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Theyve got this in a tie right here. so for democrats, the last time we took this, republicans had a very slight edge. other polls have put republicans ahead a little bit too. to see democrats in a tie here, certainly if youre a democrat, youre encouraged by that. what youre not encouraged by is the climate, the overall climate, it continues to be extremely hostile politically to democrats, starting with this. joe bidens approval rating, 44%. a majority disapprove of his job performance as presi...

As of December 2021, there were 7,004,034 active voters in Georgia, according to the Secretary of State’s office website. Of these voters, 2,504,956 submitted their vote by the end of

Black and Hispanic voters understand the Democrats have dropped the ball in a big way.

Making as well. you know, i think theres a shot here at keeping the losses, in a normal midterm, to a minimum. i think the challenge always for the party in power, right, in 2010, 2014, 2018, is youre fighting political gravity. i think in order to defy that political gravity, you have to have the energy that the poll shows is beginning to be there for democrats. >> but president bidens approval in our new poll, independents, is at 28%. >> thats going to be the decider, right? and the challenge ...

Gutierrez and mora barrett, thank you for being with us. joining us news is my dear friend msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. steve, great seeing you in person. >> great to see you. >> looking great, as always. what are you looking at when we are a day before the elections. >> we have our final nbc poll heading into election day. some interesting numbers here. the generic ballot. we see among registered voters in this poll a tie between the two parties. obviously, if youre ...

But also that its a political strategy that low turnout democrats or part of what they call the biden coalition who did vote for him and go out in 2020 might not be enthused because the economy and lots of other issues this year can be encouraged to come out with that kind of message. >> so heres the question to put on the table. we wont know the real answer until thursday, friday, maybe a couple weeks from now as they finish counting mail-in ballots. a couple of states with choice voting. its p...

The ballots are counted. join me to talk about the midterms, kate beddingfield. thank you so much for taking the time. >> thanks for having me. >> so first, midterm elections traditionally not friendly to incumbents. i know the white house has its own polling here. is the biden administration preparing for losses tomorrow. >> youre right historically. first midterm for a president could be challenging. but, look, across the board, what were seeing is enormous popularity for the biden agenda, and...

Georgia which has been the ac epicenter of the voter suppression conversation. were going to have a lot of folks in both parties turning out, many of whom never voted in a midterm before. i dont believe in this. i think its largely made up as a political cajole by the democrats and im glad people are voting. im for a higher turnout, and thats what youre going to see. >> this lawsuit focused only on detroit voters. the blackest city in michigan, one of the blackest large cities in the country. if...

Reason and basic decency are on the ballot. >> plus, an important cnn exclusive. an interview with the man in line to replace nancy pelosi as speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy outlining the house republican agenda. >> i think the first thing youll see is a -- a bill to control the border. first thing were going to do is make sure an economy thats strong. and donald trump reminds mccarthy and every other republican whos on first in the gop. trump stops in ohio, pennsylvania, florida, in the ...