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Georgia: Ticket-Splitting On Our Mind (with Molly Ball)

2022/10/15
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Sarah Longwell:佐治亚州是决定参议院控制权的关键州,赫歇尔·沃克的丑闻增加了竞选的赌注。选票分裂现象在佐治亚州尤为突出,选民可能同时投票给共和党州长肯普和民主党参议员沃诺克。肯普在民调中领先,很可能击败艾布拉姆斯。 Molly Ball:肯普在共和党初选中以压倒性优势击败特朗普支持的珀杜,这表明肯普成功地利用了特朗普,而不是被特朗普利用。肯普获胜的原因有三:他是一位经验丰富的政治家,他尽早争取到了州内权势人物的支持;他的执政表现良好;2020年大选对普通选民来说已经不再那么重要。肯普没有积极建立全国形象,这可能是他未能成为全国共和党重要人物的原因。 焦点小组成员:肯普对抗特朗普需要很大的勇气,这增加了他的可信度。肯普在应对州内挑战方面做得很好,他不是特朗普的傀儡,而是为佐治亚州的利益着想。肯普应对COVID-19疫情和选举诚信问题的方式很好。 Sarah Longwell:艾布拉姆斯在2018年州长选举中失利,并且没有承认失败,这影响了她在选民中的形象。焦点小组成员对艾布拉姆斯评价正面,但认为她过于关注全国政治,并且肯普的现任优势让她难以取胜。佐治亚州的两次州长选举都围绕着选举本身展开,这反映了选民对选举诚信的持续关注。肯普的竞选口号是维持现状,而艾布拉姆斯则试图扮演变革者的角色,但这在选民对肯普满意的情况下难以奏效。在选举诚信问题上,肯普和艾布拉姆斯之间的道德制高点似乎发生了逆转。肯普在2020年大选中维护选举诚信的行为,使得艾布拉姆斯指责他压制选民的论点难以成立。肯普在选举、COVID-19疫情和选举法等问题上都表现出坚定的立场,这塑造了他一贯的形象。肯普在选举法问题上的立场,反而帮助他赢得了更多选民的支持。如果艾布拉姆斯再次落选,她未来的政治道路将面临挑战。许多在红州的民主党人面临着类似的困境,在州一级选举中难以获得晋升机会。艾布拉姆斯将继续活跃在全国政治舞台上,但她未来的职业道路尚不明确。艾布拉姆斯可能会继续从事投票权和民主问题方面的工作,或者在民主党内担任其他角色。

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Georgia voters discuss their support for Governor Brian Kemp, highlighting his successful governance and his stand against Trump, which they see as a positive trait.

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Georgia is a closely divided state, but we're likely to see a lot of ticket splitters there this year - specifically a lot of people voting for arch-conservative Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. Partly because they think Kemp is doing a good job, and partly because Warnock's opponent, Herschel Walker, is a total mess. TIME Magazine national political correspondent Molly Ball joins Sarah to discuss her reporting out of Georgia and listen to a group of Georgia swing voters.

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