voting period ahead of the general election. i think when democrats say that they are excited about what they re seeing in the early voting numbers. that is specifically what they re talking about because if there was some weakness for them in that senate race in november, well, warnock did finish ahead of walker, black turnout was low in georgia relative to previous midterm elections. in the last runoff, after the 2020 presidential election when warnock first got elected, we saw democrats successfully increase black turnout between the general election and the runoff. that s something they re trying to pull off again today, and again, the early voting data suggests it s possible they have done that. if they have, what that means obviously is it just intensifies the need for walker, for republicans to really turn out the vote in some of their core areas here, and if you look, where do republicans get their most votes in georgia, their biggest margins, you look in sort of the fringes of
rafael warnock, letting herschel walker s words speak for themselves, and now knowing this isn t about the balance of power. this is about getting one more, which is especially important for democrats. but it isn t as make or break after nevada. i wonder if the mindset in the voting booths is different after listening to him speak over and over again, thanks to aggressive ad buys by the warnock campaign. mika, i think you nailed it. the voters can actually make it to the voting booth. if they weren t that excited first go around in turning out, they voted for brian kemp and didn t vote for walker, are they really going to come back and vote for herschel walker today. and they might. if i had to bet, i would say no. it s not looking good for herschel walker right now. i mean, who knows. but the early voting number that stuck out for me with turnout. women voted 56% to men voting