#335: What Exit Polling Data Shows Voters Really Cared About

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🗓️ 8 November 2018

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What did the election results really say about how the country views President Trump? What issues do voters actually care about, and what are the independents thinking? And are all young adults really liberal? Oh, and what difference did the caravan or Brett Kavanaugh make in the election? Erin Norman of Heart and Mind Strategies joins us to share the results of the group's exit polling, and what the hard data shows. Plus: Even by his own standards, Trump had quite the aggressive exchanges with the media at a press conference Wednesday. We also cover these stories:--Attorney General Jeff Sessions, one of President Trump’s first supporters in his campaign, is stepping down.--States passed ballot initiatives on marijuana, abortion, Medicaid, and more in the elections. --Actress Alyssa Milano, one of the leaders of the #MeToo movement, is not happy with the Women’s March.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, November 8th. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:09.7	And I'm Daniel Davis. With the midterm elections behind us, it's worth exploring some of the data
0:14.7	to see exactly what voters were concerned about and what they want from the next Congress.
0:20.0	Today we'll sit down with Aaron Norman of Heart and Mind strategies who has some helpful insights.
0:25.9	Plus President Trump and the media are back at loggerheads.
0:29.8	We'll take a look at his latest encounter with the one and only Jim Acosta.
0:34.0	But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines.
0:39.6	Attorney General Jeff Sessions, one of President Trump's first supporters in his campaign, is stepping
0:44.8	down, stating in a letter to the President, at your request, I am stepping down.
0:50.2	There had long been tension between Sessions and Trump over the Russia investigation
0:54.7	and Sessions decision to recuse himself from any involvement in it.
0:59.3	Well speaking at a press conference on Wednesday after the results of the midterm elections, President
1:04.4	Trump struck a conciliatory tone with Nancy Pelosi, who will likely be the next speaker of
1:09.1	the House.
1:11.1	I give her a lot of credit. She works very hard and she's worked long at heart. I give her a great deal of credit for what she's done and what she's accomplished.
1:19.0	Hopefully we can all work together next year to continue delivering for the American people,
1:25.7	including on economic growth, infrastructure, trade, lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
1:31.0	These are some of the things that the Democrats do want to work on and I really
1:34.8	believe we'll be able to do that. But President Trump also drew a line in the sand. He warned
1:40.3	Democrats that if they use their subpoena power to open up investigations
1:44.2	into the Russia controversy and his tax returns, he would adopt a quote, warlike posture.
1:51.5	And Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell also offered an olive branch to Pelosi.
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