With just seven weeks until the midterm elections, the key issues of this campaign are crystallizing. Democratic candidates are hitting the Republicans hard on abortion rights, while the GOP is focusing on the economy. Polling nationally shows that Democratic voters are highly motivated by the abortion issue, while Republicans don’t really care very much about it. But the number one issue for voters in California, and nationally, remains the economy, inflation and jobs.

So will this play out over the next two months? Why the two parties are addressing the contest so differently? To answer those questions, KCBS Radio Political Reporter Doug Sovern along with KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart talk with Thad Kousser, political science professor and Co-director of the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research at UC San Diego.