One Week to Election Day

0 October 27, 2026 16:42

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the midterm elections. On today’s show, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Fellow Aaron David Miller, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Precision Strategies Senior Partner Alex Conant.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Radio Balance of Power: Early Edition
00:02:09 Markets: Earnings, Fed & Big Tech
00:04:01 Israel Votes on Netanyahu’s Future
00:05:02 Record Turnout & Netanyahu’s Political Fight
00:10:33 What Israel’s Election Means for Netanyahu
00:13:19 Trump’s Endorsement & Israeli Politics
00:15:27 Israel, Iran & the Post-Election Outlook
00:17:04 Netanyahu’s Legal & Political Future
00:20:23 Trump Heads to Texas for Ken Paxton
00:22:18 Political Panel: Affordability & the Midterms
00:26:06 Polls, Turnout & the Senate Battle
00:30:47 Prediction Markets vs. Political Polls
00:34:23 How the Midterms Could Move Markets
00:39:24 Is a Democratic Wave Building?
00:41:33 Kansas, Mississippi & Republican Risks
00:44:05 Campaign Spending & Candidate Quality
00:45:14 What a Lame-Duck Congress Could Look Like
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