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--:-- John Bickley: With three weeks to go until Election Day, we turn our focus to the governor's races. Which states could flip? Which are toss-ups? And what are the issues motivating voters? There's a lot of fentanyl that's coming over our borders right now. Plus, who's really ahead in the Pennsylvania Senate race? We'll release Daily Wire's exclusive poll right here with our A-rated pollster.
--:-- John Bickley: Hello and welcome to Election Wire. I'm John Bickley, Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief with Senior Editor Cabot Phillips.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Hey, John. Hey, Cabot.
--:-- John Bickley: The countdown continues. Last week, we focused on the Senate toss-ups. Today, we'll break down the most important gubernatorial contests.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: All right, Cabot, first, which states are in play with the governor's races?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Well, I'm very glad we're talking about these states because it's easy to only get caught up in the federal elections. But keep in mind, and for a lot of voters at home, governor's elections end up impacting them throughout the year a lot more. Who's in office there impacts people a lot more. And so right now, it's important to kind of zoom out and look at the national stage first.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Republicans currently hold 28 of 50 governor's mansions nationwide. But they're very optimistic that that number is going to be a lot higher come November. And frankly, they have good reason to feel that way. The map certainly favors them this year.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Of the 36 total governor's races going on nationwide, if you look at the 10 closest races, the 10 toss-ups. Get this, nine of them are currently held by Democrats. So Democrats are really going to be on the defensive right now because they are in the most vulnerable states.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And it's also worth pointing out, the only of those 10 toss-ups held by a Republican right now is Governor Doug Ducey in Arizona. And Arizona, Republicans there are pretty confident right now in Cary Lake. That race is getting a lot of attention. It's good for them.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Yeah, so Arizona, let's start there. Let's look at that governor's race. It's getting a lot of attention nationally. What's the latest on that?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Well, it's getting a lot of attention for good reason, because this is probably the closest race that we've seen nationwide. Over the last month, for example, you've got six polls that show Carrie Lake with the lead. You've got five that show her Democrat opponent Katie Hobbs with the lead. You've got two where they are in a complete tie.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: So everyone's looking at Arizona because this is a spot where Democrats are hoping to get one pickup. They don't have a ton of opportunities for picking up governor's offices. This is one of their chances.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Hobbs is a former social worker. She's got a long history of experience in the state. She's been in local politics for about 20 years there. But the big hit from Democrats themselves, they're talking off the record now. They're starting to say, well, we wish she would campaign more. She's not exactly the most exciting speaker.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And then there's the independent vote, right? That is going to be key in Arizona. It's important everywhere, but in a state like Arizona especially. That's because of voter registration, the breakdown between the two parties.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Right now, there are 1.3 million registered Republicans, only 1.28 million registered Democrats. That means if a Democrat's going to win a statewide election, they're going to have to peel off a few Republicans. And if they can't do that, they're going to have to peel off a whole lot of independents.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: A third of the state is registered as independent. So you're going to have to win overwhelmingly as a Democrat. And Katie Hobbs, that's the big question for her. Can she go out and do that? She hasn't really been on the trail as much as Carrie Lake has.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Now, one of the ways she could appeal to a broader voting base might be the debate, but there's actually been an issue there, right? She refuses to debate. So she will not debate Carrie Lake.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Now, Carrie Lake says it's because she doesn't want to talk about the issues. It's because she knows that, in her words, she's going to get beaten in the debate. But Hobbs' team has said it's because Carrie Lake would turn it into a spectacle, and they don't want to dignify her with the debate.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But regardless of what her reasons are, the optics are not good for Hobbs. Not just that Lake's team can say, look, she doesn't want to defend herself in front of the voters, but also because there was a debate scheduled earlier. Hobbs did not show up. She refused. Lake went ahead and showed up, and they had the debate.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: They televised it throughout the state with two podiums. Carrie Lake stood in front of her podium. She answered questions for the full hour. There was an empty podium there that's really highlighted the fact for a lot of voters that Hobbs didn't want to talk.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And one more interesting nugget. During the primary, Hobbs also did not agree to a debate with her main primary opponent. So whatever her reasons are for not doing it, Lake's team is saying, look, she won't debate anybody. And that clearly seems to be having an impact, especially if you want to win over independence.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: What are some of the key issues that are driving voters in Arizona? The economy, obviously, is one of the key issues there, as it is everywhere.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: You're not going to find a state where that's not one of the top one or two issues. But in Arizona, as you might imagine, it's immigration. Because they are a border state, because they've particularly been overwhelmed by this migrant crisis, millions of people crossing the border.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Carrie Lake has made that a key issue for her campaign. And on that immigration point, we've reached out to both campaigns to get their take on what they would do if elected. Hobbs' team has not yet responded.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Lake was more than willing to talk. And she actually spoke to us exclusively about her plans, what she would do on immigration if she took office.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: We're taking the matter into our own hands. We are invoking our Article I, Section 10 powers in the U.S. Constitution to do that starting on day one. I'm declaring an invasion. I'm issuing a declaration of invasion on day one.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: We're going to start sending troops to the border in key areas where people are coming across, and we're going to stop people from coming across.
--:-- John Bickley: So we want to get next to a race that no one thought would be a race at all. It's New York State's governor's race. We've got incumbent Kathy Hochul facing off against Lee Zeldin, the Republican. And it's a real contest now, right?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Yeah, I think a lot of people a year ago would be shocked to find out that we were even tracking this race. Zeldin is now within two points in the latest Trafalgar polling.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Wow. In past elections, Democrats have won by 15, 20, even 25 points in statewide elections. But there are a few things really going in Republicans' favor.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: First off is disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo. When he stepped down, Kathy Hochul was in many ways sort of his number two in statewide politics for the Democrats.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: She has tried very hard to distance herself from Cuomo. The other main issue that helping Republicans is crime Lee Zeldin has completely honed in on that as his main issue pointing out that crime is horrible in New York not only in New York City but throughout the rest of the state.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: He has pointed out that since Democrats took power we seen a clear rise in violent crime rates especially. And he's actually been the victim of some of that crime.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Yeah, the attack on his house. Let's talk about that. That was a major moment that happened this last week. What happened there and how does that impact the race?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Well, this is certainly something that can impact a race because it really highlights exactly what Lee Zeldin's talking about. So he and his wife were at a Columbus Day parade just earlier this month.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: His two 16-year-old daughters were at home doing homework. They started hearing shooting outside. They ran, locked themselves in a bathroom, called 911.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: There were two young men that were shot on Zeldin's property that were hiding in some bushes under a deck trying to get away from the shooters.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And Zeldin obviously rushed home. One of the bullets landed about 20 feet away from Zeldin's daughters. They both were okay.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But again, this highlights exactly what Zeldin has been talking about. And it's not the only example of crime really touching Zeldin in a personal way.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: He was giving a campaign event over the summer. He's up on stage. A crazed man comes up on stage, tries to attack him. Watch the video of that moment if you haven't.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: It's a very scary thing to see. There's only one option. What is he doing? You've done it. You've done it. You've done it. You've done it. Whoa! Whoa!
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Really disturbing footage there. Very scary stuff. And one thing that was just as disturbing for Zeldin, especially, and a lot of people in New York, is that the assailant in this case was actually let out on bond later the next day.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And this is something Republicans have consistently talked about. They've said, look, too many violent criminals are left out in the streets because of Democrat policies on criminal justice reform.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And when you've got a candidate attacked and then you see that policy taking place and the effect of it, it really does galvanize a lot of voters in the state and make this into a personal issue for people.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And that does seem to have been sort of a turning point in the election in many ways.
--:-- John Bickley: All right, so let's shift south to Georgia, where we have another closely watched race that features incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp facing off against Democrat Stacey Abrams.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: What's the latest in this race?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Well, the Senate race, they're obviously getting an incredible amount of attention. The governor's race, not as much attention, even though you've got the narrative of this being a repeat of the 2018 race.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Right, the big rematch. Their big rematch where Kemp won back in 2018. This time, he's opened up a serious lead. Republicans are very confident he's going to win there.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And this is an example of different strategies from Democrats. So in the Senate race, Raphael Warnock, he's trying to galvanize a lot of independent support.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: He's very open about the fact that he wants moderate Republicans to vote for him. He hasn't exactly tried to court the far-left progressive base in Georgia.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Abrams, on the other hand, she has made this all about progressivism and far-left policies. She has really dove in trying to galvanize, in her words, the progressive base.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The problem in a state like Georgia that's been purple recently and deep red even as recently as 10 years ago, there's not a huge progressive base there.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And so that seems to be one reason that Kemp has opened up such a wide lead over Abrams. And Abrams already lost the governor's race four years ago, right?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And that's another interesting point here. She has statewide name recognition. A lot of times in a race like this, you're really just trying to get your name out there.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Everyone in Georgia knows who Stacey Abrams is. And on a nationwide scale, they know as well.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And some Democrats have been hesitant to support her, hesitant to pour too much money into her race because of the way she reacted to the 2018 race.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: You might remember she refused to concede defeat. She went on calling herself the rightful governor of Georgia. She went on denying the election results, which a lot of people have pointed to the way she reacted from 2018 to 2020 there.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But there have also been questions about her fundraising, what she's been doing with money that she claimed to be using for voter turnout, and a nonprofit that was supposed to be registering voters there in Georgia.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: So there are some lingering questions there. But Abrams is struggling right now. And this is a race we're going to watch. Obviously, there's room to change, but Republicans are confident in Georgia.
--:-- John Bickley: All right, so that's what's happening in Georgia. Let's go out to Oregon, where we've got another very surprising race, kind of like the New York race. No one thought this would be competitive.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: There's a reason this race is competitive. We've got actually three candidates here, Democrat Tina Kotek, Republican Christine Drazen, and Independent Betsy Johnson.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: How's this shaking out?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Well, this is one of my favorite races, and it's something really that no one was expecting. If you would have told people recently that there could be a Republican governor in Oregon, Oregon a state that has not gone for, they've not had a Republican governor in over three decades, not exactly a Republican bastion.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Right now, the Republican there, Christine Drazen, She's polling in the mid-30s all the way up to the high 30s, which might not sound like enough to win the race.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But there are three serious candidates on the ballot, as you mentioned earlier. The Democrat Tina Kotak, she's polling in the low 30s to mid-30s.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But the key candidate that's shifting this race is Betsy Johnson, independent candidate. She's been in Oregon politics for 20, 30 years.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But the key point here, she was serving in office as a Democrat. And so in a state like Oregon, where the electorate is overwhelmingly Democrat, and you've got two candidates polling over 20%. Sure, she's going to draw that vote. Exactly.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: It's going to benefit Republicans. And so she's insistent that she will not be dropping out. She's, you know, she said things that have tried to appeal to the Republican base. She said things like, Oregon has gone woke. We need to bring it back.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But also on her policies, she's a pretty standard Democrat candidate. Now, the thing hurting Democrats in Oregon is the fact that their nominee, Tina Kotek, has been in state house or been in state politics for years now.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: It's her association with the governor, Kate Brown. Kate Brown, the Democrat incumbent, she's not on the ballot this year, but she is the least popular governor in all of America based on unfavorability ratings.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And she's really viewed Tina Kotek as Kate Brown's right-hand person. She's been the Speaker of the House in Oregon for a long time. That association with the unpopular Kate Brown has really played a role in her struggling.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And so in this race, really the magic number could be 37, 38%. And you could see a Republican taking office in Oregon. Not something you'd expect to see a few years ago.
--:-- John Bickley: Now we turn to our pivot point where we look at key moments that could alter the political landscape.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: All right, Cabot, the first of this episode's pivot points involves Governor Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: So down in Florida President Biden visited victims of Hurricane Ian He had some very very interesting comments to say about Governor DeSantis and his ability to help get aid to those in need Have a listen
--:-- Cabot Phillips: What the governor's done is pretty remarkable so far. I mean, this is what he's done. Not the sort of comments you might expect from Joe Biden about Ron DeSantis.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Especially when you keep in mind that Democrats have been trying to paint DeSantis so far, who, remember, is up for re-election in a race that's not a cakewalk.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: They try to paint him as an extremist and is a fascist. Statewide Democrats there in Florida have tried to say that DeSantis has not done enough to help victims in need of the hurricane.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: DeSantis' team has said that's ridiculous. That's just politics. And here's Biden really blowing up that narrative.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Exactly. You've got the leader of the Democrat Party stepping in and saying, actually, this DeSantis guy has done a really good job.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: That is going to be something that DeSantis' team benefits from, especially in a place like Florida where disaster responsiveness is a huge issue for campaigns.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: You know, and that's the kind of political moment that could have long-term, you know, implications for DeSantis, who's seen as really a front-runner for a 2024 presidential bid.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Expect to hear that again if he does run.
--:-- John Bickley: Yeah, for sure. Flipping it back to you now, John, what's your pivot point?
--:-- John Bickley: Yeah, so this is the Pennsylvania Senate race. Fetterman hasn't given a sit-down, in-person interview since he had his stroke.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And there's been lots of questions if he could even do that. He's been really sort of ducking the debate, finally agreed to a debate last second, October 25th.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: He finally sat down with an NBC reporter and it did not go well. Take a look.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Because of his stroke, Fetterman's campaign required closed captioning technology for this interview to essentially read our questions as we asked them.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And Lester, in small talk before the interview without captioning, it wasn't clear he was understanding our conversation.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Yeah, so there you have a sympathetic crew try to really work with him. He really struggled for an in-person interview.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: He's got a debate coming up. Is he going to be able to handle that?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: This is the first time I think we've seen this much exposure to his mental health issue from a mainstream outlet.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: One thing also worth pointing out, that NBC reporter was actually attacked by many on the left for people saying that it was ableist of them to question whether that he was cognitively fit to serve as a senator.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: People saying you can't ask questions about that. It's wrong. Some people even saying this is the equivalent of calling out someone for needing a wheelchair.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The Oz campaign is saying this is a legitimate question to ask. Are you mentally fit to be a senator? Don't expect this issue to go away, but interesting to see the Democrat response shift from nothing is wrong to now do not ask questions.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: And even that blowback just gives it more attention. So that is clearly a potential pivot point in this race.
--:-- John Bickley: All right, so before we get to some exclusive polling updates, we want to follow up on some of the Senate battleground races we touched on last week.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Cabot, if you could bring us up to speed. We'll start with Georgia. There's the key race there between Republican Herschel Walker and Democrat Raphael Warnock.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: We're finally starting to get our first look at polling after that bombshell story came out from the Daily Beast, alleging that Herschel Walker had paid for an abortion for an ex-girlfriend.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Now, a lot of Democrats in the state had hoped that that would be the end of the Walker campaign, but all three polls that we've seen since that story came out show that the race is just as tight as ever.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: All three polls are within three points. One poll from the AJC actually has the race at a statistical tie.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: So Georgia, just as close as ever. We'll shift next to Ohio. The latest polling there shows J.D. Vance, the Republican, with a two-point lead over the Democrat Tim Ryan.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Now, there was just a key debate that a lot of people were waiting to see. So we're going to wait to see if there's any sort of polling shift that happens after that debate.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Both candidates seem to hold their ground pretty well. A lot of people online in the media saying that Vance appeared to come out with the upper hand.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But again, we'll have to see how voters respond to that one.
--:-- John Bickley: Now to Wisconsin, where the Republican Ron Johnson, the incumbent, is starting to pull away from the Democrat Mandela Barnes.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: It's the new poll that everyone's talking about. It comes from Marquette, which is one of the kind of establishment polls in Wisconsin.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: They had Ron Johnson up six points. That same poll last month had him up just one point.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: So the key poll there in Wisconsin showing Ron Johnson with some clear momentum.
--:-- John Bickley: Now heading out west to Nevada. Stop me if you've heard this before. This race is also neck and neck between Republican Adam Laxalt and Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The latest polling from CNN has Laxalt with a two-point lead, but it's worth pointing out there has been other polls. There have been other polls in the last few weeks that have shown Cortez Masto with the lead.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Really, it's the definition of a toss-up. Every poll seems to be showing something different. Still incredibly close.
--:-- John Bickley: And finally, we have the state of Pennsylvania. But for this one, we've got something very special.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Joining us in person, in studio, is Mr. Robert Cahaley, founder of the Trafalgar Group.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Hey, Robert. Good to have you here in person this time.
--:-- John Bickley: So we announced our partnership last week. We're doing a number of polls with you guys, exclusive polls. This is our first one. We're excited about it. It's a big poll. It's Pennsylvania.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Let's start right from the top. We've got the biggest race in Pennsylvania. Everyone's watching Dr. Mehmet Oz versus John Fetterman. What did we learn?
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Well, what we've learned, this race continues to tighten. The real clear politics average going into this poll was 3.7, with Emerson coming in just in the last couple days with a 2% and insider advantage with a 3%.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: And so we're showing a 2.4, which will round to 2%, and with Oz at 44.8 and Fetterman at 47.2. This continues just to stay tight, and we're seeing some separation in the governor's race, but this one continues to be just kind of a dogfight with a lot of issues that are significant, especially crime, as people learn more about Fetterman's record on crime and betterment support for legalization of drugs, it's becoming a bigger problem in the race.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: So you have a 2.4% gap between the two. And a month ago, you had something similar. Trafalgar found something similar. But as you mentioned, a lot of the polls said, no, this is an eight to 10 point gap. And you were arguing, hey, look, this is always close. But here we are, as you mentioned, 2.4 and a couple other polls now showing, yeah, this is a really tight race.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: One of the things I was interested in is there's a lot of undecideds in this race. Can you talk about that?
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Well, we have a good bit of undecideds, over 4%. We also have over 3%, 3.4% for the libertarian. Now, a lot of the times, those people don't end up staying there. And the undecideds at this point, most of the undecideds have a negative opinion of Biden So I don't really see them breaking toward Fetterman So I think that you see probably a few as always do fall off the Libertarian and end up with the Republican And then I think there a good chance that right now the way things are set, is Oz is going to pick up more of the undecideds than Fetterman.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Now, when we drill down into the specifics of the demographics, do we see anything interesting in this race?
--:-- Robert Cahaley: One thing we felt was very interesting is Oz, all the Republicans this year are doing very well with black voters. But Oz is doing better than most, over 30%. And that is in large part because Oz, unlike everybody else, is doing significantly well with black women. He's over 25% with them.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: And so, yeah, that is a significant outlier. And it may have something to do with his talk, being on talk shows all the time. But yeah, a lot of people have gotten to know him outside of politics. And it's hard to demonize somebody that you've seen on TV and you just like.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: We're going to get into some more of the issues that are really driving this race on next week's episode. But right now, what are the key issues for voters in Pennsylvania? What have you found in the field?
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Absolutely. Some of the big issues are just as anywhere else, crime, inflation. You know, an overall sense of it's out of control.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: This Wawa incident really has galvanized folks. It would, you know, Lee Atwater would call that a defining moment. But I think that's really kind of just exactly what's going on.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: That a bunch of teenagers could just run in there and just act like that and did it because they didn't really fear reprisals. They didn't really fear any punishment. That kind of environment is driving a lot of voters that don't consider themselves Republicans just to vote against who's in charge now.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Well, we're four weeks out. Do you see Mehmet Oz pulling this one off?
--:-- Robert Cahaley: I think it's completely, completely possible that he can do that. So the only debate that's taking place between these two, the only that Fetterman has agreed to will not be happening until October 25th, right before the election.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Early voting has already started and it will have continued before that. How much of an impact do you expect that to have on things?
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Late deciders don't tend to be early voters. Those things don't go together. So I think it will have an impact. I think it'll be a sizable impact.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: So I'd look to see these polls continue to tighten. I mean, all the nonsense of trying to separate that this race was a huge gap or are falling away. And now that they're having to admit the reality to avoid being embarrassed again, I think they'll all start tightening.
--:-- John Bickley: Robert, thank you for joining us.
--:-- Robert Cahaley: Thank you.
--:-- John Bickley: Polls and pundits get a lot of attention, but it's the voice of the voters that matter the most. Every week, Election Wire will speak to voters from across the country about the issues important to them.
--:-- John Bickley: Take a look.
--:-- Voter 1: Well I think fentanyl is number one for me obviously. The economy and then crime and those would be the most two that I'm most very concerned about.
--:-- Voter 2: No doubt the border. Inflation I guess I would say. The electrical cars they're pissing me off and also inflation as well I mean I'm not made out of money I don't think anybody is.
--:-- Voter 3: Right now it's a freefall of stolen cars and they just it's 14 year olds 15 year olds they steal them they let them go they never really get prosecuted.
--:-- Voter 4: They catch people and they're released within an hour. Securing the border so drugs and anything else that's not legal doesn't come across.
--:-- Voter 5: Well, there's a lot of fentanyl that's coming over our borders right now. And unfortunately, it's killing a lot of people.
--:-- Voter 6: And now they're making it in all different colors and it's, you know, attractive to children because of that. And it's really a shame.
--:-- Voter 7: I mean, And you can find it in almost every drug nowadays. And, I mean, it'll just kill you dead, you know?
--:-- Voter 8: Let's talk about how that's going to affect the economy. Let's talk about how that's going to affect neighborhoods, people, that kind of thing.
--:-- Voter 9: There's not enough battery technology to cover that many electrical cars. You can't do away with gas cars. You can't.
--:-- Voter 10: I mean, think about it. You go anywhere and everything is through the roof. I mean, I used to go grocery shopping and, you know, maybe I would spend $150, $200 for the household.
--:-- Voter 11: It's now double that. I'm losing money. The government is spending too much money and they're not securing the border.
--:-- Voter 12: Crime, just because when I think of, you know, if I have kids and I have a family and I think of my, it's even, we're even seeing worse crime up in the suburbs.
--:-- Voter 13: So it's not just a major, you know, Philly, Philadelphia thing or major city thing. So just based on crime and the economy, you know, we all like making more money.
--:-- Voter 14: And if you're not making a lot more and inflation is going up, you're doing worse. Biden, we just need someone younger.
--:-- Voter 15: Ever since Joe Biden came to office, Americans have suffered. I think Joe could be doing a lot more than he's doing.
--:-- Voter 16: Well, look where we're at. I can't stand having Joe Biden as a president because I don't feel safe.
--:-- Voter 17: There's got to be younger, more vibrant people that are more charismatic, have better ideas, higher energy, just everything.
--:-- Voter 18: I miss all of the terrific stuff that Trump was doing. He's not addressing a lot of the issues.
--:-- Voter 19: I mean, economy-wise, things aren't good. As Dick said, everything is through the roof money-wise.
--:-- Voter 20: You know, gas is crazy. Everything is expensive. I just think that people hated Trump because they thought he was so mean and all these different things.
--:-- Voter 21: And I really don't care if our president's mean because he got things done. And there weren't wars and there weren't things going on while he was president because people were too scared to mess with him.
--:-- Voter 22: And I would rather have a president that wrote mean things that hurt people's feelings but ran our country like a business.
--:-- John Bickley: Always fascinating to hear from voters across the country.
--:-- John Bickley: That's a wrap for this episode. Thanks for joining us on Election Wire this week.
--:-- John Bickley: We'll be back next week to bring you the election news you need to know.
--:-- John Bickley: Thank you.
