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Be? >> well, i don't know any of us can predict what that may be. the hope is that the people of georgia want to elect a person who looks forward. i'm not saying that herschel walker looks backward, i'm just saying that, you know, herschel walker demonstrated that he is not a -- the kind of candidate that should represent the state of georgia and so i think the voters will resoundingly say that. i think there sis a potential fr a descent victory, if not a significant victory. that would be my hope. a significant victory because that would send a message to our state and nation. >> we will find...

Martin luther king iii is joining us now. he's a warnock supporter. thank you for joining us. with less than two hours to go before polls close, what are you seeing with turnout and voter enthusiasm today? >> well, what i've seen throughout the whole process is voters are engaged, voters are excited, voters are voting. my dad used to say a voteless people is a powerless people and one of the most important steps that we must take is that first step through the ballot box and i hope we'll see after this evening based of numbers of the secretary of state's office this is one of the highest turno...

Sense that in 2020 republicans lost two utterly winnable seats because donald trump largely told a bunch of maga voters it's not worth the effort, the system is rigged. in 2022, we're in the situation because a bunch -- or in -- also in 2020 moderate voters wouldn't turn out for trump. the question now is, who voted for kemp but left walker blank or didn't vote for walker but voted for warnock but now that it's a tighter issue, who is just sort of like i don't want to do this? because i think republicans are very much maybe not on camera but behind the scenes on a lessons learned, how we got o...

Coverage of "election night in america continues." it's 5:44 eastern so an hour and 15 minutes. the last senate race will be decided and we'll know how many seats each party controls. our team of experts with me, the final thoughts and minutes. bakari, david, karen and jonah. you were advisor for stacey abrams and part of the polling team in 2021. what are you focused on tonight as we see turnout numbers come in stronger than people thought. >> really important. there is a couple things. warnock is counting among voters he's very popular so the level of intensity matters. those are folks you c...

And a purple state to be competitive? this election will help settle. here is why. just four weeks ago, warnock is in the runoff the leading candidate but 37,667 votes. on this same day, on that very same day, the republican governor wins in a landslide by 300,000 votes so a republican governor, an incumbent you see all this blue around atlanta suburbs, yes, brian kemp lost the suburbs but look at the difference. he's coming in cobb county 47% brian kemp compared to herschel walker getting 40%. margins matter where the people live in the populous suburbs. so is this a race? what is georgia? it...