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
making less than $200,000. and the percent of taxes raised for individuals increases overtime for the middle class and the lower income. they are raising taxes on people who make less than $10, 000, according to the joint committee on taxation. new reaction from a source close to arizona senator kirsten sinema, nbc news is reporting to sources that sinema is not upset she was not included in negotiations on the bill. adding, it is interesting and notable that the tax permissions he consistently opposed has now appeared in the bill. my colleague jonathan capehart just asked one congresswoman if sinema would take it. no. as a result? you see the very confidently. she is enjoying the news while giving heartburn to every democrat, and she is enjoying being talked about. she is not gonna make a full break for the democratic party. but when you re talking it is 14 billion dollars of a massive deal of 800 billion. and she is not going to stop appropriate taxes on people ea
is coming into election day with a lot of momentum, they feel like they will be able to and see my or. that is something that voters are also paying attention to. i spoke to one lady who told me that, despite the fact that she does not feel that would happen on january six was an insurrection, she says she will still back meyer, because she likes him and his positions on certain other local issues. a lot of nuance here in michigan, but the bottom line is that this is a race that voters say they are paying a lot of attention to, and we know a lot of money has been spent on the races in the primary battles that you are seeing here in michigan. lindsey? shock brewster in michigan. thank you so much. we want to turn to michigan, where on tuesday voters will be the first to vote with abortion rights since the supreme court court overturned roe v. wade. ice is going to be another test of whether abortion access will be a motivating factor to get people to those polls. doctor burns joins us