Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Friday, September 16th. I'm Nailaboodoo.

Here's what we're covering today. The Saudi-funded circuit changing the game for men's golf.

But first, how this week in Washington could affect the upcoming election. That's today's one big thing.

We're 53 days from the November election. This week we've been asking you what's motivating you to vote or not.

Hi, Nailab. My name is Suzy. I currently live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I do plan on voting this November just from a harm reduction standpoint,

which is the same exact standpoint that I have always voted with. Because we've got Dr. Oz running in Pennsylvania,

and they don't want him to be elected. Even though I also am not stoked about John Federman,

I'm going to keep participating for now until there's a better option.

Thanks, Suzy, from Pennsylvania for sharing that. Axios senior political correspondent Josh Kraus-Har

has been traveling to Pennsylvania and a New Hampshire to cover the midterms and is here to talk Friday politics with us.

Hey, Josh. Hey, Nailab. So, Suzy clearly was not enthused. What were you hearing as you traveled around Pennsylvania?

Well, it is pretty common in politics these days, sort of the met voter,

the voters that aren't following the day-to-day campaigns as closely as we are,

folks who are dealing with hardships on a regular basis, especially economic hardships,

and don't like either candidate. So, that is the electorate that's up for grabs,

and what's really hard when you look at the polling data, when you're trying to assess what's going on in all these big races,

how many of these voters actually show up to the polls? Because the basis right now,

we can look at the data, my own experience on the campaign trail demonstrated this.

The bases are very fired up. Republicans are going to show up in big numbers. It's a midterm election,

and they're out of power that always happens. And Democrats, because of the abortion issue,

that they're as fired up as they've been in some time as well. But these independent voters

or these low propensity voters, those are the folks that are wild cards.

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