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Anderson Cooper 360

CNN polls on key Senate races find tight contest in Wisconsin and a narrow Democratic edge in Pennsylvania

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

A new CNN poll in Pennsylvania’s critical U.S. Senate race shows Democratic state Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has 51% support among likely voters to Republican candidate Mehmet Oz’s 45%. Fetterman and Oz are battling for retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat. Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar has been helping Lt. Gov. Fetterman get ready for tomorrow’s debate against Oz. She joins AC360 to discuss the recent polls and says this is about “voter turnout.” Plus, Anderson Cooper remembers beloved actor and social media star Leslie Jordan, who died in a car accident in California. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Good evening, just 15 days until midterm elections and new developments bring you across the

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board tonight.

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There's new CNN polling of likely voters in two key Senate races in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

0:10.9

Wisconsin showing no clear leader in the showdown between incumbent Republican Ron Johnson and

0:14.8

Democrat Mandela Barnes.

0:16.9

Pennsylvania would Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Federman very narrowly ahead of Dr.

0:21.5

Miminoz just outside the margin of error.

0:24.0

To underscore the importance of this day, we learned late today that former President Obama

0:27.4

will be campaigning there along with President Biden on the final weekend before Election

0:31.2

Day, a party official familiar with the planning, telling CNN they've got appearances scheduled

0:35.5

for Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with the possibility of adding more.

0:39.2

Early voting is underway there and in 38 other states, so far turnout has been heavy

0:43.8

on pace with the record 2018 midterms with nearly 7.3 million ballots already cast.

0:50.5

With it, we've already seen multiple reports of voter intimidation, including two armed

0:54.1

men dressed in tactical gear spotted at a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona, Friday night.

1:00.5

Attorney General Merrick Garland was asked about it this afternoon.

1:05.2

Justice Spurman has an obligation to prevent, to guarantee a free and fair vote by everyone

1:12.9

who is qualified to vote and will not permit voters to be intimidated.

1:17.9

Now, a bit later in the program, you'll meet one Arizona grandmother who was not intimidated

1:22.8

by those two armed men you saw, she confronted them and as she put it, I take care of business.

1:27.8

As to the bigger threat picture, we learned today that the FBI and sheriffs representing

1:32.1

some of America's biggest counties have already discussed the possibility of misinformation,

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