Economy and Democracy Drove the Blue Wave
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[0:00] We are still waiting on several key races from Tuesday's midterm elections with the senate contest
[0:04] in Alaska and Mississippi still too close to call.
[0:07] That's right. But exit polls are giving us a better sense of what triggered that blue
[0:11] wave. Joining us now is Ashley Koning. She's director of Rutger University's Eagleton Center for Public
[0:16] Interest and Polling. Ashley, I have been wanting to talk to you since Tuesday because we
[0:21] were seeing the vote, but we weren't seeing what was behind it. And my first question
[0:25] is, what was the bigger benefit, or does it vary? Is it that Republicans switch their
[0:31] vote? Did they stay home, or did Democrats just outnumber them?
[0:35] We don't know yet. And it could be a combination of all three. First of all,
[0:38] I'm also gonna say, let's let's bring on Christmas.
[0:40] Oh, wow.
[0:40] Alright. I'm gonna go on the record.
[0:42] Oh, man. You guys are killing me today. Anxious.
[0:44] But, you know, I I really think it is all three of those things, and we
[0:48] won't really know until we look at the numbers more and more. It could have been
[0:51] late deciders. It could have been switchers. A lot of low propensity voters went for Democrats
[0:56] in the very end, and we know those are typically in the Trump camp at least
[0:59] in presidential years. And then, of cou