Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Charles Lipson joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss how the election could come down to Pennsylvania.
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00:00 Something interesting that you said is that you think the election is going to come down to Pennsylvania.
00:05 I was actually born and raised in Pennsylvania. So when you're thinking about the issues that matter specifically to the Keystone State, when they're going to be casting their ballot, what are they?
00:16 I think most of the issues for Pennsylvania are the same as they're going to be in Ohio or Michigan or California or anywhere else. Is the economy doing OK? Are we safe in our homes? Is America safer in the world and so forth?
00:34 But Pennsylvania also has a real interest in fracking and energy production. The modern, over a century ago, modern oil production actually began, as you well know, in Pennsylvania.
00:53 It moved to Texas, but it began in Pennsylvania. And so people say that's going to be a big issue. My only question about that, Brittany, is whether those people are already voting for Trump.
01:11 So does it move them or does it get them to come out to the polls more? I think the fact is this time also, and we'll know we're recording this on Tuesday and there's a primary today that a moderate conservative Republican is expected to win.
01:35 He might well have beaten Fetterman in the last election, but Trump endorsed Dr. Oz, who turned out to be a weak candidate in the general election. But this is a much stronger candidate to go up against Senator Casey.
01:51 And that could also have a big effect on, on a) which president carries Pennsylvania and b) which party carries the Senate. This is an unusually good year in terms of the electoral calendar for Republicans to win back the Senate.
02:14 The next two elections after this are not good years for Republicans. But this year will be particularly important in that regard, because if a Republican president is elected, then he will need to get his cabinet approved and court appointments and so forth.