good day. i m chris jansing live in beautiful cleveland, ohio. this state home to one of the most critical and close races in the country. you can t go anywhere without finding someone with a strong political opinion. that doesn t mean their minds are made up. how many of you have decided on every single person you re going to vote for? no. i talked to a panel of cleveland area voters. all of them still waiting to cast their ballots about why they are still on the fence and whether the brutal attack might play a role in pushing them off. as we speak, the candidates are in five senate races separated by three points or less, including tim ryan and j.d. vance. but are voters happy with the choices that are out there? we ll talk about that and why millions of voters are identifying as independents and living their tickets potentially, a phenomenon not just in ohio but critical races around the country that could make a difference. finally, the message voters want to send to ca
Pumpkins into tempting treats this. little sand cat striking a pose. and then this group of animals. i ll leave it to you to figure out what s what or who is who. and most of all, you got to believe this. no table manners necessary from the zoo s star hippo, ms. fiona. celebrating halloween by chowing down with jaws nothing short of spooky. that s going to do it for this special edition of chris jansing reports live from cleveland. i ll be back 1:00 eastern time tomorrow. katy tur reports is next. rrow katy tur reports is next
Who votes has as much worth as the person who has zero. you have covered ohio for a long time. and plain griffith, president of cleveland city council. thank you for being here. i want to read from your reporting, because it speaks exactly to this, henry. democrats see an opportunity in ticket splitting that may help tim ryan in his senate bid and how they are backing that theory with money. tell me more. so there is a group called welcome pac, a moderate senn terrorist group trying to elect more democrats this cycle. they are looking for opportunities where they can find republican voters. they see ohio as a prime opportunity for this. governor mike dewine is pulling 20 points ahead of his challenger. and tim ryan, within the margin of error in the senate race against jd vance. ryan tailored his message to
Nearly everything gets filtered through party identification. so about 80% to 90% are part saps. they will vote their party at the end of the election cycle. and that means that while there is a lot of fear and frustration, there isn t a lot of room for this kind of event to swing very many votes nevertheless, i guess i would say, reid, that you don t hear people blaming a party. even if it s 80% to 90% that vote party, that leaves a lot of room in places like here in ohio where it s just really, really tight. look, your group was founded because people were frustrated with donald trump, frustrated with the republican party. they felt compelled to try to fix it. how does that look today? well, look, i think that, you know, in the run-up to january 6th and the aftermath of it, it s only gotten worse on the republican side of the aisle. i think that the professor is