AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable focuses on all things elections, from the local races we’re watching here in California to the national ones with major implications for the makeup of the House and Senate.We're also rebroadcasting our hour long voter cram session from Wednesday, October 17.
Week in politics: AirTalk’s 2018 day-before-the-midterm election preview
With just a day left until voters across California and the United States head to the polls, AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable focuses on all things elections, from the local races we’re watching here in California to the national ones with major implications for the makeup of the House and Senate.
In addition to our local and state election previews, here are some of the non-election related stories we’re following today:
NBC says it will stop running anti-immigration ad that CNN says was racist
Latest from the border — can the president stop asylum seekers?
Friday’s jobs numbers show 49-year-low in unemployment, wage growth at fastest rate in almost 10 years
U.S. reimposes sanctions on Iran, Tehran says it will fight them
Early voting totals in at least 17 states already surpass 2014 turnout
Is Kevin de León’s key to beating Dianne Feinstein support from Republicans? (USC/Dornsife poll examines)
SCOTUS to allow trial on census citizenship question, won’t hear Net Neutrality challenges
Guests:
Libby Denkmann, KPCC host and veterans & military reporter; she tweets
Jill Replogle, KPCC Orange County reporter she tweets
Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies. He is also a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush
Voter cram session: AirTalk breaks down the ballot propositions
Voters have fewer propositions to sift through than two years ago, but will be asked to vote on 11 statewide ballot measures this fall.
Among them, Californians will decide whether local governments should be able to expand rent control, whether to retain the gas tax, and if the state should only sell cage-free eggs.
Haven’t studied up yet? No problem.
Today we’re rebroadcasting our hour long cram session from Wednesday, October 17 in which AirTalk host Larry Mantle was joined by a panel of experts to break down the props. So open up your sample ballot and follow along.
Ready for Election Day? Get up to speed on what you need to know with our Voter Game Plan at elections.laist.com. Read up on the candidates and ballot measures, find out about registration deadlines or ask us your questions.
Guests:
Michael Alvarez, professor of political science at Caltech; he is spearheading Caltech’s research project with Orange County working to develop tools and measures to understand voting and election integrity
Melody Gutierrez, Sacramento bureau chief and political reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle
Salvador Rodriguez, interim opinion editor for the Southern California News Group
Katie Orr, government and politics reporter for KQED
Fernando Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University