Republican, Democratic strategists weigh in on midterm expectations
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[0:00] Election Day is just 4 days away, and
[0:01] tens of millions of voters have already
[0:03] cast their ballots in close races across
[0:05] the country that could decide the
[0:06] control of Congress for the next 2
[0:08] years.
[0:10] >> All right, let's bring in CBS News
[0:12] contributor and Democratic strategist
[0:13] Chuck Rocha, uh so Republican strategist
[0:16] and former RNC spokesperson Kevin
[0:18] Sheridan are joining us both. Good to
[0:20] see you gents on this Friday. Uh so
[0:22] Chuck, Democrats are building up
[0:24] momentum in a couple of Republican
[0:26] strongholds like Texas and Ohio in early
[0:28] voting. What is this strategy to
[0:31] continue this apparent blue as they drew
[0:33] it up called it ripple? Specifically, I
[0:35] think among Latino voters. It's so
[0:37] interesting because President Trump won
[0:39] Latino voters in Texas back in 2024. He
[0:42] also did very well with
[0:43] African-Americans, uh specifically men
[0:45] back in 2024, but now the numbers are
[0:48] dramatically tilting towards Democrats.
[0:52] >> And there's a reason for that. It just
[0:53] so happens that those voters are lower
[0:56] on the socioeconomic scale, so they're
[0:58] more hard hit when you have rising cost.
[1:01] They're really hit hard b