>> GOOD MORNING, ONCE AGAIN,
WELCOME TO THIS LIVE EDITION OF
INDIANA INSIDER'S.
DR., WE WANT TO PICK UP WHERE WE
LEFT OFF.
TALK ABOUT THE WALLS, DEMOCRATS
RUNNING AS REPUBLICAN,
REPUBLICAN RUNNING AS DEMOCRAT,
AND OUT THERE INDEPENDENTS.
WHAT ROLE WILL THEY PLAY?
>> CRITICAL.
THERE WAS A STUDY THAT CAME OUT
MONDAY, POLLING OF 1800 VOTERS,
MANY UNDECIDED, MANY BEING
INDEPENDENTS.
SO THE QUESTION, CONUNDRUM THEY
HAVE IS WHO WILL BEST REPRESENT
THEM.
PARTISAN SHIP DOESN'T SO MANY TO
MATTER AS MUCH AS IT HAS.
YOU TALK ABOUT DONNELLY HAVING
REPUBLICAN-LIKE ADS.
BRAUN HAS HAD TO MOVE MORE LIGHT
TO CENTER THAN HE WOULD WANT TO.
BOTH OF THE PARTIES, IT'S NOT
ABOUT BEING REPUBLICAN VERSUS
DEMOCRAT, IT'S DONNELLY VERSUS
BRAUN AND I LOVE THAT.
I THINK FOCUSING ON THE
CANDIDATES IS BETTER WHEN YOU
KNOW THE ISSUES.
>> WHAT ROLE DOES LUCY BRENTON
PLAY HERE.
>> VITAL.
SHE CAME 2% UP WHAT SHE WAS IN
2016.
WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THIRD
PARTY CANDIDATE IT'S TOUGH NOT
TO SAY THEY'RE TAKING AWAY FROM
THE MAJOR PARTY, I HATE PHRASING
IT LIKE THAT, BUT LOVE TIMES A
LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE WON'T WIN,
BUT WHO ARE PEOPLE VOTING FOR?
THEY MIGHT FIND HER APOLOGY AS A
CANDIDATE BUT IF THEY'RE GOING
AS A GREATER OUTCOME, THEY MAY
FORGO THE LIBERTARIAN VOTE.
>> I HEARD AN AD RUNNING SHE IS
TALKING ABOUT BEING THE SPOILER,
BEING THE DECIDER IN THIS.
>> SHE'S REALISTIC.
SHE UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE ROLE
SHE PLAYS.
>> GOING AFTER THE UNDECIDEDS,
WHAT DO WE DO?
WE'VE GOT ADS RUNNING, PEOPLE
FIGHTING IN THE BACKGROUND,
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC PLAYING.
WHAT DO WE DO HERE, JEN?
>> CRAZY ADS FOR SURE.
UNDECIDEEDS BREAK 2-1.
FOR MIKE BRAUN.
THAT IS ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM FOR
SENATOR DONNELLY IN THIS RACE.
AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER THIS
UNDECIDED NUMBER WILL BE 2-1
AGAINST THE INCUMBENT BECAUSE
THEY'VE KNOWN HEM THE LONGEST,
SIX YEARS OR LONGER TO BE
FAMILIAR WITH HIM AND HIS RECORD
AND IF THEY AREN'T LOCKED IN
THEY TEND TO VOTE FOR THE OTHER
CANDIDATE.
THAT REALLY HELPS MIKE BRAUN.
AND I WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THE
LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE.
I, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO
BE A SPOILER IN THE RACE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW,
LIBERTARIANS KNOW THEY WILL
NEVER WIN THIS RACE.
WHY PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION
WHERE YOU'RE A SPOILER?
THERE'S ONE CHOICE OR THE OTHER.
ONE OF THESE TWO PEOPLE WILL WIN
AND YOU SURELY THINK ONE IS
BETTER THAN THE OTHER.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A
SPOILER.
>> JUST BECAUSE SHOW MIGHT TAKE
MORE FROM DEMOCRATS THAN
REPUBLICANS.
>> NO, I HONESTLY -- THAT'S MY
GENERAL POLITICS -- IT DRIVES ME
CRAZY.
BUT NO, I THINK THAT SHE WILL
PROBABLY TAKE MORE FROM DONNELLY
BECAUSE THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO
ARE SO FRUSTRATED WITH HIM PLEA
TENDING TO BE A REPUBLICAN --
PRETENDING TO BE A REPUBLICAN,
THEY'RE TURNED OFF.
NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY WON'T VOTE
FOR MIKE BRAUN, BUT THEY MIGHT
VOTE FOR LUCY BRENTON, THEY KNOW
THERE'S NOT A CHANCE SHE WILL
WIN BUT IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO
DONNELLY.
>> ROBIN, YOU'VE BEEN PATIENT,
YOU GET TO JUMP IN.
>> IF YOU'RE AN ATLAS SLUG
SHRUG, YOU WILL BELIEVE
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE SMALL IR,
YOU MOVE TO THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
THESE LIBERTARIANS ARE
REPUBLICANS IN NATURE FOR THE
MOST PART, SMALLER GOVERNMENT,
LESS GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE,
THAT'S BREAKING OUR WAY BECAUSE
THEY'RE STICKING WITH THE
LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE.
THEY'RE NOT BUYING THE DEMOCRAT
MESSAGE.
I LISTENED TO YOU, JEN, 19
POINTS BY THE DEMOCRAT SHOULDN'T
MEAN THERE SHOULD BE THEM
INDEPENDENT.
THIS ELECTION WILL BOIL DOWN TO
WHAT DO FEMALE VOTERS DO IN THE
ELECTION.
EVERY ONE IS HAMILTON COUNTY IS
RECORD TURN OUT.
A LOT OF FEMALE VOTERS WILL TURN
OUT THERE.
WHAT YOU DO IN THE LAST WEEK
HERE, YOU CLOSE THE VOTE, YOU DO
YOUR GET OUT TO VOTE.
GOTV, I SAY IT ALL THE TIME,
ACRONYM, DOES NOT MEAN GET ON
TELEVISION, IT MEANS GET OUT
YOUR VOTE.
THAT'S WHAT JOE DONNELLY HAS TO
CONCENTRATE ON.
THEREFORE MAJOR EFFORTS BEING
MADE TO GET THE VOTE OUT IN
MAJOR COUNTIES THAT WILL BENEFIT
HIM.
BUT ALSO THIS IS A GUY OUT ON
THE ROAD HIMSELF CAMPAIGNING
AGAIN.
IT IS READ THIS, WHAT YOU'VE
ALSO DONE.
YOU CAN READ THIS IN A TANGIBLE
WAY, ELKHART RV PLANTS WORKING
AGAIN, THIRD SHIFT AT KOKOMO,
YOU CAN REVET THOSE THINGS YOU
PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN.
>> DR. LAUREL, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE
ARE HAND CAPPING THE VOTING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
TO ROBIN'S POINT, EARLY VOTE,
WE'VE SEEN GREAT NUMBERS, WE
EXPECT OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE
HIGHER THIS TEAM.
ONE THING TO CONSIDER IS A LOT
OF TIMES IT WILL BE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD HAVE VOTED REGARDLESS,
JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
ACCESSIBILITY.
I WILL BE VOTING EARLY, DESPITE
THE EXPERIENCE OF VOTING ON
ELECTION DAY.
I WAS GOING TO VOTE REGARDLESS.
THAT'S ONE THING TO HAVE TO
CONSIDER THERE.
NONETHELESS SINCE EARLY VOTING
HAS BEEN UP IN MARION COUNTY,
WE'VE SEEN GREATER TURN OUT.
>> JEN, I THINK AT SOME TIME
EARLY VOTING WAS GOING TO FAVOR
DEMOCRATS.
BUT STRONG REPUBLICAN NUMBERS.
>> EARLY REPUBLICAN VOTING HAS
SOARED.
ONE REASON FOR THAT, KAVANAUGH
IMPACT IS PART OF IT.
THE OTHER THING IS IN TERMS OF
WHEN EARLY -- ABSENTEE BALLOTS
HIT, WHEN PEOPLE ARE LEARNING
ABOUT EARLY VOTING SITES.
THE PUSH FROM THE GROUND GAME
SIDE HAS BEEN STRONG FOR
REPUBLICANS IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
I AGREE WITH DR. LAURA, THAT I
THINK PART OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING
AS EARLY VOTING HAS BECOME MORE
AND MORE FAMILIAR AND POPULAR IN
THE STATE, WHAT WORRY SEEING ARE
PEOPLE ARE VOTING AT DIFFERENT
TIMES.
SO WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL ELECTION
DAY IF WE HAVE RECORD VOTING FOR
A MIDTERM, OR IF THEY'VE JUST
VOTED EARLIER THAN THEY
TYPICALLY WOULD INTR.
>> WE'RE DOWN TO A FEW SECOND
NOW.
DOES THIS LATE VISIT BY
PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT HELP
OR HINDER?
>> YOU MONEY
>> YOU MOEAY
>> YOU MOEAN FOR THEIR SIDE.
>> EITHER SIDE.
>> DEFINITELY PUTS THE RACE ON
THE MAP.
DEFINITELY HELPS, I THINK.
>> IN MARION COUNTY WE'RE AHEAD
OF WHERE WE WERE IN '16 ON EARLY
VOTING.
ONE THING THAT WE'LL TAKE UP AT
ANOTHER TIME, THE REASON THERE'S
SUCH AN EMPHASIS ON EARLY VOTE,
WE HAVE THIS ARCHAIC SYSTEM THAT
CLOSES OUR POLLS AT 6:00.
IF YOU'RE ON THE IKEA PARKWAY,
YOU DON'T GET HOME IN TIME TO
VOTE.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE AREN'T VOTING,
THEY CAN'T GET HOME TO VOTE.
>> MAYBE WE'LL CHANGE THAT LAW.
>> I HOPE WE DO.
>> WHAT ABOUT THESE LATE VISITS.
>> I THINK THEY'RE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT, MOBILIZES PEOPLE,
EXCITED, REMINDS EVERYONE HOW
IMPORTANT THIS ELECTION IS AND
WE'LL SEE MORE OVER THE NEXT TEN
DAYS.
>> DR. LAURA.
>> ABSOLUTELY, WE FOCUS ON
HOOSIER VOTERS, BUT JUST
NATIONALLY, THIS IS PUTTING US
ON THE MAP IN TERMS OF NATION
WIDE, THIS IS ONE FOLKS ARE
WATCHING, NOT JUST HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS BUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR
COMING IN, WE ENJOYED BRINGING
YOU A ONE-HOUR SPECIAL ADDITION
OF INDIANA INSIDER'S.
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