what happened here. somehow trump will put republicans at a disadvantage in suburban districts? look at the 2016 elections. donald trump outperformed hillary clinton by 5% in suburban areas. the suburban districts are battle grounds whoever the president is. so just don t read much into neil: you sound like you re preparing for a republican defeat. no. i think handel will win. neil: do you read much into that? it puts pressure on democrats if ossoff does win this and the expectation would be that they can build on this momentum? special elections offered that opportunity. this has been an interesting development in this district. everyone in the democratic party seems to have been making this about donald trump. is it? i think that s the only thing that democrats have to push on right now, is donald trump. there s not really been a lot of
neil: you heard about the money going to the georgia congressional race. more than $50 million. the challenger has been trying to take a republican lock on that seat for the better part of three plus decades. more money from outside that district, from outside that state by far than from inside. why do you think that is? after this.
some of them maybe not run at all. you can see how this can build and feed on itself. absolutely. if ossoff wins tonight, it will be a huge symbolic win for the democratic party and the republicans in the hillary clinton district, yeah, they should feel vulnerable. millions of dollars will be pouring into races for congress to try to defeat them. so you have to stay on your toes. this is politics. it s not bean bags. what i would add to this. i don t think there s been enough attention. ossoff has been running as a moderate and an independent. he s not be running as a socialist left winger. that s also a lesson for the left. their politics, they don t sell in a lot of these places. neil: marjorie what do you think of that? that he s not opted to have the big liberals come down to the
asked to take that vote, the white house is well them. when you re absent that, it makes the job tougher. m.j., let me ask you this. these aren t republicans in hillary clinton district. these are republicans like billy wong, who pull us out and says i cannot get behind this, because of what it and it doesn t protect preexisting conditions. i think you re right rear not just see one chuchk saying we can t be for this bill. we re seeing a range of members prothe nod rats to the conservati conservative, the bill at its base does too much to take away protections that were so fundamental to obamacare and the experts coming out and say this will allow insurance companies to charge older people more, to charge a lot more for people with preexisting conditions.
just for now. that s how much has been spent in this congressional race in georgia s sixth congressional direct, northern atlanta, where it s been safely republican since the late 1970s. last democrat to win here was back in 1976 when jimmy carter was elected president of the united states. since then, all red, all the time. maybe not this time? jonathan serrie at a polling place in suburban atlanta on what s going down. jonathan? there has been heavy turnout today. that s despite the fact that it s been raining on and off. people showing up with their umbrellas because they realize the eyes of the nation are in georgia s sixth congressional district. more dramatically is the early voting. when you look at the figures, 140,000 people have already cast ballots in advance of today s election day. that s more than a quarter of all registered voters in this district. double the number of early