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amanda, you re a democrat strategist. you heard wherever in walker talking about the new voting rules that the republicans put in place reverend warnock. what it means is that between votes, the democrats have to work that much harder. that s what you want, isn t it? , , ., , , ., harder. that s what you want, isn t it? ,, ., ., it? this is what s been one of the weirdest changes it? this is what s been one of the weirdest changes in it? this is what s been one of the weirdest changes in the - weirdest changes in the republican party, weirdest changes in the republican party, the weirdest changes in the republican party, the idea that they have moved to election party, the idea that they have moved to election day, limiting the times, places to election day, limiting the times, places and to election day, limiting the times, places and ways you can vote. that has harmed places and ways you can vote. that has harmed the strategy of getting republicans votes out or ha
we ll leave it there. jamie and camilla, thanks for being with us. the democratic incumbent raphael warnock has won the senate run off in georgia. he defeated his republican challenger herschel walker 51 48%. that means the democrats will control 51 seats in the senate and the republicans 49, and that s a big deal. the senate will be a check on republican control of the house, the democrats will chair all the senate committees, with subpoena power, and with greater freedom to move legislation and confirmations to a vote on the floor. and raphael warnock will becomes the first black senator from georgia and raphael warnock will become the first black senator from georgia to serve a full six year term. there are those who would look at the outcome of this race and say that there s no voter suppression in georgia. let me be clear just because people endured long lines that wrapped around buildings,
in previous years, runoff elections in georgia were very favourable for republicans, but in recent cycles, that s been turned on its head. let s speak to matthew brown, who s the washington post s democracy reporter. he s in atlanta tonight and he s been the election. in november, after the first round of this vote, reverend warnock had a 37,000 vote lead. he now has a 95,000 vote lead. so, he really did grow the total. how did he do that? so, he really did grow the total. how did he do that? definitely, so further analysis how did he do that? definitely, so further analysis that how did he do that? definitely, so further analysis that we how did he do that? definitely, so further analysis that we have - how did he do that? definitely, so| further analysis that we have today was interesting to note that across georgia, you did see that warnock was outstripping his november numbers. i think that s largely due to notjust a fact numbers. i think that s largely due to not just a fac
a lot of the suburban counties that were so crucial to the selection. they were also able to make sure that. voters could. we talked to many voters here who had cast their votes for walker for partisan gain, but when you localise this race, it was something that warnock brought a lot of voters to his side as well. while walker did have a higher margin of the vote, the actual number of republican voters who turned out decreased. the actual number of people there who cast ballots decreased because a lot of republicans stayed home. luntimely ballots decreased because a lot of republicans stayed home.- ballots decreased because a lot of republicans stayed home. when i look at the ma - , republicans stayed home. when i look at the map. he republicans stayed home. when i look at the map, he underperformed, - at the map, he underperformed, herschel walker, in urban and suburban areas and over performed in rural areas. that is the deep divide in us politics at the moment. it is