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The results of months of campaigning and millions of dollars in ads will be revealed Tuesday on Election Day.

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News 12's Doug Geed has been talking with Long Islanders to gather the pulse of the voters in the final sprint to the polls.

Retirees Hank and Sylvia, of East Meadow, say they are concerned about inflation. They say prices are ridiculous and it's a problem that has to be handled.

Others like Chris, of Farmingdale, and Jo-Ellen, of Lake Ronkonkoma, are focused on bail reform and security in the state.

Eve of Centerport says the overturning of Roe v. Wade is her main issue this election.

"The decision should be between a woman and her physician," Eve says.

Steve Levy, a former county legislator, state assemblyman and Suffolk County executive says while the abortion issue may hurt Republican candidates, Democrats will get most of the blame for the economy and crime.

He says if history repeats itself, the party will have a bad year.

Levy says it will be the independents that make up 10-20% of the electorate that will tilt the election.

"The question is, will the abortion issue be enough for them to overlook the crime, the inflations, etc.?" Levy says.

Steve Levy, a former county legislator and Suffolk County executive says while the abortion issue may hurt Republican candidates, Democrats will get most of the blame for the economy and crime.

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At least we'll have that sunshine to kick off your Thursday. So in the morning, we're in the twenties in the afternoon, Kings Park 41 degrees. It will become mostly cloudy again. Uh Tomorrow is very similar to today. We could have a couple of flurries in the afternoon, not a big deal. And then we have sunshine and warmer weather on the way. Look at our numbers the next few days. They're on the rise, especially Saturday to Sunday, Sunday. We are near 60 degrees, but our weather will slow, go downhill through the day. So at the bus stop in the morning, 28 heading home from school 42. With that passing flurry, you can see that we are dry to wake up. The blue color is showing you that cold weather in place. Three o'clock in the afternoon. We have those thirties to near 40 at night into Friday morning, not as cold thirties. And then we get up into the upper forties nearing 50 by Friday afternoon. It's dry with more of a southwest wind. Saturday is my pick of the week. It will be beautiful, sunny and warm Sunday starts out dry with some sun, the breeze out of the south will pick up through the day. Late afternoon. There may be a very brief shower, but you see most of the rain is just sitting off to our west throughout the day and it will approach late in the evening. This is nine o'clock. We have that rain in New Jersey to New York City on our door up most of the rainfalls overnight. So most of us will be sleeping through it. It could be heavy at times with gusty winds and it's out of here by Monday morning, Monday afternoon will improve, but we'll have some lingering gusty winds. So get ready for a cold night. We see those warming temperatures through the weekend with that rain. Sunday night, Monday morning could be a little bit wet and windy with sunshine.

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Inflation, bail reform, abortion rights top LI voters' concerns this Election Day

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Bombarded with campaign ads for months. But in 24 hours, all of that comes to an end when voters will finally have their say Dougie joins us now and that'll be a relief. It will be a relief that's right there, Joe. And something else we've been bombarded with for months now are the polls now, especially in recent years, we've learned that the predictions of pundits can be way off, but just to try to see which way the political winds are blowing locally. We spoke with long Islanders about what's on their minds this election year. Number one inflation, number two politicians that I can't trust and I'm not naming departments right now. All parties retirees hank and silvia from East Meadow say they're concerned about money issues, prices are ridiculous, inflation is a problem. We've got to handle that. Chris from Farmingdale is focused on the other topic that dominated this campaign season. Reform is significantly important. Jo Ellen of lake ran Kakuma is right there with chris immigration border patrol and security for eve of center ports. The overturning of roe V wade is the driving force. This election decision should be between a woman and her physician experts say while the abortion issue may hurt republican candidates, democrats may take most of the blame for the shaky economy and crime concerns. If history repeats itself, it's going to be a bad year for the party in power steve levy is a former county legislator, state assemblyman and Suffolk county executive. He also launched a gubernatorial bid in 2010. He's unsure how big an effect the abortion issue will have tomorrow. It doesn't impact the hardcore dems who are always voting that way, regardless of the abortion issue or on the right there voting Republican. It's that squishy middle those independence, maybe 10 20% of the population until the election. The question is, will the abortion issue be enough for them to overlook the crime, the inflation etcetera a lot going on this year? The big race in new york, of course, is for governors between democrat Kathy huckle and Republican congressman Lee Zeldin of Shirley. Now, most experts are predicting a close race. That's something we normally don't see in new york state wide races because democrats far outnumber republicans. But this year very little joe is considered normal. Yeah, that's for sure. And we were talking earlier, new york city that could be the deciding factor. That's five boroughs. Absolutely. Alright, thanks. Doug. And be sure to join us on election night. We'll be live at 9:00 as the polls close, our team of reporters will be on the ground and across the island, bringing you developments as they happen

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