ONLY ON 8: Political Analyst Steve Flowers on races for White House, U.S. House District 2
Action 8 Political Analyst Steve Flowers shared his insight into the presidential race and for the open seat in U.S. House District 2.
Over the weekend, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced that he would not run for the Congressional seat. Flowers says that makes the race wide open, although he says someone who’s from Montgomery would still have the advantage. The federal courts recently redrew the district lines to give Black Alabamians a chance at greater representation. The deadline for candidates to qualify is 5PM Friday, November 10.
Today, former President Donald Trump took the stand in his civil fraud trial in New York. Trump is accused of inflating his company’s assets in order to get more favorable terms on loans and insurance. Flowers spoke about whether this case and the others that Trump faces would hurt his support in Alabama.
There is also a new CBS News Poll that shows how people feel about a potential Biden vs. Trump rematch in the 2024 presidential race. The poll shows that among likely voters asked, 18% say they thought Biden’s policies would improve their personal finances, compared to 45% who said Trump. When asked about the possibility of the U.S. going to war, 49% said they thought Biden’s policies would increase the chances that the U.S. would be involved in a war, compared to 43% who said they thought Trump would keep the U.S. out of war.
Flowers said Biden’s troubles extend beyond those issues because he is now trailing trump in several key battleground states. However, the election is still about one year away.
Watch the video above to get Steve Flowers’ Exclusive analysis.
