Who, He knew welcome to the five thirty politics podcast, I'm Galen droop, and we are exactly one week away from election day and actually today we have a little bit of a surprise for you. We are going to be focusing on state level races and about initiatives. So, of course, if you been to us for the past year or more you know that the biggest focus nationally as on the House and Senate, but state governments play a big role in determining the laws that Americans live by, and these midterms have the potential to shake up control of a bunch of state. Governments around the country. Also when it comes to ballot measures, voters themselves are gonna, be weighing in on policies directly in various In those things range from medicate expansion to cry, but related laws to, of course, marijuana.

Maybe one of the most ubiquitous ones. Over the past few years, and here with me to discuss all of those state raises and ballot measures are five. Three elections, analyse Nathaniel wreckage. Daniel has a gun. You wanna, get good, have you and studio? Thank you. It's always you're, usually so far away in Boston, not that far and also, with us is five. Thirty eight senior reporter Anna Bury Jester Hannah Galen hide in doing well. Anna joins us from California, which takes the distinct Maybe the ballot measure, capital of the nation and a. How long is your ballot? This followed you the idea here we have a mere eleven state ballot initiatives, but fear not. There are plenty of local propositions in addition to those that people have to study upon. So my local, when I think clear at least fifteen year in two thousand Sixteen. We actually had a listener of the podcast, send us the book that they may allow in California explaining all of the different ballot measures, and it was literally like

book. It's huge, it's it's giant, and actually we have parties every year to go over the ballot initiatives just to understand them. They're really get mean. Some of them are really complicated, including this year. There's a couple of ones that are really important, but are super complicated and asking an awful lot of voters in terms of making decisions. I think about the most five thirty eight style party, I've ever well you just like, gets some read some ballot measures, talk about all that activities and nuances of the policies? Anyway, we are going to get to a ballot measures, but first we are going to focus in on state legislative races and, in case were at any risk of boring people who think that state level raises are not worth their time Nathaniel. Can you just lay out a little bit? of what is at stake when it comes to these state races, so I'm like a ball claim here which, in a flat

state races and I'm including governors in this. So it's kind of cheating but state races as a whole are more important than the House or the Senate. They are the most important things on the ballot. Here. You can argue that you know who wins the control of iron, The government is less important than who wins the house as a whole, but I think there is really no contest when looking at all the states together on the state level, why? Why do you make that so because when one party is able to take full control of a state, they are able to ass, all sorts of dreams. Progressive or conservative priorities that frankly we seen on the national level in quite some time really send Obama Karen two thousand nine twenty ten and even that was fairly watered down, but when Republic took full control of a lot of state governments after the twin ten elections, which obviously one while for them, they were able to pass laws alike at ten Wisconsin, as you know, Galen Pudding,

actions on unions? They have been able to pass things like abortion restrictions. They have passed immigration restrictions in the few states. The Democrats have control, they ve been able to reason, other ways to fifteen dollars if single pair healthcare is going, happen somewhere. I would wager dollars you don't answer. This can happen on the state level before it happens on the national level, so the states really are not just a laboratory for democracy things that might happen on a national level some day. But these are real policies that affect millions of people who actually live in. These states oh, when we're talking about state legislative races, we're talking about a parties ability to enact those laws get Anna. What is your experience? Obviously, women com, cornea. So you can keep your eyes on a state that has had a democratic trifecta between the governors, mansion and both chambers of the state budget, What have you seen their yeah? I mean here. Is it's really interesting right, because the the divide here, a sort of between the more progressive liberal demo

that's an more moderate Democrats, but it really changes the tenor of what is being talked about in the state just nature rate. So you know that Ben, pretty easy expansions of the social safety net in ways that you, you know, you didn't see in a state that didn't have a blue trifecta. If you will I have also been thinking a lot about you know. Education is largely funded by the federal government, but those decisions are made at the state level, and you know we saw huge wave of protest in I'd states. Last year among teachers, Ray and you'd expect. That's things like that could come up if some of those that traffic deserve our changed The other thing courses with obamacare- you know the Republicans had been looking to change the protections for pre existing conditions and a lot of those say those went away, which is definitely a possibility, there's a lawsuit they can make that happen. There is legislation that can make that happen. A lot of that would come down to the state level to determine some of the healthcare policy, which is where actually lot of healthcare policy is determined so actions. Are I completely agree with Nathaniel that these

elections are really really important and also just say, by the numbers. If you think four hundred thirty five house raises is alot, there are over six thousand state lawmakers on the ballot. Fall so for people who, like elections in a lot of free elections, so let's get into some of the specific states, but before we do that Can we kind of lay out where the starting point Is your dimension Nathaniel that two thousand ten was a really good year for Republicans on the state legislative level? How many try factors have they maintained? How many tractors to Democrats have started this fall, so Republicans are great shape on the state level, and that is largely due to the Obama years Democrats asked around a thousand state legislative seats under Obama, which was the most under any presidency, were to occur,

Republicans have a full control the Trifecta gala mentioned. So this is the governorship of the state Senate in the state House. Republicans have full control of twenty six state. Governments and Democrats have only eight but the twenty eighteen election by dint of kind of one of these off your elections, where a lot of governor ships and state legislatures or up like in twenty fourteen and twenty ten Republicans, have a lot lose in those states because they did so well and twenty ten and twenty fourteen plus the fact that at such a good democratic year, means that Democrats have a lot of opportunities to break those republican, try factors and, at the very least, be of the block Republicans from passing more conservative laws and in some states they even have a chance to take full control them.

And then they can start kind of their own version of what Republicans did after the twin ten election. So, let's start there, what are a few of the states that already have democratic trifecta as and where could they expand about? The democratic factor? States are some of the blue estates in the country, as you might expect, so. California, of course, they ve been able to pass lots of liberal lost their places like Delaware places like Netiquette, although that's just barely true, they were able to pass, for instance, big gun control law your town and then some of the places where Democrats can take total control from their best, shots are in New York, which he would think might be already a democratic trifecta, but there's a thing called I d C Democrats and State Senate who switched parties basically to join us. A book and so technically Democrats of numerical majority in the New York State Senate right now, but there is a Democrat who Cox's with Republicans who keeps them from actually having control the chamber. But Democrats are in great position a pick up

and full of seats in the state Senate. In New York this year, so is that the most likely trifecta we're lucky, I would say either New Yorker Colorado, Colorado's, looking good for them. That's as well, they currently have both the state House and the governorship there, Looking very good in the State House, the governorship looks like it's gonna stay and democratic hands, with jeered, polis and and they'd Senate they're, just down by two seats, and they have lots of opportunities in kind of the Denver suburbs places that, as we know from the house, have been swinging toward Democrats a lot. So both those states, I would say, are pretty likely to go for democratic next year as well. I would also add mean to that list main is up swear? They currently have a republican governor and a republican state Senate, but Democrats are probably fairer to flip both of those, but whenever you two parts kind of in the air. Then it's all the less likely. What kind of legislation could these states pass if, after election day, they actually have democratic, try factors, I think, generally speaking, you're looking at perhaps an increase in time

is to pay for things like infrastructure, education, potentially safety net tape of programmes in legislation that since the minimum wage has been really popular in democratically held states, environmental regulations and certainly like an increase in requirements for renewables that kind of thing in Fournier, which is obviously already very blue and is gonna stay blue. I feel pretty comparable saying that its parliament, yet more blue, and I think you are looking at a real potential for some kind of universal health care. I think California, he wants to be a breeding ground for that kind of legislation, and is gonna be looking to do that. But you know some members of the Democratic Party and be looking to do that sooner than later, and if they pick up a few more seats in either the passive, a Senate, the likely to get yet interesting. New York, a big part of the governor, toil Mary was Cynthia next railing against that independent group of Democrats who are causing with the Republicans doing the state from passing significantly more progressive legislation.

Interesting to see after this election. We have you know both California in New York, to of the largest states in the country kind of pushing really progressive. Logically, yeah transportation, was a big issue. We know since the Nixon for sure because of the empty air in the subway, but in I think transportation infrastructure you haven't been talked about a ton but are probably really big issues at state level. Yeah. The interesting thing about New York is that Governor Cuomo, who has been criticised by progressive like Nixon for enabling me I d C, has gone really all in on Democrats in the New York summit this year, which is cynics. I say this because he sees the writing on the wall. Sees that Democrats democratic, really good position to get the majority and he wants to kind of be the leader of that group, but he's finally putting his muscle behind that campaign in a way that he hasn't before. Are there any four states where you're watching to see if Democrats actually get that traffic

a Michigan is a really interesting state. For me, the Midwest is something that we ve talked about a lot here and it looks like it may be, reverting to the mean and going back toward Democrats in a big way, after, of course, voting for tromp democratically. Whittemore is well ahead in pulls the gubernatorial race. There, the ledge it is a much tougher nut to crack its pretty well gerrymandered by Republicans. The median district is about nine points, republican leaning, but in a big enough wave. If the national popular vote is a deeply nine environment, that could fall on, particularly in the state Senate, that's generally I think to be tougher left for Democrats, but Michigan has terms and a lot of those republicans who were first elected twenty ten are now term landed here in twenty eighteen. So, specifically, eleven Republicans our term limited out of competitive seats, and the party only adds to pick up nine seats in order to win a majority.

Also looking at States Lake Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, where Democrats would only have to pick up the governors matching in order to form that trifecta, right exactly so, we ve been focusing our state legislatures button meal. Maybe the easiest place for them to get trifecta would beat it simply. Flip control, the governors Office, in Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico from Republican to Democratic and Illinois New Mexico. Both look like that's pretty safe bet, Nevada looks like up your toss up at this point the and the other thing I think, an interesting is that Democrats are running candidates in a lot more elections and Republicans art washing, posted that eighty seven percent of state legislator, races have a democrat running and seventy eight percent of cases have a republican candidate. So am I the point about term limits Nathaniel. There is also the question of just purely having a lot of kids

it's her dear wife. We say almost podcast, often in wave elections. A big factor is how big of a field the two parties play, and it sounds like on the state level, droughts are playing a bigger field, so we'll see what happens there. But let's move on to Republican, try factors and see which are in jeopardy and also bring up here for people a show for a while the issue of reducing thing and gerrymandering, because one of the outcomes of Republicans having such broad control over state legislatures and governors mansions was that they were able to redistricting house and state legislative seats as they saw fit in two thousand and eleven and in states where either Democrats take control or where a trifecta is broken up either Democrats will be able to join. Manner as they wish, or especially in states where their split control they're going to have to

to some sort of agreement about how they're going to redistricting and determined who is in control in twenty twenty one? The next time we re district begins now with these governors raisins with these state legislative races, so simple, you keep an eye on if that's a topic that you're interested in as well? Ok, let's get to those Republican TRY factors whose in jeopardy oh Republican, try factors in lots of states are in jeopardy. So there are states like Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, where the governorship again could be decisive. Democrats are competitive and all those governors races, even if the legislators are not that competitive, so just by winning ownership. They could get veto power over things that the legislature, trespass could also see it happening in New Hampshire, which is a very elastic state. We say here if I thought he ate, so it moves around a lot so famously the New Hampshire State House has four hundred members which

my favorite staff and politics is something like that. Computes out two point. One percent of all New Hampshire residents are members of the state legislature not forgot bud to go. You have a situation where the state House is quite likely to switch to democratic state Senate. Probably am the governors are probably not, but still having a democratic, a fully democratic legislature. There would big florid as another one ass afford as one When I wrote about this initially, I thought that may be Democrats could take full control of Florida. That may have been a little domestic. For Democrats, there looking very the governors race with Andrew Guillaume. I think we ve covered that pretty well. That he's lead in almost every Paul and before the state Senate is also looking quite competitive. The state house, it's a little bit tricky because the median district there is actually with Trump wanted by only around three percentage points. So at first glance it does look competitive unflappable, but

always forward a person ship is always the same on the presidential love on the legislative level. You have a lot of cuban american voters who don't particular like tromp but are still loyal to the GNP on lower level, races, someone? I recommend appearance, didn't forward a legislative races, Matthews Bow he, the Florida data Guru and he put out ratings for all of the state Senate and State House raises in Florida, and he without a pretty convincing case of the Republicans are safely gonna hold onto the forested house, but still that's a state that had a republican trifecta since ninety ninety nine, with only a brief interruption when Charlie Chris was an independent governor. And so it would really be a sea change. If two of the three lovers of government in Florida became blue is that common that you know we think of Florida as a purple state, but on the state legislative level, it's been solidly read for twenty years, how different is the national environment or how we think of states performance on the national level compared

You know, state legislative reasons. Could you, for example, take the generic ballot and say well, the generic ballot is about plus nine. For Democrats, organ apply that to state legislative races, yeah I mean I wouldn't be quite so literal about it, but certainly the national environment does trickle down. So I think a rule of thumb for gubernatorial races is that partisanship asked by presidential election. Results is about. One third of straw in governance, races as it is in federal level, races and so but generally apply that I think to legislative elections as well do polls see the of the generic legislative ballot on the state level. The same way that you see poles of the generic congressional ballot on the federal level, and generally they have shown the same thing here. This is a good democratic here price there Finally, you do have cases where these statements, The environment is informed by the popularity of the governor of the same way that the national environment is informed by the popularity of the president, so, for instance, in Connecticut you have a very unpopular democratic governor and that's a state that, despite the

No blue wave, it looks like Republicans, are in shape their, they might be able to flip the states and other state house and the governorship. So that's one of the few states, the Republicans might actually be able to turn into a trifecta and Anna. When it comes to these Republican, try factors what kind of conserving republican accomplishments. Have these stay out governors mentions had during the past eight years or so there's been a tonne legislation, pudding restrictions on abortion in different ways span. Quite a bit of movement and sort of the right to work. Brown in terms of limiting the power of labour unions and then Taxes are who is at the heart of this is well right. So even this year there is a lot of ballot proposals to limit the ability of state legislatures to tax. That kind of thing- and I think you ve, seen states military couldn't keep those tax, down and then you know again going back to sort of the teachers. The teacher strikes earlier this year that has had some

obviously, on a lot of the legacy The agenda and sort of limit spending in certain rounds that people are kind of unhappy with. So can you know you might imagine that there could be a backlash too that if the sum of the rancher factors go away, you mentioned the teacher strikes, and actually I should have also mentioned Arizona as another state where the republican trifecta could wash away. Obviously that was One of the sites of the teacher strikes, though the red for ad movement and a lot of people think that anger over that could fuel democratic him, many wave in the state legislature. So the state Senate is definite. Looking frightened, therefore republic, and possibly as to house as well Republicans do. If they're gonna hold onto the governorship, so I wouldn't go far to say that would be a democratic trifecta. But if Democrats were to pay up at least one chamber in the state legislature that would give them a seat at the table for things like education funding. You mentioned in the report. Hence could do well in the state level in Connecticut

Are there any other pick up opportunities for Republicans? Yes, so there are a few Alaska is one. I know that our readers probably care deeply about Alaska and its three electoral votes, but, state where the republic in his favor to take over the governorship and these data, is also a weird coalition kind of the opposite of New York, where its Republicans have a numerical majority, but a few of them have sided with Democrats to create a governing coalition alive, those kind of turncoat, sorry vulnerable districts, so I would say, Republic has ever pretty good chance of getting a trifecta there. You also have who elections in Rhode, Island in Oregon, theoretically, Oregon Republicans could take over those seats and break the democratic trifecta there. I would bet on it. Comes, but it certainly within their own possibility, show just what are looking at these races. Broad How much of a fight are the parties putting up what kind of

money is being put into. This is candidate recruitment as big of a priority on the state level, I mean Anna. What are you observing their there's been a lot of talk about them female candidates who are running, obviously, Democrats, obviously spending pretty big this season and near seeing that, in terms of the number of candidates, their running generally, there's more full of color, more women, it's a much broader candidate pool in them for the Democratic Party in terms of money, these raises are fuelling a ridiculous amount of money, for instance in Colorado's legislative races. There are expecting seven point: five million dollars or more to be spent across just a handful of the districts, the diagnosis, high control, the state Senate somewhere Numbers and other states Florida Michigan. So the parties understand the importance of these rights. All right. Let's move on to everybody's favorite topic, direct democracy, but book

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twenty six states, plus the District of Columbia, with some of initiative or referendum process and all kinds of things. Up on the ballot in these states, ranging from landmark Legislation to relatively small things can be more complicated as Anna was mentioning earlier. According to bout, a pdf Americans across the country are voting on a hundred fifty five different statewide ballot measures this year, and I ask you coming from. As we said, the nations capital of ballot initiatives what your eyes on this fall. Well, you know the getting dark

five p m thing around here is really getting old so that the daylight savings keeping that earlier round in California is what I want. I most concerned about these days. We, how much is that a big issue like how much is there a lot of spending? Are you see ads or people really trying to extend the Eid savings time? Your round? I would say that it is no. It is not the big spender this year and I think a lot of people don't really know how to feel about it because, among other things, it would require privilege from Congress to make that happen. So it's not like the state can just vote on it and make it happen, and also can imagine it be complicated to have half the year three hours. Apart from the these coastline, half the or two hours apart, but people are the interested and I mean that's, you know that's the kind of thing that gets talked about over the country all the time. So but there are several things. Looking at one of them, is There are four states with medicate experts. And on the ballot three of them would newly expand Medicaid for the first time. So that's you know the sober the care era thing that states where

allowed to expand medicate up to people earning either a hundred depending on the state. It's gonna be thirty three or hundred and thirty, eight percent of the federal poverty line, so Idaho Oscar in Utah are looking to newly expand that Montana initiative that would extend the medicate expansion there. So, though while pulling extremely well and look pretty popular and likely to pass and that's pretty interesting right, because we have still sort of the Un debate about where about stands, but medicate expansion has always been pretty popular. There have been a lot of red states that have sort of refuse to the legislatures have sort of refuse to pick it up and starting in

mean in the last election season. Ballad measures have been away that they ve been thinking about, doing that the states what you're talking about, or not particularly liberal states, because, obviously because the littoral states have already expanded Medicare, but what kind of success do progressives have when it comes to trying to pass more liberal or progressive bout measures directly by voters and kind of circumvent those republican governments yeah. It's a pretty effective tactic, I think for them, and I think they have started to wise up to it recently. Here you have states yeah that would that have expanded medical. That never would have done so on the legislative level, and I think it speaks to the fact that, when you kind of remove from the politicians and dissociate it people

are willing to let you know it's like when people lie when you ask about Obamacare pulls a lot worse than when you pull about neither affordable care, act or provisions of that, and so I think that it shows the people maybe aren't as entrenched in what you assume their partisan ways are, then you would think, but you do have the risk, at least when it's not a competition I meant that the legislature can just turn around and repeal the law. So this happened in South Dakota and twenty sixteen. They passed a series of political reforms that the Republican much later did my very much and they just decided to repeal it, which is always that can always happen. Similarly, in Maine voters voted to expand Medicaid, but that has not yet been implemented because the governor has refused to do it Daniel? What are you watching for this one? So I thank them. Interesting, Balin measures. This fall. A centre on this issue of voting rights are voting access, delegates, good example actually of progressive

going around state legislatures that normally wouldn't touch these laws and going back of the people, because things like this do tend to be fairly popular. Things like registry reform and creating new independent redistricting commissions. So, as you well know, Galen there are about measures to create independent or quasi independent redistricting commissions and for states Colorado, Utah mission, and misery I had actually in Missouri. They will not be creating an independent commission, etc. They would be creating the position of a state demographer who, like that non partisan in theory. I guess state demographer themselves would draw the maps that would then be approved by one person, legislature and They would be mandated by this new law to consider the official De Gap- and you know part of buyers and all of these things, interesting I'll, say at least for their interesting walks. I got yeah. So it has the potential to be a very big night for redistricting reformers

another one is in Florida. This is perhaps, in my opinion, the high profile ballot measure in this is amendment four, which would restore voting rights to former convicted felons every one other than people who committed crimes like murder and and sexual crimes. If you listen to, some people had could have the effect of completely changing the face of the Florida electorate. So currently an estimated twenty one percent of African Americans in Florida are disenfranchised to vote on it as they have basically criminal records, and this would Ray enfranchise them, and it would. This would affect one point. Five million people and, according to an estimate by the New York Times, upshot that could create up to two hundred thousand new voters, most of whom would lean democratic because they are disproportionately people of color. So of course Trump one for it out by a lot. Less and three hundred thousand votes. So Democrats are hopeful that this could help them alive poorly. In addition to

believing presumably on philosophical grounds that these people should get their voting right back and what kind of polling do we have on ballot measures I mean in Florida, for example, I mean due to all of them, get pulled on the high profile ones. Do we know our Californians think about extending daylight saving time, yeah. I mean in our Anna answer the question about California, but yes, ballot measures. Do you pulled, unfortunately, it's not as often as other races arm, but the Florida thou measure. Amendment four in particular, has been pull extensively so in Florida, a ballot measures or constitutional amendments need sixty percent in order to pass, and currently it's kind of right at that threshold. So the latest pole from the New York Times upshot. Has it at sixty percent for us and thirty one percent for now so something you know about ballot measure pulling is that undecided tend to break down,

fortunately, for the no side of things, because that typically represents the status quo and when people are decided the safe that is usually to justify to the status quo, so that here really right on the boundary of passage in terms of the Redistricting proposals I mentioned all of them are up by very healthy margins in the polls as well, again kind of red, demonstrating that a lot of these issues have our popular across party lines. Even though a politician star thoroughly act like that there? imagine that Ohio actually had a reduced therefore, measure on the ballot earlier this year and passed it very easily, one interesting thing about ballot measures. Is that it's not just away, as you mentioned, to kind of get around the partisan state legislatures, they can actually have an impact on turn out right if they hit a particular nerve for the states population yeah- I don't know how realistic this actually is, but strategist we'll talk about. Well, you know we put this.

Measure on the ballot because we really wanted to turn our conservatives are liberals in one way or another mean a famous example- is banning same sex marriage through constitutional amendments in two thousand for I'm curious and are there any apples of that you know this cycle yes the high profile propositions in California is repeal of a gas tax. That's pretty explore Leon there to lower our republican voters. It's not pulling particularly well, so I dont know what that means about what a little do for turn out, but that's definitely that Leon there is lower, it say in North Dakota Democrats are hoping that legislation over marijuana legalization will lower our younger, more live voters to hold incumbent idea, camp seat and similarly, Republicans in that state have put some immigration restriction it's on the ballot. It's it's about me, it illegal for immigrants to vote, which they're already not allowed to so that's kind of

a little bit of a weird one. But that's their hoping that'll help improve Republican turn out what I shall ask the state of pot the ballot in America. This fall, as you mentioned, the North Dakota yeah. I mean there's since in its in several states, so The quota has legalization on the ballot, as does Michigan and then Utah, Oklahoma and Missouri all have legislation over legalizing medical marijuana. So you know this is yet another year were have in many states looking at marijuana legislation mean it's really fascinating when you think about where we were just a decade ago to see how many states are embracing some kind of legalization of marijuana, whilst still completely illegal at this, a level I I I didn't. I find it. Never! It's just endlessly fascinating and doing Oh, how those measures are pulling. It seems like one it's been on the ballot in the past, its past rank

they have a very good pro. Marijuana activists have a very good track record at the ballot box guides. It's looking good shape. For instance, Michigan there's been a lot of poles of the ballot measure proposal. One till he lies marijuana. The most recent epoch MRI poll shows fifty seven percent support and forty one percent oppose it Paca Unpopular and there are endless ballot measures that we could as I mentioned at the top, there are a hundred fifty five in fact, Sorgen interact up and as we do, what other bow measures should we be based on on election? I we're gonna, be getting all kinds of results, but what are the key ones that are going to make them the biggest impact on people's lives? Who live in a state these states? there's. California, that's really weird, but is really important. It relates to dialysis centres, its, I believe, the most did proposal the entire country and that's largely because to the largest dials, his clinics and pharma have been funding. You know, sort of the opposition to,

but would essentially cap the amount of profit dialysis centres throughout find. The so interesting, though, is that it actually really a roundabout way to get dialysis clinics to invest in staff. It was it's a proposal that was put on the ballot by a union. Been trained owed to unionized the workers at these dialysis centres, but its being talked about as a way to you know, sort of brain in healthcare costs, which is something people really cool about. But it's also this sort of labour dispute in the background and it's very What year legislation, as you know, the opponents say, would lead to clinic shutting down hurting patient, in the long run proponents say that it would bring some of the costs act, patience and improve training and that sort of thing, but that's it that's a lot firm view, First to weigh saw be very interested. I am your tend towards what you know what Nathaniel saying about people voting no be when introduced her to the default. I think is likely what's gonna happen here, but I will be interesting to see how much traction that gains so fun fact about that

our measure. There is so much money behind it that they, anybody who watched the world serious will know this they more able to buy national television adds so high in Massachusetts. I saw ads for the California Balin measure. While I was watching the World Series, I guess when you forty million people in your stay it just worth it to pay national adds Yanza, I'm in with the LOS Angeles daughters in the world Series. There were a lot of California eyeballs there, that's fascinating in theirs. Huge money at stake. I mean you can't really under estimate now, so we're talking about you, no restriction that mean restrictions on the cost of health care is something that I think a lot of medical companies are concerned could spread. So nobody wants to turn to start. There are Nathaniel one other bits and pieces of ballot measures. Are you watching out for their so need to choose from gale in its like choosing a fair trial, but I would say in the vein of

blue measures and red states? There are minimum wage increases on the ballot in and saw an missouri, there are, in the end the theme of voting rights. You have a pretty comprehensive package in Michigan that would create automatic vote. Registration same day, voter registration on no excuse empty voting that would significantly liberalize Michigan electoral Laws on Nevada is also can be voting on automatic voter registration. And then there are a couple interesting environmental initiatives as well. In Arizona, a lot of spot money has been spent on creating a higher renewable energy requirement and in Washington there can be a voting on implementing a carbon tax. We didn't get to all of them and of an actual suggest to wear some units were interested in reading more about ballot measures to go to ballot pdf where it will list all the ballot measures up for a vote, this far very useful ways to go to learn more, but let's leave it there. I think much Nathaniel Moroccan and thank you, Anna inks.

Well, as you said, Nathaniel, these are the most important races you would argue on the ballot. Thus far the state, legislative, raisins and we will be tracking them election Day election day. You're gonna be here on the wide law, great apes going through an interval. I bog I will try to work, people, when chambers, flap and and if you're going to be joining us for the live like as well right, I sure will next Tuesday one week from today. Getting excited all right. My name is given droop Tony chow is in the control room as usual. Keep checking this field will have more podcast for you this week. You can get in touch What you telling us at podcast at five, thirty, eight dot com. You can also tweeted us with any questions or comments. If you're a fan of the Leave us a rating or review, and the Apple pie cast store. When you leave a rating, it helps our rankings which helps other people. Cover the show or just tell someone about us again for listening, and we will see you soon

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