state. watch victory and concession speeches as they happen. keep track of the balance of power in congress. download our free c-span now video app. >> this morning on "washington journal," after a look at the news and some of your calls, sean trende, senior elections analyst for real clear politics, breaks down campaign 2022 and tomorrow's midterm elections. later, rachel orey from the bipartisan policy center reviews a new report on the potential security issues with the hiring of full workers. join the conversation with your phone calls, text messages, facebook comments, and tweets. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. it is monday, november 7. we are one day before election

day, campaign 2022. many of you already cast your ballot this year. others are waiting to do so until tomorrow. this morning, we want to hear from all of you on your top concerns in this election. we want you to rank them for us as well. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. and independents, (202) 748-8002 . you can also send us your top concerns and in the order they exist for you in a text at (202) 748-8003. just include your first name, city, and state. or, you can post it on facebook, facebook.com/cspan, or send a tweet at the handle @cspanwj. pew research recently asked this question of those they surveyed. no surprise the economy ranks as the top issue for voters. this is what they found, that

79%, in an october survey, about 8 out of 10 registered voters say the economy is very important when making a decision on who to vote for in the 2022 congressional elections. the highest of the 18 issues they asked about. after that, after the economy, it differs depending on which party you are in. around three quarters republican voters say immigration. 76%, violent crime. the top priorities for democratic voters includes the future of democracy in the united states. 80% say this is very important to their vote. health care, 79 percent. abortion, 75 percent. president biden yesterday in the blue state of new york campaigning for democratic governor kathy hochul talked about the economy. [video clip] >> this election is not a referendum. it is a choice.

a choice between two fundamentally different visions of america. i've said from the beginning, my objective when i ran was to build an economy with the bottom up and the middle out. i tell you what, it is a fundamental shift, and it is working compared to the maga mega republican trickle-down economics. what happened last time under my predecessor, the economy -- he left it in ruins. he is the first president since herbert hoover to lose more jobs than he had when he came to office. fewer jobs. and an unemployment rate, 6.4%. he lost manufacturing jobs. hundreds of small businesses closed in this state alone, let alone around the nation. and the country in a pandemic, with no way out. when i got sworn in, only 3.5 million people had been vaccinated, fully vaccinated.

now, there are 220 million we got done. so we moved. our approach is working. since i came to office, we created 10 million brand-new jobs. the unemployment rate is at a historic low of 3.7%. we are making things here in america again. we are shipping american products overseas instead of american jobs overseas. we have created 700,000 new manufacturing jobs. by the way, where the hell is it written we can't be the manufacturing capital of the world again? host: president biden talking about the economy, but as you also know, he has been weaving into closing remarks the argument that this election is about saving our democracy, last week dedicating a speech to that in washington, d.c. at union station. from the page of usa today, some dems second-guess biden's

closing message, lamenting the lack of sustained focus on the economy and inflation. the front page of the washington times this morning, the headline democrats dismiss voters' top worries about high inflation and runaway crime. you saw from the pew research that this issue of crime and border security and immigration is a top issue for republicans. former president trump yesterday delivering remarks at a rally at supporting marco rubio talking about this issue. [video clip] >> one republicans retake congress, and they will and they should, and if they don't, our country will be doomed. our country will be doomed. but when republicans retake congress, we must immediately force the restoration of our southern border. we have to do the policies that we have.

instead of doubling the number of irs agents, who are allowed to carry guns, by the way, we should double the number of i.c.e. and border patrol agents. isn't it interesting? they fight us on this economic, fight us on guns, guns we need for safety, and yet they are allowed to have irs agents carry guns. 88,000. if we are going to make america great again, we first have to make america safe again. we cannot have a great country that is not safe. under the radical left democrats, the streets of our cities are ruled by bloodthirsty gangs and violent minerals. much of the time wave is caused by drug dealers, who, during the course of their lives, will kill an average of 500 american citizens. do you people know that? 500. one drug dealer, over the course of his life or her life, will kill 500 americans. i am calling immediately for the

death penalty for drug dealers and human traffickers, which will come upon its passage, reduce drug distribution and reduce crime. host: former president trump in florida yesterday. the former president and the current president are continuing on the campaign trail today with just one day to go. president biden will speak in maryland at an event hosted by the democratic national committee. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern time live here on c-span. tonight at 8:00 p.m., former president trump campaigns for p candidates, including senate candidate j.d. vance and governor mike dewine. these events on our video app, c-span now, and online at c-span.org. you heard the former president and kerner -- and current president talking about the economy, crime, immigration. top issues for those surveyed by

pew research recently. we want to turn to you now. what are your top concerns and rank them for us. joe in iowa, democratic caller. though ahead. caller: i only have one major concern. that is the children. the future. the future belongs to the children. everyone needs to vote democrat for the sake of democracy, the sake of freedom, and most of all, the sake of the children. they have been forgotten. they have been neglected. the reason we have all the problems with children is the fact they have no future, no hopes, no dreams. they have all been taken away. host: david, riverside, california, republican. your top issues? caller: yes. i think -- i said this last time i called, so i do not want to be redundant. but surgeons denying surgery that president biden is advocating is scary. planned parenthood is getting involved in it. now that abortion has come down,

now they want to find some new way to find money. the democrats are acting -- they know they will lose, but they will go down fighting, saying crazy stuff about the end of the democracy, causing report -- calling republicans fascist, homophobic, xenophobic, whatever words make them sound bad. the liberals have gotten into the habit of using words as weapons of inflection -- deflection. under bill clinton, they lost the house for the first time in four years. this time, biden went radical, leaving afghanistan in a hurry, supporting gender denying surgery for children, and not supporting american energy. host: all right. obie in maryland, independent. your top concern? caller: my top concern is about

the state of democracy in this country. we have a lot of election deniers. this is making a laughingstock of this country. how are we supposed to be the beacon of democracy? on the sixth of january -- we have people on the ballots that are denying that that really happened. that is insane. host: obi, are you voting straight democrat all the way down? caller: no, no, because i have some that -- especially with abortion, i am a staunch catholic, and i am against abortion. so i am not voting straight democrat. but my biggest concern is the election deniers on the ballots.

host: understood. as a reminder, wait your 30 days before you call in this morning. we ask that so we can hear different voices from across the country. very important as we approach election day, 2022. just one day to go here. mitchell in new jersey, democratic caller. your top concerns? caller: good morning. my main concern is election integrity. i've been blogging with a number of my neighbors on this, and it is very hard to discuss any issue if the fundamental right that allows us to discuss and influence and shape policy is taken away from us. i think, on the republican side -- and i am trying to be civil with my neighbors -- but i think they are just so vehemently

opposed to the policies of the democrats that they just cannot bring themselves to square what is going on with the election claims that are completely fraudulent. and i think they know that they are. i think they know what is going on on that side, they just have turned off that part of their head, because they are so upset about the inflation and the border and everything else. now, i could have a substantive policy argument with them on a lot of these things, which i also vehemently disagree with them, but this, to me, is really substantive and kind of existential in terms of us maintaining any kind of democracy whatsoever. it is fragile to begin with. we have all these internal problems we have never dealt with. we have never dealt with the

electoral college. we have never dealt with the money affecting our campaigns. we have never dealt with their redistricting so we all feel like we are getting a fair shake with these things. these inherent problems, we have dealt with for a number of years, because we always had faith in each other, and we always had faith that the system can sustain itself, and now, we have a situation where one of the most fundamental tenets of american democracy, the ability to peacefully turn over the reins to the next person in line, the next person who wins the election, is being questioned. host: ok. i want to pick up on that point, because yesterday, the republican national midi chairwoman was on cnn "state" and she was asked whether every republican candidate will accept rick -- except election results, even if they lose. take a look at this exchange. [video clip]

>> simple yes or no -- should republican candidates, ron johnson, all of them, except election results? >> i would say they same thing for stacey abrams or hillary clinton, who will say they will rig the elections. everyone should accept the results. that is what it should be. but i will also not say, if there are problems, we should not be able to address that. if there are real problems, everyone should be able to address that. i think ron johnson and stacey abrams, in the end, once all their avenues are exhausted, they will accept the results. >> but you are saying, because this is very important -- for example, i will tell you what joe o'day, one of the republicans considered a star candidate in colorado, running for senate. he said after the process is done and the votes are counted, i will absolutely accept the outcome. it is time for american leaders to start acting like adults again. is that what you want to hear? >> yet, and i think that is what

ron said -- >> no, he said he is protecting democrats will be involved in things -- >> if you have a problem -- i will give you an example. in virginia last year. they would not let people vote who were not wearing a mask. there were people denied voting because they did not have a mask on. because of our lawyers on the ground, we called election officials in the state of virginia and got that fixed. but we need that ability to fix it. every election is run differently at the county and precinct level. we want to make sure it is run fair and transparently, and we will let the process play out, and we will accept the results. host: from cnn's sunday show. ed in lawrenceville, republican. your top concerns? caller: my top concern is we have had to endure biden's oppression, rampant inflation,

almost 5 million illegal aliens crossing our border. we will all be cold this winter. we will be hungry. that guy from new jersey, he says we will lose our democracy -- the founding fathers rejected democracy. the only democracy we have is our voting, and we will not eliminate that. and also a mother republicans are never going to get rid of social security, because all the republicans are on social security. so they would not get any votes if they dropped social security. so everything that has been said, for the last two years, has been nothing but lies and innuendos. and calling us all kinds of names -- we do not call them names. host: ann in jamaica, new york. go ahead and rank your top concerns for campaign 2022. caller: my top concern is democracy, because without

democracy, we have nothing. this country is becoming like a third world country. all i hear the republicans are talking about inflation, inflation -- biden has done a great job. i voted already. i voted straight democratic. i do not always vote straight democratic. but i think the republicans, if they get in, this country -- if i was not over 80 years old, i would be looking for a place to move. host: in washington, republican, alan, you are next. hi, alan, good morning. caller: hi. biden did say one thing that was true. the only thing he said was true. democracy is under attack. and it is under attack by the mainstream media that bend on their knees behind obama and biden for years. they refuse to tell the truth. they cover up the gunrunning to

mexico. they covered up all their crimes. so that is where the democrat is democracy is under attack. when the media starts telling the truth and stops covering for biden and all democrats, then the country will be better. host: alan, you are a republican. have you always been a republican? caller: more or less. i never used so bother voting until they voted in the peanut nut. and then they put me under work with their high taxes and high interest rates, so then i started voting, because before then, i figured it did not make much difference to the average person who was in office -- host: so what year did you start voting? caller: what? host: what year did you start

voting then? caller: oh, gosh. after -- who was the peanut farmer in there? host: carter? caller: after him. host: so you have been voting for a while. what did you do for a living? caller: i worked in the mail. host: union? sometimes -- caller: sometimes, sometimes not. the union never did me any good. the unions just take your money and give it to the democrats. host: allen in washington state, republican there. there is a story in the washington post about unions. as alan said, democrats counting on unions to make a difference in this election. democrats need union voters if they hope to keep control. the labor vote is much smaller than it was nationally, but whether union members turn out

tuesday, and for whom, could be enough to determine which party runs capitol hill next year. canvassers for the afl-cio are hoping to reach 7.7 million union members nationwide by tuesday. the article goes on to say that 1 out of 5 voters in pennsylvania and michigan in the 2020 presidential elections longed to union households, as did 40% of wisconsin households. that was a steep climb from 2004, when roughly one third of all voting households in those three states had union members, but still a sizable share. former president trump improved on his share of union voters in pennsylvania and ohio from 2016 to 2020, even though his overall percentage of union households dropped slightly to 40% from 43 percent. for democrats, winning over white union members in rustbelt states requires a concerted effort. without that, republicans tend

to do better. with parties looking at the white union voter tomorrow and which party they will vote for, and getting them to turn out. sarah india said and, -- sarah in davidson, independent. what are your top issues? caller: my top issue is the misinformation. i wanted to make one comment about the inflation issue and that people are blaming the united states president for that. how dumb can you be? it is the federal reserve, whose mandate is, through its policies, to create as high employment in the united states as possible. that is their mandate. and they also -- and that also includes inflation, through its interest policies, the interest rate policies. it has nothing to do with their president, whether or not that president is a democrat or a republican, because that is

controlled by the federal reserve. having said that, what worries me more than anything else, because i am an independent -- i used to be a republican. the republican-continued lies about how rigged everything is and that these elections are always raked -- my question -- like are always rigged. my question is, for all these are republicans that win, that are projected to win, once you win, are you still claiming that they were raked, and if they were, how can you hold onto your seat? wouldn't we have to investigate the fraudulent election that brought you into power? i do not want to call it a hoax, but dominion, the company that did provide some of these election machines, they are now suing fox in the case of $3 billion. don't sue them just for $3

billion. sue them for $10 billion. all these election deniers should be held accountable for the misinformation that they spread. that is the biggest thing, because -- host: ok, understood. john in hampton, virginia. democratic caller. caller: good morning. i would like to say, being a retired military man, democracy is on the line for this country. i do not understand how people cannot see it. however, i see a lot of people on the republican side to say the economy and inflation is the biggest problem. but if you would just look over this past weekend, georgia and tennessee played, and georgia, $ 00 101,000 seats. tickets range up to $2000. the philadelphia football game sold out. how is inflation so high, and

you can go to games and seats are that high? i do not understand how they say inflation is high and people cannot make it. i know gas is high and groceries, but come on. host: you mentioned two things i want to follow up on, georgia and money. front page of the wall street journal. after one quarter of $1 billion, georgia raised, for all the money spent for raphael wnock and his opponent remained virtually deadlocked. a few have shown mr. warnock gaining momentum. the peach state is on the front line of the elections tuesday for the majority of the senate. both parties are betting the path to victory is run through georgia, making it home to one of the most expensive senate races of all time. as candidates have done in other type races, mr. walker has ridden inflation worries,

although -- while mr. warnock has gotten a slight bump from the supreme court ending the constitutional right to an abortion. in the state of georgia, you need to win a 50% plus one. if neither one of these candidates get that, they are headed towards a runoff december 6. if the majority of the senate is dependent on the outcome of that race, we may not know it tomorrow or the days following election day. antoine in texas, independent caller. top issues for you in this campaign? caller: the top issues to me is the economy and just everything. the economy. host: how will you vote than? caller: i do not really want to vote, because every time i vote, it does not really -- i do not see an effect.

so i just sit through whatever the majority vote for this year -- host: so you will not vote? caller: yeah, because i do not anything coming out of it. everything goes, gas prices are too high, cost of living -- i am homeless. so with -- host: all right, antoine in the state of texas. the democratic congressional campaign committee chairman was on "meet the press" yesterday, making the closing arguments for democrats on that show, and he defended the party's stance throughout this campaign season. [video clip] >> it sounds like you do not believe democrats did every -- did anything wrong. you believe you do not do well, it is simply you had bad messaging or did not communicate it right.

is that your basic take here? >> first of all, neither you nor i know what will happen tuesday. secondly, what i am telling you is we are not perfect. but we are responsible adults who do not attack the capitol january 6, did not try to whitewash it. do not pretend the word law enforcement and then ignore cops getting beaten up on that day. we are not perfect, but we have a plan for getting jobs from china. you do not like it, what is yours? we are not perfect. we have all kinds of things we can do better. but we are responsible adults who believe in this democracy, and we are fighting for a better future. host: sean patrick maloney on "meet the press" yesterday, the chair of the dccc, in charge of recruiting and -- across the country. his own seat is in jeopardy. he is part of a district that has been redrawn.

tom in ohio, democratic caller. hi. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. top issue for you? caller: everybody has said about inflation. it amazes me everybody forgets that the republicans and trump messed up the response to the covid pandemic, and that tore up the supply chains and created this whole mess. host: so what is the top issue for you, what are your top 3 or 5 issues, and the reason why you are going to vote? caller: i will vote because there is so much republican bs -- they talk about inflation that they created. they talk about secure elections

that they are trying to rig. it seems like they are twisting everything -- if you remember the repeal obama care thing that they ran for, a whole election cycle that they were going to do, and did not do anything. host: ok. what is your prediction for the state of ohio and that senate race? it sounds like you will vote for tim ryan. do you think he can win a state that has voted for president trump and voted for him comfortably? caller: ohio is actually 45% democrat. it is gerrymandered for local elections to be very republican. but i inc. we have enough

dependents and -- but i think we have enough dependent -- enough independents and republicans that still have brains and their heads that tim ryan has a chance. host: when you talk to your republican or independent friends, what are they telling you? caller: i do not meet too many people who want j.d. -- who like j.d. vance, personally. host: why, what are they saying? caller: he is just not qualified to be a congressman. he has no experience in anything dealing with creating law or ruling the country. he is a door book writer.

host: ok. i will jump to betty in michigan, independent. caller: good morning and god bless c-span. host: your top concerns, can you rank them for us? caller: i think the security of our nation is a top concern for me. i normally slit my vote, but this year, i will be voting straight democratic. i will never vote for a party that gets the support of the american nazi part, the kkk, the proud boys, and, believe it or not, the american communist party. host: how have you split your vote in the past? caller: i voted for george w. bush, reagan, nixon, unfortunately. secretary of state or attorney general, i will vote republican, sometimes, if they are really good people, i think. but this year, michigan looks like it will be swept by the

democrats. host: willy in katy, texas. caller: good morning. really quickly, immigration and crime. those two to me are joined at the hip, because you have all these people flowing in that we do not know where they are from. we do not know -- we know how they are getting here. they are heading here through the cartels. but those issues are joined at the hip, because the more immigration that we have, the people we do not know, terrorists or whatever coming in, that makes crime go up. fentanyl is the big thing. that drug is the most dangerous. now we are talking all the states that have marijuana laws, that stuff could be laced in that marijuana. so it is really dangerous. really quickly, democracy is not at stake here.

i keep hearing people say that. democracy is not at stake. democracy is the system we are taking place in right now with our votes. that is democracy. these people think, just because you vote republican that democracy is at stake? it is ridiculous. it is the worst thing i've ever heard. the fact of the matter is, we are taking place in democracy right now. i've never split my vote, because i do not want anything to do with what the democrats are about. i live with it if they win, but i do not think they will this time. host: willy, a republican in texas. on the sunday shows yesterday, senator cory booker, who is not up for reelection, gave his impressions of how he things tuesday's election will play out. [video clip] >> the party in the white house usually loses during midterms. but the reality is we saw a very strong pathway not just to

keeping the senate but picking up seats in pennsylvania and in places like wisconsin and north carolina. this election still is in the balance, and the reality is we are bucking what are the usual trends get i think we are bucking them because folks know, at the end of the day, do they want to go back to the donald trump politics that undermined our democracy and their signature bill was a giveaway to the largest corporations in america. even though our economy is tough, people think about it and say wait a minute, this is the party that tried to protect our unions, that did things to make sure we lower prescription drug costs. this is the party, at the end of the day, trying to protect fundamental freedoms like the right to control your own body. i think this is a tough election season. it is a midterm election. but i still see a pathway for us to maintain control of the senate. host: senator cory booker with

that prediction, that democrats could maintain control of the senate. right now, it is 50-50, with kam ala harris, the vice president, breaking any ties that come up here there are a handful of senate races that could determine the outcome of the senate, party control of the senate. yesterday, former new jersey governor chris christie sat on a panel and made predictions about colorado's senate seat, which is currently held by the democratic incumbent michael bennet. here's what he had to say. [video clip] >> i think democrats have a fighting chance in keeping the senate and might well may not lose as many seats in the united states house. chris, i know i will get to your thoughts. just hold on -- >> you will get maryland and massachusetts. let me just say.

what is driving the politics in georgia right now is the governor's race. george and -- governor kemp will be reelected and will be reelected by a surprisingly large margin for that is what could wind up helping herschel walker, that kemp will do much better than anybody is predicting. the other upset and surprise you will see, i think on tuesday night, is joe o'dea, the republican candidate in colorado for senate, will beat michael bennet. >> who does not have the support of donald trump. >> he does not. he flat out says he believes joe biden was the didn't it winner. in colorado, he is driving michael bennet to distraction. he will win the race. host: chris christie with that prediction of the colorado senate race. you heard him talk about georgia as well. the hill newspaper has a piece

this morning -- five paces -- five races where democrats could pull off surprise wins. arizona gubernatorial race, this one with kari lake, as many people paying attention to, and katie hobbs. the hill newspaper pointing to a pathway for katie hobbs, a possibility she wins there for that you have a race we have been talking about this morning, j.d. vance, the republican challenger with democratic congressman tim ryan, vying for that open seats in ohio left by retiring senator rob portman, a republican. then you have the oklahoma gubernatorial race. this one is interesting. the sooner state has not seen a democrat elected since former governor brad henry was elected in 2006. another race is on tan as first congressional district race, where former trump interior secretary and former congressman

ryan zinke is vying for montana's at-large house seat. he won it in 2014 and 2016 with double digits. they have since then, the state of montana, with the 2020 senses, gained another house seat, so he is vying for the first congressional seat area there could be an upset there. wisconsin's senate race is also on this list from the hill newspaper, ron johnson there being challenged for his seat. diane and the state of ohio, democratic caller. what are the top issues and who are you voting for? caller: definitely tim ryan. and it is all democrats, but because of the fact that, number one, please, women, abortion is on that ballot. no matter what, we have got to keep our rights. years ago, my husband and i were

discussing about the second child i was willing to have, and he wanted me to have the abortion. i decided, no, i couldn't do it, because i had that right to decide. and that same child is the one who is in law enforcement, and he is telling me continuously, when it comes to fentanyl coming into the united states, it is coming from white supremacy groups that are distributing. we just had a mail carrier in the state of ohio who got arrested for every time he delivered fentanyl, he got hundred dollars each time -- he got $500 each time. we do not know yet, according to the news, who he delivered that fentanyl too, but i cannot wait to find out. host: all right. nikki in new york.

tell us your top issues and that them in order. caller: my very top issue is the threat to democracy that the magas -- i'm not saying republican. i'm saying magas, people who -- evangelicals. anyone who believes that donald trump is the greatest thing that ever happened to america. he has caused people to go out of their minds with insurrectionist thoughts. i was on trial for opposing donald trump, and i was acquitted unanimously in a federal trial on friday. so this is the issue. you have people -- freedom of speech goes so far. you are not allowed to have

senators and congressmen speak on the floor of the senate and tell boldfaced lies. you are not allowed, in america, to just deny elections. this is what every enemy of america wants. the danger from within, the domestic threat that people post for our democracy is the freedom and the right to vote and to accept the results. we do not storm the stadium when our team loses the super bowl. we don't attack the referees. how is it that our government has so many people misled by this maga group of congressmen and senators who were used -- host: all right.

i will move onto dean in arkansas, republican. your turn. caller: good morning. i will use one word here -- prudent. what makes me wonder what person, regardless what party or with, can see what is happening? when we get information on media, social media, tv, the newspaper, it is somebody's opinion. the facts are, when trump was in office, things were a lot better. gas was lower. food prices are lower. all the nuclear people out there that wanted to blow us up were put at bay. yet you have the democrats winding and moment -- whining and moaning about maga like the last caller. people like the last caller don't want to admit the riots

in chicago were started by the democrats, who wanted to defund the police. they wanted the open borders. they wanted all these illegals in here. what prudent person will look at this situation and say that is ok? the white supremacists are bringing in the fentanyl? what planet are you people from? host: jean, you will vote straight republican, is that right? caller: i am voting republican all the way. host: have you always voted republican? caller: no, ma'am. i was a democrat for a while. then i started realizing, what are they doing? host: when did you switch? caller: when did i quit? a few years before barack obama got in office. i started seeing the change. he came out with his key phrase -- he is going to fundamentally change america. the first question on people's minds should have been change it from what to what? we know what we have -- in the

bible, the constitution, family, god, and country. he was going to fundamentally change that. socialism -- the democratic party lost their platform to the socialists back in the 1950's. people who do not want to read a book and just want to google everything need to understand your democratic party is a socialist party. look at the facts -- host: before you -- why were you a democrat before you became a republican? caller: because i thought they cared about the people. i thought they cared about the people. not everybody can become a millionaire. not everybody can find a job. there are problems. i thought the democratic party would be awesome in trying to fix that. but all they do is use and abuse and discard. host: ok. marie, in ohio, democratic caller. good morning to you. caller: good morning. host: your top issues? caller: democracy.

that is the main threat, the democracy. i believe that millions of people have died to defend our rights and freedoms, and for all the deniers and -- what am i trying to say here? host: you are voting for democrats, all the way, up and down the ticket? caller: absolutely. absolutely. we work for the people. we care about the people. everything else -- i just saw where you had 45 saying -- i know he is not on the ballot, but he had four years to fix the border of immigration. now he wants to hire more people. you could have done that then.

two miles of your wall did nothing. host: former president trump is coming back to your state tonight. caller: not happy about that, but anyhow. hoping people can wake up and see that our rights and freedom are on the line, which is more important than the inflation. and crime, because that is not going to go down if republicans win anyways. the economy was good under trump because he rode the coattails of obama. poor biden, which he has done a wonderful job with the mess that trump has left him. we need to keep working at this democracy. host: ok, marie. i will leave it there. former psident trump will be in ohio at 8:00 p.m. eastern ti for closing remarks before election day, 2022. you can watch that here on c-span.

we will also have prident biden's remarks at the democratic natiol committee, so live here on c-span. both can be found on our video mobile app on your personal device, c-span now. you can download it. or on demand at c-span.org. linda at -- excuse me pay let's go to becky in massachusetts, republican. caller: i want to thank the lady before me that gave me a good laugh. i am a republican. i am a maga republican, for all of you out there. but i want to say it does not matter who i vote or in massachusetts, because it is a gerrymandered democratic state. so any federal elections, it does not matter who i vote for. because they do not want any republican -- we occasionally get a republican governor, and i

am hoping we will get another republican -- host: republican governor? caller: republican governor. and the reason for it is if maura healey, the democrat, wins, the abortion issue becomes very prominent in massachusetts. because if she is voted in, massachusetts will become one of those states that goes to nine months abortion for any reason. and i am against that. i am for abortion, don't get me wrong. i am for a lot of the things that democrats think i am not for -- i am fine with gay marriage's, i am fine with abortion. i would be a hypocrite if i was not, because i had an abortion. so i am not against that.

but i do not believe in nine months for any reason. and if it was such a problem, and people say nobody would have that done, then why are you passing laws in the states like new york and california that say it is our right to have an abortion up to nine months for any reason? please, if you are in massachusetts, vote republican for governor. you can vote democrat for everybody else. host: becky with her plea. here is a text from monica in kentucky. my number one issue is the integrity of candidates, no election deniers. number two, abortion rights. number three, voting rights. the economy will be ok. i am not worried, she says. that is the order she puts her issues in. climate in the future of the earth says -- and then you have another viewer

here with a tweet -- my big concerns are in this order, inflation caused by biden, pelo si's massive spending spree, crime caused by the left, soft on criminal policies, freedom under threat from the woke left, content moderation. another viewer with a tweet, another top concern -- if an election dire gets elected, any fraud a denier instigates can only be tied -- tried in that state's court. this says my worry is postelection. i feel the real party of violence will pick up where they left off with their mostly peaceful protests and continue until the 2024 election. it worked because biden was installed. let's go to florida, an independent there. caller: good morning. i have a couple points i had to make. they are kind of -- host: are these your top

concerns? caller: yes, my top concerns. host: go ahead. caller: some of my top concerns have to do with corporate greed. the fact that the way they spend money and how they spend money and how they pocket the money and sugarcoat a lot of the stuff they are doing. the laws that are taken out of the schools -- and when i say the laws, i am referring to biblical laws. the foundations of what it meant for humans to follow. so they can have an ethical and moral way of life. the twisted concept of evangelical -- when they mention the word "evangelical" and say that evangelical group this or that, that they categorize evangelical, without really understanding the meaning to

that -- everybody has this twisted concept. they really have not converted themselves to the creator. if they did, they would understand his ways are holy and man's ways are crooked. that is why there is a day of condemnation, that all men will be head of the lord -- host: alright, i will jump into give a few more voices a chance. caller: good morning. looks like i will agree with the democrats in terms of democracy being top -- in pennsylvania, something terrible just came out, and it is that the democrats are up to their old tricks, which is breaking the law and our elections. in pennsylvania, the supreme court of pennsylvania, which is very liberal, 7-2 voted that the votes cannot be counted, that these illegal votes that were accepted are going to go through. unfortunately, they are already in the system.

250,000 votes -- in pennsylvania, when you request a ballot, you have to put your social security, last four, or drivers license number. if you have not done that and it does not match you as a voter, that ballot, you cannot send that out to them. but the secretary of state, a democrat, decided he did not like that law, who -- so he just sent it out to everybody, even if that number did not match the request -- host: where did you learn this story? caller: it is an interesting story. it was not that easy to come by. i watch a lot of news, probably six hours a day. but i fast-forward a lot. i saw a chryon go through about this story. but it did not give me another -- i called my elected representative. she confirmed that was a true story. there were 250,000 ballots sent

out that did not meet the requirements. then i saw a story -- i watch and youtube stuff. it was on epic times, the guy did an expose of -- expose on it. it was a supreme court decision in the state of pennsylvania. no one is talking about this. the state of pennsylvania, where i live, already has fraud going on right before our eyes. same exact they did in 2020. also, wisconsin just had a supreme court decision that they were not allowed to count the ballots that they are trying to do out there. this is all documented stuff. so 250,000 votes to win this election. host: so do you question the source, seeing this on youtube? caller: i do not, because i

called my elected representative and i saw the chryon. the supreme court said they had a court case that they are not allowed to count these votes. these people could have just made a mistake where they did not put the right number down, but there are only -- they do not even know how these 250,000 came back -- host: all right kate i got to leave it there. anthony in new york, democratic caller. caller: thank you so very much. i called last month when you had a man by the name of michael mcdonald, discussing elections and how valid and how good the election was with 2020. when you had the fbi and the cia weighing in on the scales of any election, you have to be suspect of what else did they do? ballot harvesting is a known tactic used to tilt elections.

when i was a young man, i had taken my new wife to vote, because she had not at that time. i went behind the curtain with her, and the poll worker had opened the curtain and said you cannot do that. he explained to me the process and said it is very important that everybody be in observance of each person as they make a vote at the terminal come at the voting machine. because it instills trust, faith, confidence, and all that goes with that with regard to our elections. the way we are now running elections, post pandemic, is very dubious at best, as far as being able to do things that are underhanded. like i said, if you have the cia manipulating 51 analysts, senior officials came forward and said the biden laptop was not real. so you deprive the electorate, they did not know the package brought in by this biden guy. we are at war with russia now? we should not be fighting

russia, there is something wrong -- host: all right. in this -- figure americans have cast more ballots ahead of election day than they did in early voting before the last midterm election. continuing a trend of increasingly relying on early voting, despite vocal objections from some republicans. on saturday, the number of ballots submitted surpassed 39.1 million, the number cast in 2018. this year's total will grow because officials are still receiving ballots through the mail, and some states allow in person early voting throughout the weekend. voters have cast more than 39 point 2 million early votes. that in the washington post this morning as well. let's hear from anderson, indiana, independent. caller: good morning. my top three issues would be

inflation, the economy, and health care. i really feel there is a lot of corruption in both parties, a lot of clowns on both sides. there is all kinds of insider trading in congress. gas is at a record high. inflation is at a 40 year high. i am not voting this year because i am fed up. i feel like my vote just be wasted. host: how have you voted in the past, the last couple election cycles? caller: i did not vote in either, because i am not a fan of biden nor trumpcare before that, i voted most of my life. i guess i voted -- i've always been an independent voter. a little more left so i voted for more democrats, but i've voted for republicans as well, more so in local races. but i just do not feel -- we are sending how many billions of

dollars, hundreds of billions, for this bloody war in ukraine? why don't the american people have more say in this, and why is congress writing them a blank check -- host: can i ask you then? you have an opinion. you obviously think and care about these issues, enough to call into here. why not then vote, to have your say? caller: for one thing, i live in a very red state. i do not feel like my vote will count that much. i am willing to vote for republicans, if they could do something when it comes to the economy and inflation. i am not a fan of trump, but at least we did have $2 a gallon gas. why am i not voting? for the reasons i said. i do not feel they earned my vote. i am 40, just turned 40 this year. i am one of the older millennials. i do not feel like these congresspeople represent my generation or gen z.

they do not represent younger people at all. i am sick and tired of it. i know it is sad, but i just do not see the point. i do not think voting does a lot -- i do not think it makes a lot of difference at this point with citizens united and the wealthy buying off politicians from both parties. host: is there any democrat out there that -- democratic candidate that could run for president to energize you? or a republican? caller: i like bernie sanders. i supported him both times the whole democratic party and all of their oligarch and billionaire funders came together to screw him twice. that is one of the reasons i they do not want anyone who has a forward thinking vision and cares about the community. they do not want anyone honest in office. that is why we have all these narcissistic, corrupt people who

are in there now and who have flushed the country down the drain. it is sad. i'm willing to vote when someone earns my vote. host: what do you do for a living? caller: i am a substitute teacher. i work in education. host: thanks for calling in. we will take a break. when we come back, we will continue our focus on campaign 2022. sean trende gives us an update on what to watch. later rachel orey will discuss the group's concerns about safety around hiring poll workers for this year's midterm election. we will be right back. ♪ >> tuesday election day starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern watch

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this morning here to talk about campaign 2022. we are one day away sean trende. the end is near for you. i'm sure you are looking forward to the end of this cycle given how busy it is for people like you. what do you predict for the senate? guest: the senate is tough. there are 5 legitimate tahoe's upper races -- tossup races. republicans are playing defense and pennsylvania. you have the big 4 democratic races in arizona, georgia, new hampshire, and nevada. right now we are looking at probably 52 or 53 democratic seats, but these races are so close. it would not be surprising if a republicans swept them all. it wouldn't be surprising if they lost them all. host: tomorrow night as the election results are coming in, what are you watching for that

could be an indicator of one party controlling the chamber? guest: miles coleman had a great graphic that he put up, a graphic -- the stages of a wave. the first one is virginia's second district. heir -- their polls close relatively early. it is a swingy district. if republicans win that district, it will be a good night for republicans. if they end up winning virginia's seventh district, abigail spanberger is representing, it is a wave night. if they end up winning the 10th, which is abide in heavy district, the unfavorable -- it is like something we have not seen before. that is where i will be watching

first. host: going up to the state of new hampshire, how does that get onto the list of the top five to watch? guest: the incumbent senator has never been terribly popular. she has been pulling below 50% the entire time. the problem is the republicans once again nominated a problematic candidate for she had a 10 point lead. steadily those undecideds have broken in towards the republican. now we are in a dead heat. our average has hassan up just a little bit. that could easily go either way. host: on election night tomorrow are there some counties you are watching in the state of new hampshire to give you an indication of where this is headed? caller: there are a bunch of rural counties in the north and

that is the really interesting place to watch because rural america has been swinging in the midwest. that transition isn't completed in the mideast. if that starts to swing towards republicans, you know that will be a rough night for democrats everywhere. host: what about the state of georgia? what is happening there? early voting, a lot of turnout for early voting in georgia. what do you think happened? caller: we have to be careful when we talk about early voting. -- guest: we have to be careful when we talk about early voting. you can get an idea of how they will vote. we have no idea what will happen on election day. republicans could turn out in force because they have a president or former president

who has been disparaging early voting and mail-in voting, or maybe they don't turn up. we have to be careful with the early voting number. with that race, herschel walker closing in on the incumbent, raphael warnock, but then he got hit by a couple of horrible stories for his candidacy that he paid for girlfriends' abortion, he denied it. we did not see warnock's number improve. walker's number dipped. they swung back and now that race is no can as well. it is probably going to a runoff election, but there is a chance that brian kemp could end up dragging walker across the 50% mark. host: explain that phenomenon. guest: if no candidate gets to 50% of the vote plus one, you

have a runoff election, but what we think might be happening in this race is the governor brian kemp is projected to win pretty handily over his opponent stacey abrams. with these undecided voters who are going into the polling booth who will be pulling the lever for camp, will they also turn around and vote for warnock? there is a chance that they go in and pull the level r for camp and then they pull an r for walker as well because that is how they started with. given that this race is so close and walker is close to 50%, it is a real possibility. host: in the state of pennsylvania, why is this race tight right now and what are the polls showing? what are the averages? guest: that is another race that is can act.

dr. mehmet oz is up a little bit. that race is just a mess. you have a national environment in the state that is increasingly right at the center of american politics. the democrats nominated john fetterman, who is probably a little too liberal for the state. republicans turned around and nominated dr. mehmet oz of oprah winfrey fame. he is well-educated, but he also happens to live in new jersey. it is kind of an immovable force against an irresistible object to their. federman had a stroke shortly after winning the nomination -- fetterman had a stroke shortly after winning the nomination in the spring. performed well in some interviews elsewhere. everything has gone wrong for

both parties. our suspicion is that the national environment is the tiebreaker, but that is a race where it wouldn't surprise me if it ended up either way. host: before we get to the arizona-nevada races, ohio -- you didn't mention the senate race there. the hill newspaper said it could be one of the upsets if democrats win it. guest: i would be genuinely shocked if the democrats won that race. that is a race where the polling has been the can that, but if you look closely both the democrat tim ryan and the republican j.d. vance were pulling around 45%. in a state like ohio that liens read, they will vote for -- that leans red they will vote

for dewine. i expect he ends up winning easily. unless the polling error leans away from the republicans this time. i think ryan comes up short. it has been a fascinating race to watch. vance didn't raise a whole lot of money. he has been absent from the airwaves. ryan has been running ads are bragging about voting against a nancy pelosi and lining up with trump on wanting to cut taxes. it has not been your traditional left-right race. host: let's talk about nevada. what are you watching on election night to give you an indication of which party could win this seat? guest: nevada is another interesting state. about 70% of the vote happens in clark county, which is greater

las vegas county. we expect that cortez-boster will do well in clark county. very few people live elsewhere. those will be overwhelmingly read for the republican, former attorney general. what things come down to is reno, which is a midsized county, 10% to 15% of the vote. if black salt wins there, he is a senator. if he loses narrowly, it is a very close race. if cortez-bosco can win by more than a few points, she will keep her job. host: what are you watching on election night in the state of arizona. guest: arizona is another state where candidates have problems.

after masters one the nomination, -- that is a state where most of the vote is cast in maricopa county, which is greater phoenix. that is where i am going to be laser focusedon election night -- focused on election night. masters has a real chance. kelly has been ahead in the polls, but not by much. he has the lead, but if things go poorly for democrats, masters would notch up the upset. host: could the governor's race have an impact on this senate race? guest: that is an interesting question. this is not a state like georgia or ohio where the incumbent republican has a massive lead

and could be pulling candidates over the finish line. this is a race where the republican kari lake is favored to win, but you will probably win narrowly by a couple points. a very -- in a very tight race that could be the difference maker, but i don't think she is a political force enough to pull him over the finish line. host: let's talk about the house. what are your predictions for which party controls the house and by what margins? guest: the first question is much easier than the second. the simple story is that the democrats lost the house on election night 2020 when they lost 13 house seats setting up a very narrow margin of control. republicans only need 5 seats to take the house and there have only been 4 elections going back to the civil war where the president's party did not lose 5

seats. that is that. as far as the margins go. it is really tough -- as far as the margins go, it is really tough. the parties have gutted the swing districts. there are no cities at the middle of the national vote. one corollary is that is there are these levees on either side of the swing districts where there is a bunch of districts that biden won by 10 points. if things go bad enough for democrats that love the -- levy gets swamped. we are saying somewhere in the 20's for republican gains, but if you end up with a slight break towards republicans, you could start seeing republican gains in the 30's.

host:host: which races will you be watching on election night ? those virginia races? guest: that is the key thing i will be watching. there is also an election in indiana in the gary area where there is a white democrat facing off against a republican lack female. it has swung against the democrats in recent years. that is an indication there'll be problems for democrats across the midwest. we will be watching that race in new hampshire. there is a competitive race in the first district republicans didn't get the nominee they wanted but it is a young, former

trump staffer running an energetic campaign. if she wins that district it is a good indication this will not be a good night for republicans. that virginia seventh and 10th districts --n if the in a situation -- if the 10th flips we are in a situation we have not seen in a long time. host: which voter or which voters will have made the difference? guest: there are 2 groups i think are interesting. the first group is hispanic voters. i think a lot of people were surprised how well republicans did among hispanic voters in 2020 and if they can hold onto those gains there are a series of districts in south texas that could end up flipping. one of them elected a latina republican in a special election in june. there are a bunch of districts

there -- they are biden districts but not heavily so and if there is a continued movement towards republicans by letting -- latinos, it could flip. after the dobbs decision to reverse roe v. wade, we are getting reports that college-educated females have been swinging back towards republicans. in a close race differences are made at the margins. if some voters do swing back somewhat towards republicans that will be one of the major storylines of the night that dobbs had an immediate impact on voting patterns then faded over the stretch. if democrats over perform that is a story as well. host: let's get our viewers to join in on this conversation.

we went through a lot of states. if you are in one of those states and you agree or disagree ,: and let us know if you are going to vote and why. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. we had a couple independents call in and say it was the economy, but then they said " i am not going to vote." an independent voter saying the economy is the biggest issue for them and they are not going to vote. guest: that is the fault of the parties. i think republicans have done a good job complaining about the state of the economy but they have been short on solutions. bernie sanders i think was right on the mark when he criticized

the party's messaging about dobbs and threats to democracy. however real those issues are they are not the issues the american public are saying they are saying they're interested in. biden's closing argument should have been more focused on the economy. i heard the last caller. he is obviously open to voting for democrats but he is not hearing the message on what democrats will do and what they have done. they have had a fairly productive congress so the parties are talking past the american people right now. it is not good for faith and elections frankly. -- faith in election. host: we are hearing from henry. how do you plan to vote? caller: i already voted. i voted a straight democratic ticket because i believe in president biden's agenda of

college debt forgiveness, o trying to getf -- of trying to get childcare tax credits for women who want to go join the workforce. i believe in his build back better plan, the infrastructure bill he had passed a was bipartisan. president biden is doing a fantastic job and this economy and the inflation question, i am reminded that satan is the author of all lies, and i here on c-span every morning, people calling in, saying "i love to satan -- host: i'm going to jump in. what about the first part of what he had to say? guest: there are two interesting things there. you are asking about the governors race, but he immediately transitioned to a

conversation about president biden. that is very typical. it is a good reminder for us. these elections are often referenda on the people in power, although people are pulling the lever for state representative or school board, they are doing it with presidential performance in mind . that is a state where the governor has been controversial, but she has lined up well, done a good job explaining her position. she is in a solid position. i also think it will be close. when the caller was talking about things he liked about president biden, apropos of our previous conversation, it was all about economic issues, kitchen table issues. it was about the tax cuts and build back better. this color is obviously well educated -- this caller is obviously well-educated. why was the closing speech about

democracy, which is incredibly important, but when you are in the final stretch and you are trying to motivate your voters to go to the polls, i don't know it was the right message. this caller was motivated by the president's accomplishments on kitchen table issues. i think that is true of a lot of other people who will turn out to vote, or may be turn out to vote republican. host: " everything this guy is saying is not what i am hearing now. the polls are wrong because of gen z and x not answering the phone. most are based on land lines, which are the boomers, and we know how they vote." guest: there is something to be said for that, and something not to be said for that. there are real challenges to the polling industry. people have transferred to mobile phones, and everyone has caller id, so response rates

have plummeted. at the same time, there are things posters can do to account for those issues with waiting -- weighting. the problems we have had with polling over the last few cycles have been trump supporters not answering the phones. they don't trust media companies, don't want to take their polls. i think people should understand that, yes, there have been 2% or 3% point errors that have favor democrats over the past few cycles. it could easily be two or three points going the other direction like we saw in 2012 where obama over performed the polls. the polls are rough indicators, not precise instruments. host: what about the youth vote? caller: youth voters have been -- guest: youth voters have been heavily democratic since 2004

and they are the lifeline keeping the democrats afloat. if they turn out in force, they will help democrats, but things like -- we give examples from mobile phones and increasingly people are figuring out how to use internet samples. i'm not worried that there are noma lineal or gen z in the samples -- no millennials or gen z in the samples. it will take some time to figure out. host: paul in port st. lucie, florida, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. i just have a question for the analyst. what what happened to the majority -- there is no majority. it is always 50-50. a small or one or two percentage rate.

what would happen if the people knew that the government was them? what would happen to the majority? host: sean trende? guest: i think you do have a sense of alienation from politics that is pervasive in america today that is affecting the way people vote and the way people turnout. it is hard to imagine the universe the caller is describing where people understand that they get the government we vote for. our politics would look very different -- so different that it is really difficult to predict. i think the underlying intuition that voters either do not understand or believe that their vote matters really is a real issue in democracy today.

host: carol in alabama, republican. caller: i agree with you. people should get out and about. what happened in virginia not too long ago, is going to happen across this country tomorrow. i don't know why democrats are in denial about it, but they are. the fact that you keep calling these republican candidates problematic, the fact that you don't think they are good candidates doesn't mean other people don't think they are good candidates. just because they they have not run for a race before does not mean they are bad candidates. i think republicans are going to sweep this space if they do not count ballots that are not legal. biden saying it is going to take days to determine how many --

determine who one is a problem for many people. in france they counted 80 million ballots. they do not do mail-in ballots over there, which is different from absentee. host: sean trend go aheade. guest: i agree with the final statement. we have states that get their ballots counted quickly. florida is extremely efficient and counting its ballots. i don't know enough about election administration to know why other states don't do it like florida does. i think states, at least in that respect, should strive to be more like florida. as far as the comment about problematic candidates, if you have run for office before, there is value to experience

when you are running for office. there is value also do not being in the d.c. bubble for a long time. you learn how to run a campaign, you learn how to interact with voters. there is benefit to that experience. as far as the problematic candidates, the truth is republicans have nominated candidates who have problems. it is a problem that oz did not live in pennsylvania for very long. i don't think you can spin that or believe that. he might still win, but it is a real issue. one thing that gets overlooked is that the democrats have problematic candidates. as well i tried to emphasize this when we talked about pennsylvania that it is a problem that fetterman had a stroke.

it is a problem in wisconsin that the democrats didn't seem to that their senate candidate as well as they could have hoped. that is a race where they would be in a much better position if they had gone through mandela barnes twitter feed and seen some of the things he had tweeted early in his career. there are candidates that are fairly noncontroversial and there are candidates that raise red flags with voters and republicans have nominated a fair number of them in some of these races. host: william in georgia, democratic caller. tell us about the governor's race there. what do you think? caller: i am a democrat, obviously. i support stacey abrams, but she is pulling behind -- polling behind. i concede she will probably lose that race. herschel walker, there is a

litany of things that herschel walker has an issue with. he lies about his education, his business, he has a violent background, which he admits to. children of of wedlock. -- children out of wedlock. when you talk about republicans putting forth problematic candidates, that is the perfect example. it is hard for democrats to compete if that is the standard that republicans will settle for. there is no messaging that can overcome that, unless you have a better voter base. even with that messaging does not try to convince the other side to support you. you want your own base to rally behind you. i think democrats have to do a better job of not defending

themselves, but talking about their record and the record of their opponents. host: what do you think voter enthusiasm is like for democrats in the state of georgia? caller: my wife and i, we voted early. the line was fairly long. every night on the news, they show a long line out there, lots of voter enthusiasm. personally, and i'm just going to stay what i feel on television, i'm not putting any other emphasis on it, but i have seen a very high minority turnout, which i think speaks loudly. another issue is you see just as many signs supporting warnock, stacey abrams, in all areas, in affluent areas. even though the polls are

tipping towards republicans, i don't think they are an exact indicator of what is going to happen. host: sean trende, which counties, which areas are you watching in georgia tomorrow? guest: i think there are 2 things. there is the turnout issue. we will be watching some of the rural areas, george's black belt . -- georgia's black belt. atlanta has gotten so big. you have to be watching the counties in the greater atlanta area, counties like forsyth, and cobb counties. see if they underperformed. it was such a close race in 2020. your democratic callers have said they have already voted. they voted early. the previous republican caller expressed discomfort with mail

voting and early voting. that is a warning flag for people who are trying to parse these early voting numbers. the democrats have embraced the idea where were -- whereas republicans seem skeptical of it. that is why there is drama and uncertainty about election day. because early voting numbers may be badly skewed? maybe not. host: john in geneva, ohio, independent. caller: i'm independent because like both parties in my opinion -- we elect representatives to go down there to actually, you know, represent us, and you get down there and do you see this big bunch of fighting, back-and-forth. i went independent because both

sides as far as i'm concerned don't represent the people. one thing i would like to see, and i think both sides would agree with this is just to have -- where we have like, what do i want to say here? term limits on these offices where they do not get the power from the different industries or whoever feeds them the money. host: are you voting? have you voted? do you plan to vote? caller: i have not voted yet, but i plan on voting. host: which candidate? caller: i probably would have voted ryan, but i'm leaning more towards j.d. vance. it is refreshing to me, whether you be democrat or republican, you just see somebody new,

someone who wants to represent people. it is refreshing. what about the governor ? who will you vote for -- host: what about the governor? who will you vote for in the governor's race? caller: undecided. host: why undecided? caller: i'm just undecided. there are issues on both sides that i agree and don't agree with. tomorrow i will make a decision i guess. host: can i ask you one last question. president trump is coming to your state tonight. does that sway you one way or the other? caller: no. when it comes to trump, i like a lot of his policies. i think with his twitter, he needed to shut up. i don't know. i would like to see somebody else run instead of him. i am just sick of career

politicians. i think that is where a lot of america is. host: sean trende? guest: i think this caller once again gets out a lot of the discomfort and malaise, to use a horrible word, in america right now. there is a sense, especially among independent voters, that the government is not working for them, that the people who get sent to washington are not there to represent them. this is an environment where some of these outside candidates can flourish. i also thought the insight the voter had that a real problem with president trump -- you have a lot of people his message and policies resonate with but do not like him personally. i know we are here to talk about

2022, but we will be talking about 2024 in 2 days. it will be interesting to see how that plays out. there are people who like trump, who like that he fights, do not necessarily like the way he does it. it will be interesting if there is a candidate who can exploit that. host: hi margaret. caller: i want to think outside the box. no one has mentioned that one of the worst decisions the supreme court ever made was that donating money to political campaigns is tantamount to free speech. you cannot tell me a fan organization donates money for a political campaign they are not expecting something in return. it is very similar to that, " if i get stopped speeding on the highway, and a trooper pulls me over, and tells me -- and i

tell him 'i know your kid is struggling in college, here is $100'" that is tantamount to bribery. it warps the information for the public. guest: the issue of campaign finance is a complex one. we could probably do an entire show talking about it. one thing that is important for the color to understand is there are limits on how much you -- caller to understand is there are limits on how much you can give to a candidate. the days of giving $1 million to a candidate and having them in your park it -- your pocket are

over. how will candidates get their message out? do you favor public financing elections? do you favor limitations? incumbents raise money easily because they are incumbents. if you are too strict about the money that people can have in their campaign, it ends up hurting the challengers and it becomes incumbent protection. you have to find a way to make sure the challengers would be able to get an adequate amount of money to fund their campaigns. it is scratching the surface of this issue. the caller's instinct are correct that money can be corrupting in politics. the question about the alternative and how you address this issue is something that is very difficult to work out neatly. host: dixson, illinois.

tammy is democratic caller. caller: good morning. i completely believe that it is not just us. the entire world is in so much turmoil. having said that, i agree with what was said and what trende said. i watch 4 to six hours of news every day, and nothing has been said. i was so frustrated until gavin finally said it. start talking about the issues people are talking about! the economy and everything else -- as far as all this other stuff, i was a republican for years and i was an ultra right conservative. i mean far right. i was a john bircher. i have been voting democratic for years now. if i was a republican today, i

would be ashamed of my own party. as far as trump, it is an abomination. host: sean trende? guest: i think again there is some frustration. the news media comes out of a bubble in d.c., with people at cocktail parties are interested in. i'm not here to say that the discussion about democracy and election-denying and all these things are not a legitimate cause for concern. it is. at the end of the day you have to go out. if you want to have the power to affect changes on some of these issues, you have to go out and convince the voters that you are listening to them and care about the issues that they care about. if you spend 18 months making a

pitch on democracy, and the run-up to the election you have to talk about the issues that are resonating with them, the economy, the things that the biden administration is accomplished, and go from there. it makes me scratch my head. maybe i will be proven wrong. maybe there are quiet geniuses and we will see democrats over perform and we will look back and say joe biden had the right idea with his closing argument. host: what about some sleeper races you think could surprise everybody? guest: there are a lot of them right now. pulling has been really scarce this cycle -- polling has been really scarce this cycle. that michigan governors race, we could see an upset there. we have seen some real

last-minute closing in the washington senate race. that probably goes to the democrats but if there -- but there is a poll error that could make it uncomfortably close. going the other way in oklahoma the governor, the republican governor -- this is one of the most republican states in the nation -- but the republican governor is abrasive and unpopular. the democrats did something very clever. they got a republican official to run against governor stitt. for independents who might lean republican but might not be comfortable with some of the more liberal left-wing policies of some democrats, it is reassuring that this is a former republican. she is not likely to go out on the limb. we have these polls narrowing in

new york. i don't think lee zeldin is going to pull it off but that races way closer than any of us thought it would be two months ago. host: let's hear from gary in kentucky, a republican. caller: how are you doing? host: good morning. caller: you are chatting it up there in washington. host: members are back in their states campaigning for the election tomorrow. caller: everybody is gathering money. that is what it is all about. i will -- i am down here and what we call the flyover states. i feel sorry for the poor guy in indiana who said, " i won't vote because i don't believe it will help." i am a vietnam vet. wake up and see what is

happening besides what they say. i have been in 2 or 3 spots where we have -- we have china sitting up there and everyone else is coming up through the bottom. people need to wake up. trump is my man. i have worked for employers that were worse than trump, but the man got the job done. my employers got the job done. we were paid well for what we did. this is what it is all about. that is the american dream to me. i am raising a family. god knows how many kids i got, grandkids, and great grandkids. it is so hard right now. these democrats are fixing to lose all this money. republicans are fixing to lose this money, if they get beat out. everyone is worried about saying the right word. when i was in the service and

you were in that foxhole you did not care if you were gay, lesbian or whatever. protect my ass and get me home. host: we are going to hear from an independent -- dennis. caller: to be honest with you, if you have not decided who you are going to vote for right now, you are kind of lost. you cannot fix stupid, you know? you have to look at all the facts. you either believe the election was fair and was for the good of the country, or do you elect a bunch of deniers who are bad for the country? there is no, " this is good, this is bad." host: let's take that point. the pull from pew research conducted some surveys in october.

this issue of saving our democracy, what president biden is arguing, is resonating with the democratic base. they do rank that is one of their top issues -- as one of their top issues. host: i want to say back to the caller from kentucky, he says no one cares. this is my favorite show of all shows because i get to hear what the american people care about. i live in a bit of a bubble. i am in ohio, but don't think that no one cares! this is my real chance to hear what real voters in america think, so i welcome it. on the question about democracy, it does resonate with the base. part of what biden is trying to do is motivate the base because they need base voters. they particularly resonate with white progressive voters, but at the same time i look at the

senate rate here in ohio. why has tim ryan been performing so well? his commercials are not about j.d. vance is an election denier. his -- he is talking about taxes. he is talking about kitchen table issues. that is really resonating with me voters who otherwise don't think people are really listening to them. i understand what the caller from michigan is talking about. if you don't make your voice heard, you are letting other people -- other people will make their voice heard. you might not like the people who end up going out and being hurt. -- being heard. i understand the psychology of nonvoting, but i think it is flawed psychology. i think you go out, whether it is democrat, republican, or a

third party candidate, be heard. host: according to chris christie,, a former republican governor of new jersey, he is predicting on the sunday shows yesterday that bennett, the democratic incumbent in colorado could get unseated. guest: i'm not as convinced with that one. that is a race that has been breaking a little towards the republican. his numbers have not been overwhelming by any stretch in the polling. that might be out there on the fringes. the problem is joe bennett has been getting trashed because he was not sufficiently supportive of president trump. president trump has trashed him in messages, which may well be hurting him with republican voters.

i am more skeptical of that state. i think it is fair to call that race on the fringes. if we end up with a republican performance of enough points it could conceivably happen. host: nina and mick elson, florida -- mick elson, florida. caller: my comments are mainly we need middle-of-the-road republicans and democrats. everyone is left or so right. trump is so right. he has really burst it my bubble these last couple years. president biden is so negative and always yelling at people. we need to get back to the middle-of-the-road, here is what we need for our country and quit hating each other. i have already voted. i did not vote based on who endorsed who. i looked at my research and i

voted that way. host: before you go, you called on the democratic line. did you vote for all democrats? caller: no i didn't. i didn't vote for all republicans either. host: how did you vote in the governor's race in florida? caller: i voted for governor desantis. i'm sorry that trump last, time in florida wedding give him a shout out because -- wouldn't give him a shout out. he wouldn't even give a shout out to or what our governor has done for florida for the senior citizens in our state. i want it -- host: why not charlie crist? caller: he was governor before, and he has been up in washington dc. it is just like a retread. i'm so tired of old, white

politicians trying to retread their careers. host: what about the senate race? marco rubio or val demings? caller: i went with marco rubio, and i was astonished that trump put him down so bad when he ran for president and then last night was like embracing him. i didn't think marco needed to do that, but val demings -- she says she is not for crime, but everything she has done is to increase crime, so crime is another big factor. host: sean trende, what do you make of that? guest: i think it is important to remember, if you are someone who lives on twitter or in the media world where we are a little bit bubbled, and most people in our bubble have neat,

ideological divisions, that is not how it works when you get out into the voting world. you get people who consider themselves democrats who vote for a lot of democrats, but something like crime really resonates with them, or charlie crist having been governor, having been in d.c. as something that resonates with them so it does not, line up as neatly with ideological views as it might for us. voters view things in a different way. that is why this is such a great show. it inevitably illustrates the way people think. i do not think there is a whole lot of doubt about the outcomes in florida this election. we have really seen a break towards rubio and desantis. i think the fact that both of these are breaking off some traditional democratic voters as an explanation for why these

races look like they're opening up at this point. host: we will go to hampton, virginia, terry, an independent. caller: i say independent. i voted for trump. i am not for the way he is now. i would vote for ron desantis, if he was there. this world has gone to hell in a handbag, our country, and i cannot hear what you are saying. host: we were listening to you. how do you plan to vote? if you have already voted, how did you vote in your congressional races there in virginia? caller: in our races here it doesn't matter. scott all the way. we are one of those cities that are still giving away -- i can't believe we are in '22 and

they are still doing food stamps. no one is doing anything. i still have to pay my full taxes. nothing for us seniors or homeowners, people who have worked all their lives. it is everybody who is poor, but not everybody is poor, they're just taking advantage. i am sick of it. i think all the old people up in the senate. enough is enough. they need to flip them all, but i will vote republican. host: sean trende. the caller is right. it is a heavily democratic district. it is hard to craft a republican district. i think it is -- one of the difficult things about what we

have, which is you do not just vote for the party and the -- a lot of other countries have that system. it is called proportional representation. one of the downsides of district-based representation is what this caller describes. it can be frustrating to be a republican and a heavily blue area, or a democrat and a heavily red area, and know that when you vote you will cast your ballot, but it is highly unlikely your preferred candidate is going to win. a lot of people consider themselves independent. that does not mean they are wishy-washy. a lot of independents have very strong views on politics and certain orientations can lean fairly consistent partisan voting. that does not mean they are partisan or that their vote is not up for grabs.

they may feel strongly for one party or the other. host: karen in new york, republican. caller: how are you? host: morning. caller: i already voted. i went republican. right now if i was to vote in 2024 i would vote for florida, desantis. i think he has a better shot at it. all these democrats who keep saying the border is closed, the border is open, and i do not know where the baby formula is. i have a four-month-old child who is having a problem with breastmilk and you cannot find formula on the shelves and i have another grandchild on the way at the end of this month. host: 2 colors in a row said they would vote for ron desantis -- callers in a row said they

would vote for ron desantis over donald trump. i know campaign 2024 hasn't started quite yet, but as you said it will start the day after tomorrow when campaign 2022 e nds. guest: former president trump is doing well in republican polling. hei take most of these callers,f not for president trump himself, have affection that he has brought issues to the forefront that republicans have previously ignored. the question is, how many of these voters have trump fatigue? they like what president trump has done but they are tired of the drama. and that is kind of what i hear in some of these callers. they are tired and they don't want to go back to the days of angry tweets at 2:00 in the

morning that they have to fight about with friends and family. that is where i see governor desantis, if he has an opening, is with the voters saying they are going for trump but they are looking around and would prefer a version of trump who does not make controversial comments the former president is fond of making or is more measured in their use of social media. host: sean trende, thank you for the conversation. appreciate it. guest: thank you. host: you can go to realclearpolitics.com for more information from sean trende and his analysis into election day. when we come back, rachel orey of the bipartisan policy center will be talking about the group's new report of safeguards and security issues with the hiring of temporary poll workers in the midterm elections. we will be right back. ♪

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election deniers. we wanted to show all of the protections in place protecting our system against insider threats. those are certainly real but we wanted to bring to light why americans should still trust the voting process. host: what are some of the protections in place? guest: a couple of the key ones we tracked were training requirements for poll workers. many states require training for all temporary election workers. those that don't either don't have traditional polling sites and have different requirements or others delegated to the local level. but the vast majority of states have these protections in place. also, codes of conduct and make sure they know what is allowed to be done. if a poll worker violates current standing policy or regulation, they would be

removed from the post. the vast majority of states require state and local election offices strive for balance in the political makeup of the poll workers. this allows accountability. host: let me show the states you were talking about. 42 states and d.c. require election worker training. this is what the map looks like. 42 states and d.c. require temporary election workers to take oaths of office and 47 states strive for parity of office. why and what are these election workers doing? what did they get to do? guest: it is a little bit elusive. we discussed it in terms of poll workers because that is when people talk about -- they are thinking about the people checking you in, helping you scan your ballot, those types of

things. temporary election workers work throughout the process. they do voter check-in, they assist in registration, they sometimes assist in counting votes. they support all aspects of election administration because it is a cyclical endeavor. every election we have about 750,000 temporary election workers. this is a huge endeavor. adding in that partisan balance helps make sure those parties feel they have a voice and transparency into how elections work. as americans segregate themselves into political geographies, it is increasingly difficult for election officials to achieve partisan balance in their election workers. that has been getting easier since the 2020 election. we have seen more involvement from local republican parties in helping election offices recruit temporary election workers,

sometimes for better or worse. it helps us maintain partisan parity. on the other hand, it creates an opening for when there are sponsored trainings that exist outside of state or local official training, they get different information. going into the michigan primary, we saw gop training for poll watchers directing them to sneak cell phones in or violate existing law for that state. host: i want our viewers to join in on the conversation. if you have volunteered to work this election cycle, we want to hear from you. what are your state laws that dictate this? if you have questions about poll workers, dial in as well. democrats (202)-748-8000, republicans (202)-748-8001, and independents (202)-748-8002. text with your first name, city and state to (202)-748-8003.

rachel orey, did you say threats are real? if so, what are they? guest: a lot of the threats that have been discussed lately are the risk we see organizations like the election integrity network, vigorously espousing lies of the 2020 election, we have seen them trying to recruit and train temporary election workers with the explicit aim of trying to on earth fraud -- une arth fraud. we have seen poll workers at the end of the day saying they are not good to tabulate the machine, that they are going to hand count. thankfully because of bipartisan efforts those have been thwarted. in the michigan primary, one poll worker was charged with tampering with election equipment.

he inserted a personal flash drive into the poll book. thankfully, that does not interact with tabulation equipment and that instance was quickly identified and addressed and he was charged. there is that ongoing risk that as we have the people who are interacting with voters or interacting with voting equipment, not believing the results of the election, there is valid concern those folks might undermine election results. at the same time, we have not seen other than that one instance, have seen no whites but indication this is happening. we have seen these 750,000 temporary workers are responsible and committed to preserving american democracy. host: and they received training. what kind of training do they get? how long does it last? guest: it depends by the state and even locality. some go through two days of training, which is amazing. that is the gold standard.

they learn everything from how polling places work, where equipment needs to be put, how to check in voters and depending on what they are assisting with they will get the technical background. just in michigan, the county clerk is a member of our task force on elections which is a group of state and local election officials from around the country. he is increasingly discussing some of these insider threats in his poll worker training, helping poll workers know what they need to do to support elections and democracy and identify any risk of insider threats. one concern is resources are at the heart of a lot of administration problems we have. when states are not paying for and supporting training for election workers and it goes down to the local county or jurisdiction, they are sometimes disincentivized.

if they have to pay workers to attend training and if it is long, they might have to pay more and they have no resources. there is discrepancy in terms of how training takes place that we can address in the longer-term. host: what about early voting and mail in, absentee votes? are there election workers that deal with the opening of those ballots or the counting of those ballots? guest: yes, there are temporary election workers that assist in verifying the identity of the male in voters. typically, that is done by verifying the signature on the envelope. states do have vigorous training for those individuals and it is almost always done by a bipartisan group of individuals. when it comes to actually interacting with the ballots there is a higher standard for training and vetting for those workers. early voting, it depends.

the training would be more similar to the election day style or mail voting. host: and there are dismissal policies. if they were to violate their oath, there is dismissal that can happen. what sort of punishments? guest: it depends what they have done. in the michigan primary when someone was tampering with voting equipment, they were charged with a penalty for committing an act against the government. but in other cases, when it is something more smaller scale, they will be removed from their role, which is the most important. part if someone is doing something -- the most important part. -- the challenge we have seen as

many states and local jurisdictions lack clarity on how dismissal should take place. for a long time, temporary election workers were taken for granted and we thought, these are community members here to support the polling locations. we never thought about, what happens if they are trying to interfere with the results? it is not always clear who is responsible for dismissing a poll worker. if it is on election day and the roles are not clear, that creates the opportunity for conflict. if someone is asked to leave and they say, you don't have jurisdiction, we could see some conflict playing out. host: rachel orey with us talking about the latest report by the bipartisan policy center on poll workers and election security. let's hear from ida in new york city, democratic caller. caller: i am a democratic caller

and i am 96 years old. it has been a few years since i have been able to be anything other than helping in any minor way. all of my childhood and all of my mother's adulthood we were involved with the vote. there is no way you can train people to really care about something. we all are enforced by how we think or feel. if we are a democrat, we feel we are the top people. there are people that are going to try to sway the vote. i happen to be a democrat, that's true, and i don't think i

have ever been swayed by anything or anybody to do anything other than what was right. right to me is right. i think most republicans are the same way, right is right, and they not going to screw around trying to get someone to vote a way they did not vote. host: she was talking about she used to do poll working and she was there to do the right thing, she felt the republicans were too. and they have to take an oath. talk about why that matters. guest: i think it means something when you commit to serving your community and you take an oath that says, i commit to uphold the state constitution or i commit to upholding our elections. that means something to voters and i think the caller was right, republicans and democrats are both committed in many ways to supporting our democracy.

we did polling with morning consult and found the vast majority, something like 76% of voters nationally, believe their votes will be counted accurately. there is more doubt when it comes to whether they would be counted nationally, but there is more than meets the eye. it is so easy to cast dispersions against people who might not believe the results of an election. but i believe they are victims of a broader misinformation machine. host: one about what is happening in arizona by those going to the ballot box to vote early and there are ballot box watchers and the intimidation factor? guest: intimidation should never be tolerated. it is unfortunate what is happening with drop boxes.

it very clearly tracks to mixed truths about how drop boxes work. it is our opinion drop boxes are more secure than usps post boxes. it has to go through a lot of steps before it makes it back to the election office. when you are putting it into a dropbox, you're putting it in the hands of that election office. they are still verified. those return methods can be trusted and they should be trusted. this is one instance in which we are seeing misinformation turn into concrete threats of violence. election offices are preparing aggressively to respond to this. voters should feel safe knowing we have been preparing for months for this to happen. again, it comes down to a longer-term cultivation of trust

in the democratic process. host: larry in alexandria, virginia, you are retired from poll working? caller: i do not know if retired is the weight word. i just do not have the heart to do it. i'm looking for other ways to make things better. i did it for many years, coming from the heart, and poll workers do not make a lot of money but that is not what it is about. any time you work for the federal government, that is not what it is about. my experiences started in 2008 working in alexandria, fairfax county where i noticed the poll workers, the people coming in to vote, people were not polite. you can get over some things i remember one guy, some big shot in fairfax county. it was terrible. i noted deterioration in

conditions and the quality and the way we vote. i noticed there were more arguments amongst the poll workers who may or may not be allowed to vote. the last election i did was in 2018 in mclean, virginia. i noticed an increase of police presence and that was a turnoff for me. america needs to grow up or these people out there trying to destroy our process need to grow up and find some thing else to do. at the end of the day, i'm going to do like everybody else, i will write a book and people will buy it. host: rachel orey. guest: i completely agree that the temperature of elections has changed the last couple of years. that is why our report tried to instill trust in temporary election workers. it is so easy to cast dispersion. i see there being two classes. the individuals knowingly

perpetrating mistruths for their own political gain and then there are those who are victims to it. our recent polling suggests those that do not believe their votes will be counted accurately tend to be lower education and lower income. we see lower records of trust and democratic institutions and people feel ostracized and separated from their communities which creates an opening for this fiery rhetoric to take place. we really are trying to encourage voters to have more trust in their communities, in their election offices to turn down that temperature and bring back -- bring people back to what matters about america and why we care about our democracy. host: what are states doing to protect these workers? guest: since the 2020 election we have seen record levels of threats and harassment being

leveraged against full-time election workers, election officials and temporary election workers. it is creating a really tense environment for election officials trying to run an election while under intense public scrutiny, while having their lives regularly threatened by the constituents they are trying to serve. the federal government and department of justice recently created an election threats task force to investigate and prosecute threats being made against election officials. but prosecutions are incredibly low compared to the threats being made. i think they have prosecuted five or fewer total cases amidst the thousands of threats reported. in that absence, states like colorado and maine have stepped up to fill the gap. colorado has made it unlawful for anyone to threaten, harass or intimidate election workers. they also instituted steps to protect election workers from docs inc., which is when --

doxing, which is when personal information is shared online to undermine safety. we believe more states should take the steps as motivated violence increases. host: mark is in fort lauderdale, florida, democratic caller. caller: good morning. i took my poll watchers class last night online and i am waiting to get my assignment for tomorrow. it was like a 90 minute -- one of those things where there is a bunch of people being schooled online. i will say this, they made a very big deal about staying away from people, don't bother people, don't get in no one's face which i found reassuring. but the reason i got into this class was because i did vote

through a dropbox several days ago and i can tell we have an efficient system. it tells me my vote was counted. going back to the guy earlier when people were complaining about things take all day, all night for the votes to get counted, in pennsylvania, they don't let them start counting until the morning of the election. that is why that takes long and that is done by a republican state congress. i am going to get my assignment and i am going to go through a poll watch. my plan was to watch and see what other people are doing. i don't know if i have the guts to tell somebody you need to leave them alone or don't bother them or even complained to an official, that guy is doing this or that. but i am looking forward to the experience and participating in our election system.

host: rachel orey, is mark one of the many or are we facing a shortage in this election cycle? guest: we have faced shortages of temporary election workers for decades and this is nothing new. election offices are well prepared to handle that shortage and are always trying new recruitment techniques. what mark got at is the importance of preprocessing rules. pennsylvania does not allow election offices to tabular ballots until election day. when we have more individuals voting early and voting by mail this creates a burden on the election offices. on election day they are trying to run in person voters and prepare for tabulation. florida had several weeks before the election in which offices can do those steps. when the polls close on election day the unofficial results are

very quick and we think this is one of the most important steps in rebuilding public trust in the democratic process. if there is a long gap between the polls closing and the release of unofficial result, it is a window in which a lot of misinformation can take place. host: what are the recommendations of the bipartisan policy center? guest: we have made a series of recommendations about all parts of the process, specifically on temporary election workers. we think training and codes of conduct, clear rules for dismissal are all good ideas. when it comes to tabulating ballots, the task force of election officials recommended minimum of seven days in which offices nationwide should be able to begin processing and tabulating ballots. in states that have a lot of mail-in voting, like colorado and washington, they should have more. host: martha in illinois, poll worker. caller: hi. i am going to be an election judge on the 8th and i think it

is my fourth time. i wanted to make little comments. in illinois, we compare the signature to the voter. we do not have picture id. when i was an election judge for obama a lot of voters yelled at me because they wanted to know how come they did not have to show their picture id? during trump people were very angry. i am working tuesday. we will see what people will be like. host: she called herself an election judge. guest: the words vary by state. some places they are called poll workers, election judges, precinct officials, but the heart of it is they are supporting in-person voting on election day. it is funny, states vary in how

voter identifiti takes place. i consider this to be one of our greatest senhs. it keeps us resilient against any coordinated threat or attack. but when it comes to voter id, signature verification has been used for years. it is trusted. if election workers are trained on how to verify signatures. it is quite trusted. we recommend the states have some minimal identification with alternatives allowed. having a photo id or utility bill or student id. making sure everyone has access to the ballot while preserving trust because more and more when it comes to policies, we need to think about what works, which is what we have been thinking about for decades, and how it impacts the public's perception. host: greenbrier, arkansas,

glenn is an independent. caller: i want to make a couple of comments. my concern is all these people died of covid. have these people been removed from registration? my mother voted democrat for the first time and she has been dead six years. that poll worker who said he did not know if he could say something bad was happening, if he has no nuts, he can get out. who are they comparing the signatures to? something they signed 10 years ago? their signature may have changed. host: let's start with covid deaths and removing dead people from the rolls.

guest: there is a national voter registration act that does line out how they do that. we make sure they are as accurate as possible. many local officials check the obituary every day as that extra step to make sure the lists are as accurate as possible. states even coordinate on their voter registration lists through a program in which they share information about deaths and state moves to make sure the lists are accurate. in a country with hundreds of millions of people, sometimes things slip up and voter rolls are as accurate as any public record. but if you have an issue in which you think there is inaccuracy, contact your local election office. the election officials i know are more than happy to investigate any cases in which

they think something the various is going on. election officials are committed public servants and really want accurate lists. even if someone died and is not removed yet, that is why we have aggressive identity verification. when it comes to a signature, yes, you can copy a signature, but often the workers verifying those are looking for various things on the signature. how hard you write with a pen. is not so simple making something look similar. host: can our viewers go to your website and find out more information? guest: absolutely. you can go to the bipartisan policy center website. if you go to "elections," you

will find our reports. we discussed fortifying elections and reports on voter identification, audits, we would encourage you to take a look. host: thank you very much for the conversation. guest: thank you. host: we will take a short break and when we come back, we returned to the question we asked this morning. ra your top concerns for campaign 2022. that the economy? if so, what follows? if that is not your top ise, what is? tell us what they are and rank them for us. the lines are on your screen. ♪ announcer: on election night keep up to date with c-span's's coverage of the election results with c-span.org. see live results from each state.

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one day before election day, campaign 2022. what have been your top concerns this election cycle? rank them in order. maybe give us your top three or five. according to pew research center from their october survey, it is the economy for many of you. that can't be has been consistently the top issue. 79% saying it is the economy. but look at how it differs depending on party after the economy. other issues eliciting partisan divide, republican voters 76% immigration, 74% violent crime. for democrats the future of democracy, 80%. health care 79% and abortion 75%. mark in philadelphia, democratic caller, one of the top concerns for you? caller: my number one concern is

election denial. i mean, ron johnson came out and said if he loses, he will not accept results. running for governor in arizona, she will not accept the results. i am hearing callers from my state calling and complaining about the pennsylvania supreme court decision going against trump and the republicans. these cases were appealed to the u.s. supreme court where they were upheld. we have elections that republicans do not like when they lose. they claim unsubstantiated voter fraud and when we lose, like bush v. gore, we are supposed to accept it. when republicans lose elections it is because democrats steal it, and when they win it is fair and square. this is insanity.

host: dan in new jersey, republican, your top concerns or issues. caller: imagine that somebody goes through medical school and they are shown comic books medicine. people are getting so activated about the election not because of anything concrete but because of this incredible mood of hatefulness and the other guy is going to screw things up. host: dan, what is the top issue for you? caller: the top issue for me personally is i voted early in the envelope had to have my

signature on it with my ballot inside. i do not think you can call that privacy. i accepted that. i am not ashamed of my vote but most importantly is all these ancillary issues that have nothing to do with what you're going into the voting booth to do. people do not want to stick to the hard issues. they get all worked up and emotionally involved. it is like new year's eve when you get drunk and jump around or that is the saddest part. host: brian in michigan, independent voter. how are you going to vote in the governor's race? caller: who am i going to vote for? host: yep. caller: i did not think that was the question. i voted for tudor. we have had enough of

whitmere. let's talk about the question you have up. after 9/11, having spent a lot of time overseas, when 9/11 hit what we did do -- bush, i am an independent guy so i can go after both sides -- bush enacted the patriot act. a lot of portions of that are unconstitutional. you saw that played out with mr. trump. the fbi and other agencies, you saw and clear for me, having worked in intelligence, that our apparatus for gaining intelligence, those have been weaponized by, at the time, the democratic party. that is obvious beyond belief. even lindsey graham was part of it on the republican side.

furthermore, it would have to be, are we to remain a sovereign nation? i understand everybody wants to get into this globalism. president biden says, oh, it is not just us, it is the world. the whole experiment for america was for us to be the best we can and that other nations would willingly want to follow our lead. the importance of this at the southern border, that is a disgrace what we are doing in all forms. that is my biggest concern. host: i got to get in some other voices. george in harrisburg, pennsylvania, democratic caller. caller: yes, my main issue is that people are breeding a new generation of kids without

knowing, or at least without paying any attention to a report by climate nonprofits, that looked at 40 indicators of climate progress and showed not a single one is on track for the world to meet its 2030 targets. this is important because my grandchildren will be cooking, literally unable to live. host: george, are you voting for democrats because that is the top issue? how are you voting? caller: no, i am voting for democrats but it is just because when i was a republican, we did not do things like the trump supporters do. if we lost an election, we just worked harder to win next time.

since the republicans are just going to say, nah, i don't accept the results. well, the results will be that they lose and they will not accept them, but what happens then i don't know. host: who did you vote for in the senate race in pennsylvania? caller: i have not voted yet, but i will decide and be at the polls tomorrow. host: beverly in wyoming, republican. caller: hi. i wanted to give a shout out to to lynette grable. and i hope the republicans vote for her. best of luck. lynette grable. host: what are your top issues in this election? caller: because she is decent

and she speaks for the people. that is the kind of people i want in office. host: you vote on character. caller: yes, i do, and they have to have real nice or just speak the truth. host: alan in arkansas, independent. caller: good morning. host: morning. caller: greta, good morning to you especially. i was watching the morning on january 6 and you were on. i have been trying to look up on your archive month after month all this time to see the replay of your program that morning as that riot progressed and it has been blocked. it is not covered. would you see to it -- that is

not my question -- but would you see it that your technical folks get that full accounting of that morning while you were on air? again, i was watching and the obvious affect of that riot that morning was to stop the legal review of these close elections in three states. three states were decided by less than 10,000 to 12,000 votes which is unprecedented. they were simply going to recount those and this is the misinformation you keep repeating, including your guest the last half-hour. the point is to count proper legal votes, which means votes cast according to state legislatures that passed their

laws to decide what is legal. not the judges that changed what a legal vote was and that is what they were going to decide that morning, whether to count those votes that mostly democrat judges changed what the definition was. which is completely unconstitutional. i don't understand why everyone is not discussing that. whether or not judges can change the definition of a vote when, legally, only state legislatures can do that. the riot occurred to stop that legal review and to blame trump and us folks that voted for him for that riot is absurd. we wanted those three days of hearings to take place. last thing, i promised i have been calling each month the last four months.

sincerely, president trump, please accept the speaker of the house nomination. that is the way we can return to civility, returned to office and rectify what happened january 6. host: ok. we will go to ken in woodstock, new york, democratic caller. caller: one of my concerns is the economy. of course, no one likes to pay more than they have to. but i think it is not genuine for the opposing party to totally blame conditions we are in on president biden and this coming election.

i don't think those are valid reasons to vote for the opposing party and let's see in a year if they take back the houses if the economy is any different. what i hear is i do not hear a lot about what their plan is to change the economy. host: the president was in new york yesterday stumping for your governor. she is in a tight race. why do you think that is? caller: to go against our government -- there is no legitimate reason. a politician that can defend that is not worth their salt. that is what i have to say. host: james, myrtle beach, south carolina, republican. your top issues. can you rank them for us? caller: i would have to stay off

the top the economy is number one. concerned about crime, that is an issue. seems like we have gone to a place in this country where we have decided good is bad and bad is good, and i don't think that is productive for us. those of the top two concerns but the other one is people talk about preserving our democracy. that seems one-sided. the democrats -- hillary did not accept the outcome of the election, abrams did not accept the outcome of the election. i am concerned about the democracy of our country too but it seems to be one-sided right now. there is corruption running deep in our government and it seems to sway the same way. we see what happened to donald

trump the russia collusion think. i don't care who you are but if you're being honest with yourself, that was wrong. and people question why people would deny the results of an election. if you are republican and watching what goes on in this country every day, i think it starts to understand. the last thing i will say is i am tired of being called a racist by this president. host: kathy and wisconsin, independent. how are you going to vote in the senate race in wisconsin? caller: i am not going to say. i was just going to address the question if you don't mind? host: sure. caller: i'm sorry. [laughs] i have a very large concern. i call fairly regular and i'm really concerned with the chinese take over of american companies. in wisconsin, smithfield farms

and tons of subsidiaries are connected to the people's republic of china. i just learned on your show saudi arabia owns refineries in the united states? evidently there is no federal overreach. i encourage everybody to find out how much foreign government owns land in our united states. the price of eggs is four times. a month ago it was $1.18 for an 18 pack. we have hundreds of food processing plants burned down. we have bird flu wipeout tons of our laying hens and we wonder

why we have a bad economy? these are things that have foreign actors involved and i am not a conspiracy theorist, but if you look at the laws that were broken -- tw back up th guy on the elections. host: ramona, democratic caller. what are your issues? caller: thank you for taking my call. my top issue in georgia is morality. herschel walker, he has no morals but he is a republican. so the party is not voting for people that have morals. they are just voting party favor. the second one is social

security. they said social security would not be eliminated by republicans but it will be altered. the third one is the republicans think the united states is for sale. the chinese own one million acres of america. the chinese own one million acres of america and they just bought a company in virginia. republicans are selling off the united states for money. host: steve in columbia, maryland, republican. rank your issues in order. caller: thank you very much for c-span and your service. it is all about election integrity. we have got to go to paper ballots only, like france and germany.

france had the mail-in ballot crap years ago and they found the fraud was massive. why are the machines a problem? we have forensic evidence of problems in georgia, colorado and new mexico. in georgia, we had a county commissioner race where the votes were completely flipped by the machines and when they did the hand recount, the one candidate was eliminated. in mexico, it was a situation where the republicans controlled everything and they were off 20%. get rid of the machines. anytime you have the machines it empowers people to commit fraud. host: got it. to the previous caller who said they could not find coverage of gender sixth, if you go to c-span.org -- of january 6, if you go to c-span.org you will find the video from the day.

you can look for preview electoral college count session. andy in illinois, democratic caller. caller: good morning, greta. how are you doing? host: good. tell us your top issue and rank them in order. caller: i only have one issue and that as i want the selection year to be over. that is pre-much it. host: john in florida, republican. your number one issue and go from there. caller: my number one issue is the economy and inflation. of course, i am concerned about other things like crime. host: did you vote straight

republican ticket? caller: yes. host: roger in kathleen, georgia, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: you are welcome. your top issues. caller: my top issue is the country itself. my second issue is the economy. the third one is medicaid/medicare. the fourth one is, hopefully, that the two republicans and democrats can work together to benefit the country and the citizens. host:host: what issue should they work on? where do you want them to reach bipartisan ground? caller: i want them to try and turn around -- we need to move

in one direction. we are constantly fighting, moving here, moving there. we need to move in one direction. we have too many poor people, homeless people, we have too many old people not been taking care of and we have too many people -- too many rich people -- pillaging the country. host: let's hear from bill in port richie, florida. you are democratic caller so what are your top issues? caller: inflation. i was going to talk about all of the profits all of these corporations are making. record-breaking profits and stock buybacks are breaking records. but my main thing is, like, who

sets the prices for all this high inflation? is at the president of the united states or is that the corporations that set the prices to hit everybody in their wallet? the best way to get people to not like your president is to hit them in the wallet. just because he wanted to put get some money from the corporations. the corporations seems like everything is overpriced. host: you're going to have to mute your televisions. paul in long island, republican. caller: how you doing? it comes down to one thing, political correctness. crt, lgbtq and all that stuff on tv. ok? host: brad in maine, independent.

caller: can you hear me? host: we can. your top issues. caller: my issue is that we have the wrong kind of voting system. nevada is having an election on ranked choice voting. the system we have is the most votes win. that is going to run you into a two party system, which is the cause of all the problems we have. yet, the real issue -- yeah, the real issue is you need majority to have democracy. host: we have to leave it there. camping coverage continues tomorrow on "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we will have coverage in the evening starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we hope you join us and we will pick up the next morning here on

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