politics? well, we have seen it in one of the side benefits of donald trump s presidency is that turnout has been on the rise ever since he got elected in 2016. it set records in 2018, set another record in 2020. this year in many states it broke records that were set in 2018 in the midterms. i think it s a great thing. i think people have a sense that there is a risk to democracy in this moment, especially in candidates like herschel walker who i think any objective measure is completely unqualified for this office along with the fact that he s another election denier in this. one of the things i think, as we maya said, this will be a close election even if it s on the democrat side. if democrats win georgia, as we saw into special elections in 21, they win by a percentage point and most, a percentage point in the half. in 2020 when joe biden won the
regardless, and so that s what you re seeing. you re saying the democrats pulling out all the stops. it s a fight for every vote. this is really still a swing state. so it s still excited. i love a close election. it is exciting. people going out to the polls as what makes democracy work. there are huge numbers, over 1 million people have already voted in georgia. what does that mean for these candidates? and for peoples interests and politics? well, we have seen it in one of the side benefits of donald trump s presidency is that turnout has been on the rise ever since he got elected in 2016. it set records in 2018, set another record in 2020. this year in many states it broke records that were set in 2018 in the midterms. i think it s a great thing. i think people have a sense that there is a risk to democracy in this moment, especially in candidates like
people, most are out there for eight or ten hours waiting to get in and some stayed overnight in the selection for senate he is here to campaign for marsha blackburn is a record-setting election for the state of tennessee. it set records for my spent about $80 million spent, 50 million outside money and also records for early voting. 1.3 million people voting early and it s on pace for our presidential election. the president is back here again we do love the crowd and they certainly love him here. the energy and enthusiasm is really palpable. back to you guys. bret: steve, why are they saying the president is back in tennessee? placing off any numbers for blackburn or try not to fire up and ensure the firewall in the senate? reporter: i think it is really a sign of how close this race could be and it should not be that close of a race but president trump carried tennessee by 26 percentage points in 2016 but this is the
so obviously folks who support the owner, they had their say. and now today is the, the kiss-in for the other say. a good business move for chick-fil-a. it was a huge sale. if it set records. you know? people kind of voting with their, their wallets and stomachs. democracy. isn t it? yes. free choice. all right. here is your friday forecast everybody. we have some showers in the south, nashville, miami. thunderstorms in the southwest, northeast, and midwest. powerful winds, hail storms, also some downpours from sioux falls it the twin cities. a scorcher in the plains. 102 in dallas. 90s across the east coast and plains. 80s in the northwest. if you are eating breakfast may want to put down the bagel, omelet, whatever. this one is kind of gross. in south florida, a royal summer treat for a king, queen of the jungle. as temperatures soared, lions at a safari, north palm beach were licking their chops and cooling off with giant popsicles, they were made from blood. each on
and now today is the, the kiss-in for the other say. a good business move for chick-fil-a. it was a huge sale. if it set records. you know? people kind of voting with their, their wallets and stomachs. democracy. isn t it? yes. free choice. all right. here is your friday forecast everybody. we have some showers in the south, nashville, miami. thunderstorms in the southwest, northeast, and midwest. powerful winds, hail storms, also some downpours from sioux falls it the twin cities. a scorcher in the plains. 102 in dallas. 90s across the east coast and plains. 80s in the northwest. if you are eating breakfast may want to put down the bagel omelet, whatever. this one is kind of gross. in south florida, a royal summer treat for a king, queen of the jungle. as temperatures soared, lions at a safari, north palm beach were licking their chops and cooling off with giant