>> VOTING IS NOW UNDERWAY HERE IN TEXAS AND AS WE SAW EARLIER BIG LINES ACROSS SAN ANTONIO IS
PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO GET OUT AND
MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AS PART
OF OUR KSAT QNA TODAY WE BRING
IN DOCTOR JOHN TAYLOR HEAD OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE. AT UTSA WE’VE HAD YOU
ON BEFORE SO THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR
IMPRESSIONS OF THE FIRST DAY OF
EARLY VOTING HERE LOCALLY WHAT
IS THAT LONG LINE OF BIG CROWDS
SAY TO YOU.
>> IT’S IMPRESSIVE FIRST OF ALL
SECOND IT SHOWS THERE’S A LOT
OF ENTHUSIASM LOT OF PENT UP
EMOTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE
I WOULD I WOULD CAUTION PEOPLE
ABOUT ABOUT GETTING DISCOURAGED
THERE ARE 3 WEEKS OF THIS IS
GOING ON YOU’VE GOT TIME.
YEAH, IT’S NICE TO GET OUT THE
WAY AND YES, IT’S NICE TO GET
OUT THE HOUSE, BUT NONETHELESS
THERE IS TIGHT, BUT
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE
BECAUSE YOU’RE SEEING THIS NOT
JUST IN SAN ANTONIO BEXAR
COUNTY. YOU’RE SEEMS ACROSS
STATE OF TEXAS TODAY. YOU KNOW
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PAY
ATTENTION
TO IS.
>> WHO’S ADVERTISING WHO ARE WE
SEEING ADVERTISING ON THE
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE’VE WE’VE
GOT BREAK SO WE’VE GOT
ADVERTISED, I’M SEEING. JOE
BIDEN ADVERTISEMENTS HITTING
THE SAN
ANTONIO AIRWAVES WE DIDN’T SEE
HILLARY CLINTON WE DIDN’T SEE I
CAN’T REMEMBER THE LAST
PRESIDENT THAT WE SAW
DOES THAT AND OTHER THINGS TELL
YOU THAT TEXAS MAY BE IN PLAY
THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
>> IT ABSOLUTELY DOES IT TELLS
YOU THAT TEXAS IS IN PLAY THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS PUTTING IN
SOMETHING LIKE 6 MILLION
DOLLARS INTO TEXAS FOR 4 TV
BUYS IN OCTOBER. THE POLLING
NUMBERS CLEARLY SUGGESTS THAT
WHILE TRUMP MAY HAVE MAY BE
ANYWHERE BETWEEN ONE TO 5 POINT
LEAD MOST OF THE POLLS ARE
WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR
WHICH MEANS THAT YES, BASICALLY
IT’S A TOSS-UP.
>> LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE WE
TALKED TO YOU ABOUT HOW YOU
FEEL THE PANDEMIC IS GOING TO
AFFECT THIS ELECTION, NOT ONLY
YOU KNOW VOTER TURNOUT BUT
HOW PEOPLE DECIDE WHICH WAY TO
CAST THEIR VOTES AND NOW OF
COURSE IN THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS. WE’VE HAD THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF BE DIAGNOSED WITH
COVID-19 SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THAT IN TERMS OF THE IMPRESSION
THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE
LEAVING ON
THIS ELECTION.
>> I THINK THERE’S NO QUESTION
IS IT’S HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT
TIS ELECTION PEOPLE ARE
OR ENGAGE IN WHAT WE CALL
RETROSPECTIVE VOTING WANT TO BE
DNE FOR ME LATELY FIRST THING
TO GO THINK ABOUT IS
WHAT’S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST
ROUGHLY 7 AND A HALF MONTHS TO
WHAT’S HAPPENED TO MY LIFE.
THAT’S NOT A GOOD THING FOR
DONALD TRUMP. WHAT ARE THE
RACES YOU’RE WATCHING
EITHER LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY
ARE THE RACES THAT HAVE
YOUR ATTENTION. OFFICER THE
U.S. SENATE RACE HERE IN TEXAS
BETWEEN QUEEN CORNER AND HAGER
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BEYOND
THE MARGINS OF ERROR ABOUT
ROUGHLY 7, 8 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
CORN IS EXPECTED TO WIN, BUT
YOU NEVER KNOW IF JOE BIDEN HAS
ANY SORT OF COATTAILS YOU COULD
SEE AN UPSET
THE 2 INTERESTING WANTS HOWEVER
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 21 TO
23. BOTH OF THOSE ARE BASICALLY
TOO CLOSE TO CALL THEIR NECK
AND NECK. THERE’S THERE ARE
BASICALLY AIR WARS TAKING PLACE
LEFT TO RIGHT TONS OF MONEY
BEING SPENT LOTS OF NATIONAL
MONEY BEING SPENT
IN THE CASE OF CONGRESSIONAL
JUST JUST 23 WILL
HURD’S DISTRICT. JONES
BASICALLY ORTIZ JONES
IS LIKELY GOING TO WIN THAT SHE
ALMOST WON IT
2018. IN A DISTRICT THAT IN
2016 WAS A CLINTON DISTRICT BUT
YOU HAD A REPUBLICAN ELECTED.
AND SO I WOULD EXPECT FULLY
THAT JONES WILL LIKELY WIN THAT
CAN’T BET EVERYTHING
ON THAT. 21 IS A MORE
INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE YOU’VE
GOT A DISTRICT THAT’S
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN ON THE
ON THE SOUTH AND HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO. SO THE LIBERAL
ENCLAVES IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF
AUSTIN INTO THE HILL COUNTRY
AND IT REALLY IS KIND OF
FASTING HELP THAT ONCE BREAKING
BECAUSE AGAIN IT’S ALMOST A
5050 SPLIT RIGHT NOW. IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT’S
LAMAR SMITH’S OLD DESCRIBED
THEM ARE SMITH HELD THAT
DISTRICT FOR SO LONG.
IT’S HARD FOR ME TO WRAP MY
MIND AROUND THE FACT THAT A
DEMOCRAT IS.
>> COMPETITIVE IN THAT RACE
MINUTES SHIP ROY AND WENDY
DAVIS RIGHT, A LOT HAS TO DO
WITH I SAY 2 THINGS ONE
CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS IN
GENERAL.
2. THE FACT THAT AUSTIN IS IN
PLAY AUSTIN HAS A SERIOUS
IMPACT ON THIS DISTRICT
COMPARED TO SAY MAYBE EVEN 1015
YEARS AGO.
WHAT DOES IT FOR SHOWING
US SOME LINES OF VOTERS OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW AND WE KNOW
THAT’S NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A
GREAT TURNOUT TODAY THAT’S
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND WE NOW
HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF
REGISTERED VOTERS.
>> IN SAN ANTONIO, I BELIEVE
THAT THE NUMBER I HEARD WAS
200,000 MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED
THIS TIME THEN IN 2016. WHAT
DOES IT SAY TO YOU.
>> IT TELLS YOU THAT PEOPLE ARE
VERY MUCH ENGAGED IN THIS
ELECTION IS FAST AND TO SEE
SOME COUNTIES IN TEXAS
OR SEEING CLOSE TO 99%
REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS
THAT IS
JUST PHENOMENAL, YOU GET TURN
NOW TO GET ANY SORT OF TURN UP
THE COMES FROM THAT MANY PEOPLE
BEING REGISTERED TO VOTE YOU’RE
GOING HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN
NORMAL TURNOUT IN TEXAS
WHICH COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR
WILL MOST LIKELY THE
REPUBLICANS IN THIS CASE.
WE’RE TOUGH WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
ALSO YOU KNOW THE HOUSE AND
THE SENATE.
>> IN THIS WHOLE THING AND I
AND I ACTUALLY I FALL OF THE
COOK POLITICAL REPORT A LITTLE
BIT AND I SAW THAT THEY WERE
BASICALLY SAYING THE DEMOCRATS
COULD PICK UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
5, 6 SENATE SEATS
AND IT WOULD BE A MAJOR SHIFT
IN POWER IN THE SENATE ARE YOU
SEEING THE SAME THING.
>> OH YEAH ABSOLUTELY THERE’S
THERE’S A REAL SHOT FROM THE
DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE
SENATE WHICH MEANS YOU COULD
HAVE UNITARY GOVERNMENT BASED A
UNIFIED GOVERNMENT
GOING INTO 2021 MUCH LIKE WHAT
BARACK OBAMA HAD 2009
WHICH MEANS THAT JOE BIDEN
WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT FREER
HAND TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT
POLICIES.
>> DOCTOR JOHN TAYLOR UTSA
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL
SCIENCES, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US AS ALWAYS
PLEASURE.
>> I APPRECIATED, AND I ALWAYS
TELL PEOPLE I DON’T CARE WHO
YOU VOTE FOR THIS VOTE. I’M
GLAD TO SEE I’M GLAD TO SEE THE
LONG LINES OUT THERE.
ABSOLUTELY WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.