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Nov. 5, 2025 - Sean Hannity Show
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Election Day 2025!
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All right, it's Election Day in America.
Thank you for joining us.
Write down our toll-free telephone number.
Now, we're going to take a lot of calls, you know, throughout the course of the show today.
You know, anecdotal information that you want to share, voting where you happen to be.
We want to hear from you.
Really, well, I think maybe the funniest post I saw today, although Linda just said there's no way this is real, that Jay Jones tried to kick a dog and missed.
That has to be AI.
You're kidding me.
It is not AI.
It is not AI.
The best part is, the best part is he tries to kick it, walks around it, and then kind of swings at it again.
I'm like, he's speeding.
He wants to kill small children.
Now he's kicking dogs on election day.
Bro.
Unbelievable.
All right.
One of the bigger controversies to emerge at the outset of this election is the actual ballot in New York City.
And it's fascinating to watch.
Elon Musk weighed in on this, criticizing the ballot, listing Mamdani, Marxist Kami Mamdani, twice at the top, relegating Cuomo to the lower level in the middle.
You can barely find it.
If you look at the top row, Democrat, it says Zoron, Kwame Mamdani.
Row B next to it is Curtis Lee, a Republican, conservative.
Now, let me explain something to all of you outside of New York.
There's a million parties that you can form in New York and get your name on a ballot.
Anyway, Irena Strada, then D, it's back to Zoron, Kwame Mamdani, with the Working Families Party.
Curtis Lee was next again with the Protect the Animals Party.
Whoever heard the Protect the Animals Party?
What are you?
What's your political affiliation?
Protect the Animals.
Anyway, the next line is Eric Adams on the safe and affordable line.
Yeah, great job he did by welcoming in all the unvetted Harris Biden Maorca's illegals.
Then you go to line two, and they have the integrity party, Jim Walden, never heard of the guy.
Then the fight and deliver party, that's Andrew Cuomo's spot on row two in the middle.
And the last one is quality of life, Joseph Hernandez.
I don't even know who any of these people is, people are in this particular case.
You know, he put up on X, the New York City ballot form as a scam, complaining that no identification is required.
Candidates appear twice.
Cuomo's name is last on the ballot.
Look, New York, I can tell you when I live there, I love the people that were at my polling place that I used to go see every election year.
And I'd walk in and they say, I hate it when they hate when people say Mr. Hattie.
I'd say it's Sean.
It's Sean.
That's fine.
They say hello and I'd say hello back.
And I'd always reach for my wallet, assuming I got to give an idea.
Of course, you don't need an idea in New York.
And Musk added that, you know, Mamdani's on the ballot twice.
Maybe he can win twice too.
I mean, it's just typical dumb lack of election integrity.
And as we, you know, start this day off, I would be negligent if I didn't say we've got to fix this.
Republicans now have got to make this a priority.
I mean, and it's not hard.
Now, both parties have bitterly complained about election results.
Hillary Clinton is one.
Stacey Abrams is two.
President Trump can be number three.
Okay, there.
I'm being fair.
But we don't have election integrity, which is the problem.
The measures to put in place are not complicated.
You know, I can't stand you get to vote starting in September for a November election.
I think that's insane.
You know, what can happen between September and November?
You know, remember, the Hunter Biden laptop didn't come out till October and it was suppressed because the FBI pre-bunked it, you know, can have a dramatic impact on people's voting.
It's absolutely crazy.
You know, but we need it should be mostly same-day voting with the exception of the military or people that are infirmed or the elderly.
I would prefer paper ballots myself.
I think you have more integrity.
A lot of European countries, Canada, for example, have gone back to paper ballots.
They find there's more integrity to it.
That's what I'd prefer.
I think that you have voter ID, signature verification, chain of custody controls.
By the way, that county, I believe it was Passaic in New Jersey, the city council voting no.
Is it Passaic, Linda?
Voting no in terms of putting cameras on early voting.
It was Passaic.
And I think that's insane.
That means anybody can walk in that room at any time and nobody would know what they do in that room, whether they tamper with ballots.
It just gives integrity and confidence into the results.
But anyway, voter ID, signature verification, chain of custody controls.
They should be under a 24-hour camera available for the public to watch if they desire.
Get rid of these stupid drop boxes, in my view.
That's another thing that needs to go.
Updated voter rolls.
I think you need partisan observers watching the voting all day, the vote counting all night.
And I think we'd have more integrity in the system.
That's what I wish.
Republicans, they need to get their act together.
Let me tell you what we are watching this election day so everybody is prepared.
By the time we come on tonight, with the exception of California, all the polls will close as of 9 p.m. Eastern time.
And let me start in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
You have Virginia governor.
Now, remember, Glenn Young four years ago, it was a dramatic upset, and he won, but he didn't win by a lot.
He won by two percentage points.
Our people argue that Virginia is purple.
I believe that Virginia leans more blue.
That's my personal belief.
And Winsom Earl Sears, I think, would be a great choice.
The bottom seems to have fallen out, having spoken, and we'll check in with him later, Matt Towery, in terms of her polling, but there is a real chance for Jason Miaris, who's going up against this lunatic who threatened the Speaker of the House of Commons.
You know, Jay Jones is his name, the one that we're just talking about, maybe trying to kick the dog if that's not artificial intelligence.
Linda Safuer is not.
But the current Attorney General, Jason Miaris, has a real shot in this race.
And I hope those of you in Virginia will keep, you know, Jason Miaris.
He deserves a second term.
Why would you elect somebody in this assassination culture that was having a conversation threatening to murder the Speaker of the House of Commons and his children and then saying he wants to piss on their grave?
Because he said all of that in a text.
And even the person he's texting is like, I am really uncomfortable with this conversation.
Stop.
We're also watching this election day in New Jersey.
This is the race to watch.
This is Mikey Sherrill running against businessman Jack Chitterelli.
And if you recall, I've confessed that I really did not pay attention to this four years ago because there was no indication that I should.
The polls never indicated that this could in any way be a close race.
Going into today, Election Day, there are now five polls that have Jack Chittorelli and Mikey Sherrill a one-point difference.
Now, there are other outlier polls that have Mikey Sherrill way ahead.
I don't believe those polls.
The pollsters that I trust the most are the people that I think are going to be the most accurate.
This is a dead heat race.
What that means officially for the people of New Jersey is this is now a turnout election day for you.
What does that mean?
That means get out and vote.
If you have not voted and you want to change the path and trajectory in New Jersey, this may be your last shot.
And you have an opportunity here.
You're 49th out of 50 in terms of the taxes in your state, and you can change all of that today.
And if you really, really care, you might want to call your friends, talk to your neighbors, talk to your coworkers.
And I want to remind everybody, if you're online waiting to vote before the polls close and you haven't voted, you get to vote as a matter of law.
So stay in line.
You have to go to the bathroom, raise your hand.
I'm sure they'll let you go to the bathroom.
At least I hope so.
There might be polling places, Linda, that don't let that happen.
I don't know.
I would make accommodations for somebody that said, I really have to go to the bathroom.
Can you escort me in?
I think any decent person would do that.
So we're watching New Jersey this election day.
Obviously, the big race, New York City.
What's so interesting about this is nobody knows who Atlas Polling is, but Atlas Polling is the top pollster, one of the top pollsters in the country, along with Trafalgar, that's Robert Cahaley, Matt Towery, that's Insider Advantage, and Matt will join us in the next hour.
And that's John McLaughlin and Associates as Rasmussen.
And that's pretty much it.
All these other New York Times and most of these other ones get it so wrong, it's not even worth following their polling.
And I just stick with the people that I know have a very good track record.
And Atlas has been polling this, and they came out with their final poll.
And Mamdani, the bottom's been falling out in the last number of days.
Now, he did have what appears to be demographically an early vote lead for him.
And meaning because a lot of these young New Yorkers that pushed him over the top in the primary have been going out in droves and voting early.
And we'll see if that's going to be enough to hold.
If, in fact, you know, Cuomo or Curtis Lewis can, you know, have a great election day showing.
We'll see.
But I kind of think this is too far gone is my guess.
I hope I'm wrong.
Then don't believe that it's over.
You know, you don't know.
Polling is one thing.
Votes are another thing.
So let's see what happens.
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we're also paying attention there.
Voters will cast ballots in a race that really could impact national elections in the future.
Now, three members of the Supreme Court in Pennsylvania are up for reelection, although they do not face any named opponents.
Instead, voters simply decide whether or not they should remain on the bench.
And should the justices be retained, in other words?
And if they are retained, they will serve another 10 years.
Well, that's, you know, what is that?
At least two more presidential cycles for crying out loud.
That's ridiculous.
So, and Josh Shapiro, the Democrat, wants them retained.
If you're in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania today, I know a lot of times, you know, do I really want, yeah, this could impact the outcome of a future presidential election.
If you're in Pennsylvania, go out and vote.
Do not retain these justices.
They should not be retained.
They should not remain on the bench.
There's your answer, in my humble opinion.
Again, I talked about Ray Jones, the representative that wants to, you know, he said if I had two bullets and I had an opportunity to shoot Hitler Pol Pot and the Speaker of the House of Commons, I'd use both bullets on the Speaker.
And then I'd, you know, go after his family, and then I'd piss on their graves.
The fact that the Democrats did not insist this guy drop out is beyond any comprehension I have.
Then we have the Gavin Newsom.
I want to use every dirty trick in the book as far as I'm concerned.
It's going to be one of the most watched ballots.
The polling is not good on it.
I'm being straight up with the people of California.
I promise to always tell the truth, never be pollyanish and lie to you, which asked voters to temporarily override the state's independent congressional districting commission to allow Democrats to flip as many as five House seats.
Now, Newsom is the leading advocate of Prop 50.
He said, oh, this is necessary to respond to the Texas redistricting.
That's not true.
The people that have mastered the art of redistricting and gerrymandering are the Democratic Party in every blue state in this country.
You know, Texas is doing it in a fair manner.
Governor Newsom wants to literally, if voters approve this, new maps will be drawn by this radical, hardcore, you know, leftist California legislature that would remain in effect to 2030, at which point control would be returned to an independent commission.
They have an independent commission.
And what they want to do is push out the independent commission and their recommendations, which are, you know, for California, reasonably fair.
It's already fairly gerrymandered.
And, you know, and it's just outrageous what they're doing out there.
The answer would be in California to vote no.
This is really imperative.
This could impact the midterms coming up one year from now.
And Maine voters will consider Maine question one, which would require voters to present a valid photo ID to vote.
I would vote yes on that.
In Texas, voters will be asked to vote on Proposition 16, which would require an individual to be a citizen to vote.
Yeah, I'd vote yes on that one too.
And that's pretty much what we're watching throughout the country today.
And I'll give you a lay of the land, but I'm going to tell you this.
New Jersey, Commonwealth of Virginia, go out and vote.
Californians, just vote anyway.
New York, give it your best shot.
That's my advice to you.
Same with Texas.
I'm not worried about Texas, to be honest.
But I would, you know, go out and vote.
Go out and vote.
It is your right to do so.
I think you have a duty and a responsibility.
New Jersey, you have a real shot to shock the entire country today.
Go out and vote.
Get your friends, your family, your neighbors, your coworkers.
Bring everybody to the polls.
Tailgate for all I'm concerned.
Have a great time.
Okay.
So, why does this happen every single solitary time?
You know, it is freaking election day.
It's driving me up a wall.
Selena Zito is with us.
She put a post up on X, and apparently others have as well.
So I'm not saying that others aren't good people out there.
Commissioner Scott Dunn in Pennsylvania.
I talked about the vote for Supreme Court justices, whether you want to retain them or not, vote no.
But anyway, if you're in Pennsylvania, this morning, we were advised by the Pennsylvania Department of State of a processing error in the voter information.
The state transferred to Fayette County.
The data on the electronic poll pads is outdated and could be incorrect.
As of 10 a.m., all Fayette County precincts have been instructed to stop using the electronic poll pads and switch to backup paper poll books.
This should not be an issue for the remainder of the day.
Should you have already encountered an error and did not vote, please return to the precinct by 8 p.m. to vote.
Any provisional ballots cast because of this error will be counted.
If you already successfully cast the ballot, you are fine and no further action is needed.
And by the way, this happened to me this morning.
I voted via provisional ballot.
You got to be kidding me.
Now, move over Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Faya County is in the House.
Apparently, there's an issue in Chester County.
Selena Zito, who knows all things, Pennsylvania.
And frankly, why does this not surprise?
Why can't we make paper ballots?
Why can't we have same-day voting with the exceptions of the sick, the infirm, our military, et cetera?
No early voting, paper ballots, voter ID, signature verification, chain of custody commands for the early ballots or mail-in ballots that we do allow.
Then updated voter rolls every year, and partisan observers watch the voting all day in every precinct and the vote counting all night by hand in front of partisan observers.
And then everybody will have more faith, more confidence, more integrity in our election process.
You make the call at the end of the night.
Everybody goes home and feels like they were treated fairly.
What's wrong with that?
Both Democrats and Republicans have complained bitterly about voting problems.
Yeah, absolutely.
So Faya County, I think if you know Faya County at all in Pennsylvania, it's very rural.
You know, some of the highest peaks in the state are in Fayette County.
So just going back to where you vote, it may only be eight miles, but it might take you 35 to 40 minutes to get back there, right?
It's not something that is convenient.
And I just, you know, I'm just so frustrated.
This is, you have one job, you basically only have to do it two times a year.
Why can't you get it right?
And to your point about faith in our institutions and in our government, this only erodes it and makes it worse rather than, you know, sort of bonds us back together.
As far as Chester County, this is another like ridiculous error.
They didn't bring the binders that have all the independent voters in there.
Well, that's like 75,000 people.
They only have Republicans or Democrats.
And so you have 75,000 people.
Okay, now what do you do?
Okay, well, vote provisionally.
Well, they don't have enough provisional ballots.
So, you know, it's just, it's just a, I think.
I'd like to say you can't make it up, but nothing surprises me anymore.
It really, it really, it shouldn't be that hard.
And whoever is governor throughout, you know, this time or the next time, make it a priority to make elections fair and safe and secure, but also just do the basics, right?
Like, just do the basics.
Now, my.
And I mean, you have, you're friends with Josh Shapiro.
You're friends with every politician in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
I mean, does he not see a problem here?
Well, just before I came on the air, I sent him a text.
I'm like, what the heck?
What are you, what's going on here?
He's probably saying, oh, no, Celina's on my case.
I'm in trouble.
This is not the time for Celina Z to have my cell phone number.
Well, if there's any more, please update us.
We love you.
You know more about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania than any single human being on earth and accurately predicted that Donald Trump would win in 2024 and you were way ahead of the curve.
What is Linda saying?
You want me to look at my text before I say goodbye?
Just wanted you to have her book title, so maybe you could give her a little something, something before you said goodbye.
That's all.
Okay, you mean her best-selling book?
Yeah, her New York number one.
That's all.
Oh, you mean the National Political Reporter for the Washington Examiner and her book on Butler, which, you know, she was right next to President Trump when he came within a millimeter of losing his life, The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the fight for America's heartland.
You mean that one?
It's like you do this for a living.
I got to tell you, you're very good at this.
I'm a professional.
Anyway, Selena, we love you.
Kiss the grandkids for us.
We appreciate you.
You guys should know this.
In the rural counties outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the voter turnout is higher than usual for an off-year.
And the voter.
Are you getting any information on New Jersey?
No, I haven't.
I've just been trying to focus on Pennsylvania because this no vote is actually, and this sort of PA case thing that Charlie Kirk put into action is really not just about what happens today in Pennsylvania,
but it's also about what happens in 2026 in the 7th, 8th, and 10th congressional districts, like getting more people to show up and in the habit of showing in an up in an off year so that the midterms are successful for Republicans.
It's a really piece I have up right now.
It's a really good piece.
I appreciate it.
Thank you so much, Selena Zito.
Thanks, guys.
I'm getting an update on turnout in New Jersey.
This is the first report that I am getting.
They are tracking in a positive direction, and the trending is to exceed 3 million, which is where Jack Chitterelli really needs to be.
And if it follows the trend of four years ago, that would be the magic number to catch and pass her.
They did better in early voting than they did four years ago.
But remember, they lost that by about two and a half, three points.
Turnout is very strong in Ocean.
That's in Lakewood and Monmouth and Morris, all very, very key counties.
Now, let me tell you what the key is in New Jersey, and that's going to be turnout between the hours of 5 and 8 p.m. all over New Jersey.
What they are telling me is this is real.
I can only pass on to you what I hear.
I'm not on the ground at the polling places in New Jersey, so I have to count on people that are on the ground.
One admonition, one thing to watch out for today: Democrats have significantly outspent Republicans on advertising, high-profile elections.
I mean, they have thrown in last minute a fortune in Virginia and in New Jersey.
I mean, a fortune.
I mean, Democratic Mikey Sherrill aligned groups invested $61 million in spots since June versus $41 million for Jack Chitterelli, and this is a neck-and-neck race.
The Pro 50 campaign in California, $94 million compared with $37 million in opposition ads.
In Pennsylvania, you know, Democrats and allied groups have out-advertised their opponents 4-1 this year.
So, you know, just keep that in your mind.
This is not supposed to be a Republican day here today.
The fact that it's exciting that the Attorney General Jason Miaris can win is exciting.
The fact that Jack Chitterelli is neck and neck, it's going to be about turnout between basically right now and 8 o'clock tonight.
That's what's going to determine the outcome of New Jersey.
You have a shot.
Get out and vote.
Let me go to New York.
We spent so much time on it.
New York voters are poised to shatter previous turnout records for mayoral races.
The New York Post is reporting today.
Apparently, as of just coming on the show today, wow, more New Yorkers have turned out by 2 p.m. this afternoon Eastern Time than the entire race in 21, on track to break even more historic records.
in this widely watched race.
A total of 1.15 million people voted in the last mayoral election, including just over 250,000 early mail-ins.
On Election Day 2021, 462,000 people had voted by midday.
Wow.
Well, just under 900,000 turned out for Eric Adams to win.
This is pretty amazing.
We have, after casting his vote, Chucky Schumer declined to say who he voted for.
It doesn't matter how radical it gets.
His days are done.
Hakeem Jeffries.
No, no, no, no, no.
Mamdani is not going to be the face of the Democratic Party.
Oh, yes, it is.
It already is.
A pro Cuomo Super PAC ad came out, released as of yesterday, attacking Mamdani over the socialist ties to left-wing streamer Hassan Piker, who once said America deserved 9-11.
That's Zoron's buddy, Hassan Piker, saying we deserve 9-11.
It's a disgrace to every life lost, the narrator says.
15-second ad paid for a group for our city with Mamdani superimposed in front of the Twin Towers attack at one point.
Zoron went on Piker's show, and Piker was just spotted at Zoron's event.
And, of course, you had that controversially mom that stood up for the character of the blind sheikh who was convicted in the 93 Trade Center bombing and has said outrageous things.
We have covered that at length.
And then Linda Sarsour, who we talked about yesterday, another radical that's friends with Mamdani, but I guess it's a little late to bring all that in.
You know, kind of too little too late.
Cuomo Semi apologized on Fox News this morning for nursing home deaths.
And, you know, nobody knew what we were dealing with.
I had the best health experts around the globe giving us advice.
We followed the best advice.
We followed the federal guidance and people died in a horrific way.
There were no visitors allowed into nursing homes.
And I apologize for any family that lost a loved one during that time.
It was on my watch.
I understand how horrible it was.
Those are probably his strongest statements to date.
Too little too late.
Now, this is bizarre because Kami Marks's Mamdani, there was apparently bomb threats at multiple polling locations in New Jersey that have just prompted closures.
At one point earlier today, he called the bomb threats part of the general approach the Trump administration has taken to try and intimidate voters with baseless allegations of voter fraud.
He must have been talking about Hillary or Stacey Abrams.
But these bomb threats, multiple ones were made against polling sites across New Jersey earlier today.
The Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the bomb threats were emailed to polling areas in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaya counties.
Law enforcement officers have responded to each impacted polling place.
They have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations and ensure the safety of every voter.
Scary.
Look at the poll that came out yesterday.
Over half the country thinks we're going to have a major assassination of a political figure in five years.
Not good.
So we're watching all of that.
I mentioned the Elon Musk Post.
It's hilarious the way the ballot is up there.
Fully 10% of New Yorkers, New York City residents say if Mamdani wins today, they will be leaving New York City.
And I don't doubt that at all.
New York City voters disturbed by this insane ballot format that Elon Musk was criticizing.
The White House slammed Mamdani for blaming the election bomb threats on Trump.
There's zero evidence.
By the way, the party of incitement and the party of dehumanization has been the Democrats, you know, the ones that say Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and racist, fascist, Nazi all the time.
Schumer pushed a shutdown into a record books after rejecting a 14th opportunity to open up the government today and then trying to make a big deal about it.
This is on Schumer.
This is why it's called the Schumer shutdown.
And anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour vows to hold Mamdani accountable for campaign promises.
That's going to be right there in the inner circle.
Good luck, New York City.
Now, it did end in a five-point race according to the Atlas poll.
We'll get to polling with our friend Matt Towery coming up in just a minute.
You know, but at this point, it's really about turnout.
And I'm just going to say, Jason Miaris is a really good guy in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Winston Sears would be a great governor.
Jack Chittarelli, this is a real opportunity for New Jersey.
This would be a political earthquake if Jack Chitterelli wins.
And it is real.
How real is it?
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