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Are voters who just made the cut off. they are among the more than 1700 people a voting at this polling site alone and that is a big turnout for a special election with only one race on the ballot. both parties have been investing heavily in this affluent and well-educated atlanta suburb. although georges six district favors establishment republicans, democrats see an opportunity in john ossoff them. 39-year-old documentary filmmaker has raised $8 million and is reaching out to moderate voters w...

That benefits the affluent. but that on a policy ground, leaving aside the tax return issue is something that will have little appeal to many democrats. >> you dont need to see trumps returns to know he is in the top 1%. some are criticizes saying this is already played out. he won. its over. but listen to senator tom cotton in arkansas with voters. [ applause ] >> as far as im aware, the president says hes still under audit. the president -- the president -- the president is also right, this is...

Sandra? >> sandra: good information, jonathan. what factor is president trump playing in this race? >> reporter: trump is certainly getting involved. this morning mr. trump tweeted republicans must get out today and vote in georgia 6. force runoff and easy win. yesterday this robot call went out to 6 district voters. >> this is president donald trump. liberal democrats from outside of georgia are spending millions and millions of dollars trying to take your republican congressional seat away fro...

Impact? a plus or minus for republicans in that district? >> is thing thats driving democrat turnout. you would rather have the republican endorse the republican turnout. he barely won the district. hillary clinton got just under 47%. tom price got 62%. this is the kind of republican territory where donald trump has trouble. it is well educated, affluent, suburban. he does better in lower middle class, rural areas and these college educated suburban districts he doesnt do as well. at the end of ...

Can do that today. kasies reporting shows theres a lot of activity that bodes well for the democrats, means theyre organized getting the people out. this will be about turnout. >> josh, this is a district where demographics have been changing for some time now. a lot of political analysts said its not a question of if, but a question of when this seat actually gets flipped. whats your take on what were seeing down there? >> i think this is going to be a test of the big shift that you saw in this...

And took it away from jack flint the democrat. normally it originated on the south side of metro atlanta and been over the years was pushed up north. it is affluent, very well-heeled, very well educated. youre republicans, this isnt the brand of conservativism donald trump won on. he just barely squeaked through with 48% of the vote in this district to hillary clintons 47%. >> if neither -- if no republican candidate gets 50% and ossoff, the sole democrat, doesnt get 50% there will be a june 20t...

Breaking details as we get it. meantime, democrats are looking to cut into the republican majority in the house. a special election is planning to be held in the atlanta suburb and to fill tom price old seat. he left the seat after being confirmed of secretary of health and human services. jonathan is in sandy springs georgia with more. >> the affluent and highly educated suburbs that make up georgias sixth district. donald trump won the district by just one and a half percentage point in 2016 >...

Breaking details as we get it. meantime, democrats are looking to cut into the republican majority in the house. a special election is planning to be held in the atlanta suburb and to fill tom price old seat. he left the seat after being confirmed of secretary of health and human services. jonathan is in sandy springs georgia with more. >> the affluent and highly educated suburbs that make up georgias sixth district. donald trump won the district by just one and a half percentage point in 2016 >...

Desperatio they ran a comical ad. it wasnt meant to be comical but it was. >> and then comparing him, tying him in some convoluted fashion to al jazeera. so there is an element of desperation here. i think republicans are beginning to wake up to the possibility the house is at risk in 2018. it is not that many seats. traditionally you lose a lot of seats. trump has not delivered in a lot of ways that he promised. and as you said, for sort of main street republican who kind of held their nose, th...

Very people who actually voted for them. heres what he said about that. >> a bloomberg naltsz shows that counties that voted for you, middle class and working class counties, would do far less well under this bill. the more affluent counties. it seems like maybe this isnt consistent with the message of the last election. >> a lot of things arent consistent, but these things will be negotiated where. >> what needs to be negotiated and changed so those trump supporters dont lose the health care th...