Election Wire: The Governors

[0] 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?

[1] Well, there's a lot of fentanyl that's coming over our borders right now.

[2] Plus, who's really ahead in the Pennsylvania Senate race?

[3] We'll release DailyWire's exclusive poll right here with our A -rated pollster.

[4] Hello and welcome to Election Wire.

[5] I'm John Bickley, DailyWire editor -in -chief with Senior Editor Cabot Phillips.

[6] Hey, Gabbitt.

[7] Hey, John.

[8] The countdown continues.

[9] Last week, we focused on the Senate toss -ups.

[10] Today we'll break down the most important gubernatorial contests.

[11] All right, Cabot, at first, which states are in play with the governor's races?

[12] Well, I'm very glad we're talking about these states because it's easy to only get caught up in the federal elections.

[13] But keep in mind, for a lot of voters at home, governors' elections end up impacting them throughout the year a lot more.

[14] Who's in office there impacts people a lot more.

[15] And so right now, it's important to kind of zoom out and look at the national stage first.

[16] Republicans currently hold 28 of 50 governors mansions nationwide, But they're very optimistic that that number is going to be a lot higher come November.

[17] And frankly, they have good reason to feel that way.

[18] The map certainly favors them this year.

[19] 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.

[20] So Democrats are really going to be on the defensive right now because they are in the most vulnerable states.

[21] And it's also worth pointing out the only of those 10 toss -ups held by our Republican right now, it's Governor Doug Ducey in Arizona.

[22] and Arizona, Republicans there are pretty confident right now in Kerry Lake.

[23] That race is getting a lot of attention.

[24] Good for them.

[25] Yeah, so Arizona, let's start there.

[26] Let's look at that governor's rights.

[27] It's getting a lot of attention nationally.

[28] What's the latest on that?

[29] Well, it's getting a lot of attention for good reason because this is probably the closest race that we've seen nationwide.

[30] Over the last month, for example, you've got six polls that show Carrie Lake with the lead.

[31] We've got five that show her Democrat opponent, Katie Hobbs, with the lead.

[32] You've got two where they are in a complete tie.

[33] So everyone's looking at Arizona because this is a spot where Democrats are hoping to get one pickup.

[34] They don't have a ton of opportunities for picking up governor's offices.

[35] This is one of their chances.

[36] Hobbs is a former social worker.

[37] She's got a long history of experience in the state.

[38] She's been in local politics for about 20 years there.

[39] But the big hit from Democrats themselves, they're talking off the record now.

[40] They're starting to say, well, we wish she would campaign more.

[41] She's not exactly the most exciting speaker.

[42] And then there's the independent vote, right?

[43] That is going to be key in Arizona.

[44] It's important everywhere, but in a state like Arizona especially.

[45] That's because of voter registration, the breakdown between the two parties.

[46] Right now, there are 1 .3 million registered Republicans, only 1 .28 million registered Democrats.

[47] That means if a Democrat's going to win a statewide election, they're going to have to peel off a few Republicans.

[48] And if they can't do that, they're going to have to peel off a whole lot of independence.

[49] A third of the state is registered as independent.

[50] So you're going to have to win overwhelmingly as a Democrat.

[51] And Katie Hobbs, that's the big question of her.

[52] Can she go out and do that?

[53] She hasn't really been on the trail as much as Carrie.

[54] Lake has.

[55] 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?

[56] She refuses to debate.

[57] So she will not debate Carrie Lake.

[58] Now, Carrie Lake says it's because she doesn't want to talk about the issues.

[59] It's because she knows that, you know, in her words, she's going to get beaten in the debate.

[60] 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 a debate.

[61] 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.

[62] Hobbs did not show up.

[63] She refused.

[64] Lake went ahead and showed up, and they had the debate.

[65] They televised it throughout the state with two podiums.

[66] Carrie Lake stood in front of her podium.

[67] She answered questions for the full hour.

[68] There was an empty podium there just really highlighted the fact for a lot of voters that Hobbs didn't want to talk.

[69] And one more interesting nugget.

[70] During the primary, Hobbs also did not agree to a debate with her main primary opponent.

[71] So whatever her reasons are for not doing it, Lake's team is saying, look, she won't debate anybody.

[72] And that clearly seems to be having an impact, especially if you want to win over independence.

[73] What are some of the key issues that are driving voters in Arizona?

[74] The economy, obviously, is one of the key issues there, as it is everywhere.

[75] You're not going to find a state where that's not one of the top one or two issues.

[76] But in Arizona, as you might imagine, it's immigration.

[77] Because they are a border state, because they've particularly been overwhelmed by this migrant crisis, millions of people crossing the border, Carrie Lake has made that a key issue for her campaign.

[78] And on that immigration point, we've reached out to both campaigns to get their take on what they would do if elected.

[79] Hobbs' team has not yet responded.

[80] Lake was more than willing to talk.

[81] And she actually spoke to us exclusively about her plans, what she would do on immigration if she took office.

[82] We're taking the matter into our own hands.

[83] We are invoking our Article 1, Section 10 powers in the U .S. Constitution to do that starting on day one.

[84] I'm declaring an invasion.

[85] I'm issuing a declaration of invasion on day.

[86] 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.

[87] Well, strong words from Kerry Lake there on a very aggressive plan on immigration.

[88] So we want to get next to a race that no one thought would be a race at all.

[89] It's New York State's governor's race.

[90] We've got incumbent Kathy Hokel facing off against Lee Zeldon, the Republican.

[91] And it's a real contest now, right?

[92] Yeah, I think a lot of people a year ago would be shocked to find out that we were even tracking this race.

[93] Zeldon is now within two points in the latest Trafalgar polling.

[94] In past elections, Democrats have won by 15, 20, even 25 points in statewide elections.

[95] But there are a few things really going in Republicans' favor.

[96] First off, is disgrace Governor Andrew Cuomo.

[97] When he stepped down, Kathy Hochle was in many ways sort of his number two in statewide politics for the Democrats.

[98] She has tried very hard to distance herself from Cuomo.

[99] The other main issue that's helping Republicans is crime.

[100] Lee Zeldon 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.

[101] He has pointed out that since Democrats took power, we've seen a clear rise in violent crime rates, especially, and he's actually been the victim of some of that crime.

[102] Yeah, the attack on his house, let's talk about that.

[103] That was a major moment that happened this last week.

[104] What happened there, and how does that impact the race?

[105] Well, this is certainly something that can impact a race because it really highlights exactly what Lee Zeldon's talking about.

[106] So he and his wife were a Columbus Day parade just earlier this month.

[107] His two 16 -year -old daughters were at home doing homework.

[108] They started hearing shooting outside.

[109] They ran, locked themselves in a bathroom, called 911.

[110] There were two young men that were shot on Zeldon's property that were hiding in some bushes under a deck trying to get away from the shooters.

[111] And Zeldon obviously rushed home.

[112] One of the bullets landed about 20 feet away from Zeldon's daughters.

[113] They both were okay.

[114] But again, this highlights exactly what Zeldon has been talking about.

[115] And it's not the only example of crime really touching Zeldon in a personal way.

[116] He was giving a campaign event over the summer.

[117] He's up on stage.

[118] A crazed man comes up on stage, tries to attack him.

[119] Watch the video of that moment.

[120] If you haven't, it's a very scary thing to see.

[121] There's only one option.

[122] You're done it.

[123] You're done it.

[124] You're done it.

[125] Really disturbing footage there.

[126] Very scary stuff.

[127] And one thing that was just as disturbing for Zeldon, especially in a lot of people in New York, is that the assailant in this case was actually let out on bond later the next day.

[128] And this is something Republicans have consistently talked about.

[129] They've said, look, too many violent criminals are left out on the streets because of Democrat policies on criminal justice reform.

[130] 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.

[131] And that does seem to have been sort of a turning point in the election in many ways.

[132] All right.

[133] So let's shift south to Georgia, where we have another closely watched race.

[134] that features incumbent Republican governor Brian Kemp, facing off against Democrats Stacey Abrams.

[135] What's the latest in this race?

[136] Well, the Senate race, they're obviously getting an incredible amount of attention.

[137] The governor's race, not as much attention, even though you've got the narrative of this being a repeat of the 2018 race.

[138] Right, the big rematch.

[139] The big rematch where Kemp won back in 2018.

[140] This time, he's opened up a serious lead.

[141] Republicans are very confident he's going to win there.

[142] And this is an example of different strategies from Democrats.

[143] So in the Senate race, Raphael Warnock, he's trying to galvanize a lot of independent support.

[144] He's very open about the fact that he wants moderate Republicans to vote for him.

[145] He hasn't exactly tried to court the far -left progressive base in Georgia.

[146] Abrams, on the other hand, she has made this all about progressivism and far -left policies.

[147] She has really dove in trying to galvanize, in her words, the progressive base.

[148] 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.

[149] And so that seems to be one reason that Kemp has opened up such a wide lead over Abrams.

[150] And Abrams already lost the governor's race four years ago, right?

[151] And that's another interesting point here.

[152] She has statewide name recognition.

[153] A lot of times in a race like this, you're really just trying to get your name out there.

[154] Everyone in Georgia knows who Stacey Abrams is.

[155] And on a nationwide scale, they know as well.

[156] 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.

[157] You might remember, she refused to concede defeat.

[158] She went on calling herself the rightful governor of Georgia.

[159] She went on denying the election results, which a lot of people have pointed to the way she reacted from 2018 to 2020 there.

[160] 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.

[161] So there are some lingering questions there.

[162] But Abrams is struggling right now.

[163] And this is a race we're going to watch.

[164] Obviously, there's room to change, but Republicans are confident in Georgia.

[165] All right, so that's what's happening in Georgia.

[166] Let's go out to Oregon where we've got another very surprising race, kind of like the New York race.

[167] No one thought this would be competitive.

[168] There's a reason this race is competitive.

[169] We've got actually three candidates here, Democrat Tina Kotech, Republican Christine Drazen, an independent Betsy Johnson.

[170] How's this shaking out?

[171] Well, this is one of my favorite races, and it's something really that no one was expecting.

[172] 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.

[173] Right now, the Republican there, Christine Drazen.

[174] 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.

[175] But there are three serious candidates on the ballot, as you mentioned earlier.

[176] The Democrat, Tina Kotech, she's polling in the low 30s to mid -30s.

[177] But the key candidate that's shifting this race is Betsy Johnson, independent candidate.

[178] She's been in Oregon politics for 20, 30 years.

[179] But the key point here, she was serving an office as a Democrat.

[180] And so in a state like Oregon, where the electorate is overwhelmingly Democrat, and you've got two candidates polling over 20 percent.

[181] Sure, she's going to draw that vote.

[182] Exactly.

[183] It's going to benefit Republicans.

[184] And so she's insisted that she will not be dropping out.

[185] She said things that have tried to appeal to the Republican base.

[186] She said things like Oregon has gone woke.

[187] We need to bring it back.

[188] But also on her policies, she's a pretty standard Democrat candidate.

[189] Now, the thing hurting Democrats in Oregon is the fact that their nominee, Tina Kotech, has been in state politics for years now.

[190] It's her association with the governor, Kate Brown.

[191] Kate Brown, the Democrat incumbent, is she's not on the ballot this year, but she is the least popular governor in all of America based on unfavorability ratings.

[192] And she's really viewed Tina Kotech as Kate Brown's right -hand person.

[193] She's been the Speaker of the House in Oregon for a long time.

[194] That association with the unpopular Cape Brown has really played a role in her struggling.

[195] And so in this race, really the magic number could be 37, 38%.

[196] And you could see a Republican taking office in Oregon.

[197] Not something you'd expect to see a few years ago.

[198] Now we turn to our pivot point where we look at key moments that could alter the political landscape.

[199] All right, Cabot, the first of this episode's pivot points involves Governor Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden.

[200] Tell us about this.

[201] So down in Florida, President Biden visited victims of Hurricane Ian.

[202] He had some very, very interesting comments to say about Governor DeSantis and his ability to help get aid to those in need.

[203] Have a listen.

[204] What the governor's done is pretty remarkable.

[205] So far, I mean, this is what he's done.

[206] Not the sort of comments you might expect from Joe Biden about Ron.

[207] DeSantis.

[208] Especially when you keep in mind that Democrats have been trying to paint DeSantis so far, who, remember, is up for reelection in a race that's not a cakewalk.

[209] They try to paint him as an extremist and as a fascist.

[210] Statewide Democrats there in Florida have tried to say that DeSantis has not done enough to help victims in need of the hurricane.

[211] DeSantis' team has said that's ridiculous.

[212] That's just politics.

[213] And here's Biden really blowing up that narrative.

[214] Exactly.

[215] You've got the leader of the Democrat Party stepping in and saying, actually, this DeSantis guy has done a really good job.

[216] That is going to be something that DeSantis's team benefits from, especially in a place like Florida, where disaster responsiveness is a huge issue for campaigns.

[217] 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 frontrunner for a 2024 presidential bid.

[218] Expect to hear that again if he does run.

[219] Yeah, for sure.

[220] Flipping it back to you now, John, what's your pivot point?

[221] Yeah, so this is the Pennsylvania Senate race.

[222] Fetterman hasn't given a sit -down in -person interview since he had his stroke.

[223] And there's been lots of questions if he could even do that.

[224] He's been really sort of ducking the debate, finally agreed to a debate last second, October 25th.

[225] He finally sat down with an NBC reporter and it did not go well.

[226] Take a look.

[227] Because of his stroke, Federman's campaign required closed captioning technology for this interview to essentially read our questions as we asked them.

[228] And Lester, in small talk before the interview without captioning, it wasn't clear he was understanding our conversation.

[229] Yeah, so there you have a sympathetic crew, tried to really work with him.

[230] He really struggled for an in -person interview.

[231] He's got a debate coming up.

[232] Is he going to be able to handle that?

[233] This is the first time I think we've seen this much exposure to his mental health issue from a mainstream outlet.

[234] One thing also worth pointing out, that NBC reporter was actually attacked by many on the left for people saying that it was ablest of them to question whether that he was cognitively fit to serve as a senator.

[235] People saying you can't ask questions about that.

[236] It's wrong.

[237] Some people even saying this is the equivalent of calling out someone for needing a wheelchair.

[238] The Oz campaign is saying, this is a legitimate question to ask.

[239] Are you mentally fit to be a senator?

[240] 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.

[241] And even that blowback just gives it more attention.

[242] So that is clearly a potential pivot point in this race.

[243] All right.

[244] 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.

[245] Cabot, if you could, bring us up to speed.

[246] We'll start with Georgia.

[247] There's the key race there between Republican Herschel Walker and Democrat Raphael Warnock.

[248] 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.

[249] 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 showed that the race is just as tight as ever.

[250] All three polls are within three points.

[251] One poll from the AJC actually has the race at a statistical tie.

[252] So Georgia, just as close as ever.

[253] We'll shift next to Ohio.

[254] The latest polling there shows J .D. Vance, the Republican, with a two -point lead over the Democrat Tim Ryan.

[255] Now, there was just a key debate that a lot of people were waiting to see.

[256] So we're going to wait to see if there's any sort of polling shift that happens after that debate.

[257] Both candidates seem to hold their ground pretty well.

[258] A lot of people online in the media saying that Vance appeared to come out with the upper hand.

[259] But again, we'll have to see how voters respond to that one.

[260] Now to Wisconsin, where the Republican, Ron Johnson, the incumbent, is starting to pull away from the Democrat Mandela Barnes.

[261] The new poll that everyone's talking about, it comes from Marquette, which is one of the kind of establishment polls in Wisconsin.

[262] They had Ron Johnson up six points.

[263] That same poll last month had him up just one point.

[264] So the key poll there in Wisconsin showing Ron Johnson with some clear momentum.

[265] Now heading out west to Nevada.

[266] Stop me if you've heard this before.

[267] This race is also neck and neck between Republican Adam Blacksalt and.

[268] and Democrat incumbent, Catherine Cortez Mastow.

[269] The latest polling from CNN has laxalt with a two -point lead, but it's worth pointing out there has been other polls.

[270] There have been other polls in the last few weeks that have shown Cortez Mastow with the lead.

[271] Really, it's the definition of a toss -up.

[272] Every poll seems to be showing something different, still incredibly close.

[273] And finally, we have the state of Pennsylvania.

[274] But for this one, we've got something very special.

[275] Joining us in person, in studio, is Mr. Robert Cahili, founder of the Trafalgar Group.

[276] Robert, good to have you here in person this time.

[277] So we announced our partnership last week.

[278] We're doing a number of polls with you guys, exclusive polls.

[279] This is our first one.

[280] We're excited about it.

[281] It's a big poll.

[282] It's Pennsylvania.

[283] Let's start right from the top.

[284] We've got the biggest race in Pennsylvania.

[285] Everyone's watching Dr. Mehmet Oz versus John Federman.

[286] What did we learn?

[287] Well, what we've learned in this race continues to tighten.

[288] The real clear politics average going into this poll with 3 .7, with Emerson, coming in just in the last couple of days with a 2 % and insider advantage with a 3%.

[289] And so we're showing a 2 .4, which will round a 2%.

[290] And with Oz at 44 .8 and Fetterman at 47 .2, this continues just to stay tight.

[291] 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.

[292] as people learn more about Federman's record on crime and veteran's support for legalization of drugs, it's becoming a bigger problem in the race.

[293] So you have a 2 .4 % gap between the two.

[294] And a month ago, you had something similar.

[295] Trefaguer found something similar.

[296] But as you mentioned, a lot of the polls said, no, this is an 8 to 10 point gap.

[297] And you were arguing, hey, look, this is always close.

[298] But here we are, as you mentioned, 2 .4 and a couple other polls now showing, yeah, this is a really tight race.

[299] One of the things I was interested in is there's a lot of undecides in this race.

[300] Can you talk about that?

[301] Well, we have a good bit of undecides over 4%.

[302] We also have over 3%, 3 .4 for the libertarian.

[303] Now, a lot of the times those people don't end up staying there.

[304] And the undecides at this point, most of the undecides have a negative opinion of Biden.

[305] So don't really see them breaking toward Federman.

[306] So I think that you'll see probably a few, as always do, fall off the libertarian and end up with the Republican.

[307] And then I think there's a good chance that right now the way things are set is Oz is going to pick up more of the undecides than bettermen.

[308] Now, when we drill down into the specifics of the demographics, do we see anything interesting in this race?

[309] That's one thing we felt was very interesting, is Oz, all of the Republicans this year are doing very well with black voters.

[310] but Oz is doing better than most, over 30%.

[311] And that is in large part because Oz, unlike everybody else, is doing significantly well with black women.

[312] He's over 25 % with him.

[313] And so, yeah, that is a significant outlier.

[314] And it may have something to do with his, you know, talk, you know, being on talk shows all the time.

[315] 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.

[316] We're going to get into some more of the issues that are really driving this race on next week's episode.

[317] But right now, what are the key issues for voters in Pennsylvania?

[318] What have you found in the field?

[319] Absolutely.

[320] Some of the big issues are just as anywhere else.

[321] Crime, the inflation.

[322] You know, an overall sense of, it's out of control.

[323] This wah -wah incident really has galvanized, folks.

[324] It would, you know, Lee Atwater would call about a defining moment.

[325] But I think that's really kind of just exactly what's going on, a bunch of teenagers could just run in there and just act like that and did it because they didn't really fear reprisals.

[326] They didn't really fear any punishment.

[327] 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.

[328] Well, we're four weeks out.

[329] Do you see Mehmet Oz pulling this one off?

[330] I think it's completely, completely possible that he can do that.

[331] So the only debate that's taking place between these two, the only that Federman has agreed to, will not be happening until October 25th, right before the election.

[332] Early voting has already started, and it will have continued before that.

[333] How much of an impact do you expect that to have on things?

[334] Late deciders don't tend to be early voters, that, you know, those things don't go together.

[335] So I think it will have an impact.

[336] I think it'll be a sizable impact.

[337] So it looked to see these polls continue to tighten.

[338] I mean, all the nonsense of trying to separate that this race was a huge gap or falling away.

[339] And now that they're having to admit the reality to avoid being embarrassed again.

[340] I think they'll all start tighten.

[341] Robert, thank you for joining us.

[342] Thank you.

[343] Polls and pundits get a lot of attention, but it's the voice of the voters that matter the most.

[344] Every week election wire will speak to voters from across the country about the issues important to them.

[345] Take a look.

[346] Well, I think fentanyl is number one for me, obviously.

[347] It's the economy and then crime.

[348] And those would be the most, too, that I'm very concerned about.

[349] Yeah.

[350] No doubt.

[351] The border.

[352] Inflation, I guess, I would say.

[353] The electrical cars, they're pissing me off.

[354] And also inflation as well.

[355] I mean, I'm not made out of money.

[356] I don't think anybody is.

[357] Right now, it's a free fall of stolen cars, and they just, it's 14 -year -olds, 15 -year -olds, they steal them, they let them go.

[358] They never really get prosecuted.

[359] They catch people and they're released within an hour.

[360] Securing the border, so drugs and anything else that's coming across, that's not legal, doesn't come up.

[361] across well there's a lot of fentanyl that's coming over our borders right now and unfortunately it's killing a lot of people and now they're making it in all different colors and it and it's you know attractive to children because of that and it's really a shame i mean you can find it in almost every drug nowadays and um i mean it'll just it'll just kill you dead you know let's talk about how that's going to affect the economy let's talk about how this is going to affect neighborhoods people that kind of there's not enough battery technology to cover that many electrical cars.

[362] You can't do away with gas cars.

[363] You can't.

[364] I mean, think about it.

[365] You go anywhere and everything is through the roof.

[366] I mean, I used to go grocery shopping and, you know, maybe I would spend 150, 200 for the household.

[367] It's now double that.

[368] I'm losing money.

[369] The government is spending too much money and they're not securing the border.

[370] 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.

[371] So it's not just a major, you know, Philly, Philadelphia thing or major city thing.

[372] So just based on crime and the economy, you know, we all like making more money and if you're not making a lot more and inflation is going up, you're doing worse.

[373] Biden, we just need someone younger.

[374] Ever since Joe Biden came to office, Americans have suffered.

[375] I think Joe could be doing a lot more than he's doing.

[376] Well, look where we're at.

[377] I can't stand having Joe Biden as a president because I don't feel safe.

[378] There's got to be younger, more vibrant people that are more charismatic, have better ideas, higher energy, just everything.

[379] I miss all of the terrific stuff that Trump was doing.

[380] He's not addressing a lot of.

[381] lot of the issues.

[382] I know, I mean, economy -wise, things aren't good.

[383] As Dick said, everything is through the roof, money -wise.

[384] You know, gas is crazy.

[385] Everything is expensive.

[386] I just think that people hated Trump because they thought he was so mean and all these different things, 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.

[387] And I would rather have a president that wrote mean things that hurt people's feelings, but ran our country like a business.

[388] Always fascinating to hear from voters across the country.

[389] That's a wrap for this episode.

[390] Thanks for joining us on Election Wire this week.

[391] We'll be back next week to bring you the election news you need to know.