the floor democratic primary, and take on ron desantis that will happen in november. val demings, winning florida s democratic senate primary. so, there is a lot to discuss. cnn s phil mattingly, at the magic wall, with more but, that s just a moment. standby, phil. as primary results roll in, all across the country, and with the midterms looming, here is the thing. democracy is on the ballot. there are election deniers running, and winning, in key races across the country. we are still reckoning with the cancer of january 6th. one of the greatest threats to this country in our history. so, do americans vote like democracy depends on it? economy? inflation? putting food on the table? yes in the tank? keeping a roof over your head? that all matters to voters. of course it does. culture wars matter a lot to people, to. the book banning, the outrage over critical race theory, even the shortage of teac ....
We are. that a threat to democracy would be on the minds of voters. i still think it is important, even if it s not number one, but it is close to the top, no? it s foundational, right? there is nothing more basic than founding democracy, in a democracy. doesn t matter what you do with that. but, i think we ve seen voters usually say, economy is stupid, that trump s anything else, no pun intended. that s a poll that shows that blown away. i must say, the gravitational pull in midterm elections is always against the opposition party, especially when a president is under 50%, let alone closer to 40, but this, i think, shows that message is getting through, in a meaningful way. one thing i would, say john, and i should preface by saying, i have a dark into the cross out of this poll. i don t know foot media is saying is correct if, this is a reflection of democratic, and republican voters, saying this is a threat, or an issue for them, but for different reasons, or, if this is democra ....
Because of factors like, joe biden being in the white house and, in the first midterm election for the president, bad for his party, obviously, inflation, but i took away from that poll is both, yes, okay, democracy is an issue, i didn t expect that, but, there is also something, anything, more important than inflation. i think, potentially, that says a lot. it s one poll, so we need to see a couple of others. i m going to pull the pull out, and then you can talk about it. here s the poll. threats to democracy, overtaking possible evading, as voters top issue. it s just one poll, but the question i had to ask is, do you think americans are going to vote like democracy depends on it? i think so. i think democrats think democracy is in peril for certain reasons, and republicans think it is in peril for very different reasons. they believe, the fbi overstepped, and that s a threat to written to mark russi. they believe that joe biden is an illegitimate president. ....
District care primary. that, to a cnn projecting, charlie quest will win the floor democratic primary, and take on ron desantis that will happen in november. val demings, winning florida s democratic senate primary. so, there is a lot to discuss. cnn s phil mattingly, at the magic wall, with more but, that s just a moment. standby, phil. as primary results roll in, all across the country, and with the midterms looming, here is the thing. democracy is on the ballot. there are election deniers running, and winning, in key races across the country. we are still reckoning with the cancer of january 6th. one of the greatest threats to this country in our history. so, do americans vote like democracy depends on it? economy? inflation? putting food on the table? yes in the tank? keeping a roof over your head? that all matters to voters. of course it does. culture wars matter a lot to people, to. the book banning, the outrage ....
Primary results, rolling in tonight, and, like i said, democracy is on the ballot. the big question is, what does this tell us about the midterms, that are just around the corner? let s bring in cnn s chief national affairs analyst, casey hunt, senior political analyst, john avlon, and senior political analyst, nia henderson. good to see you all. john, kind of. so, casey, there is a major election tonight that voters are playing attention to, the threats to our democracy. you saw the polling, saying it was number one, and they re thinking about their pocketbooks, thinking about inflation, thinking about food on the table. what does this mean as we inch closer? i think it s a lot about the environment we are living in. you talk with david, and what that means, and we have been reading this is an extreme good year for republicans, just ....