white communities. but they are looking for the strong republican turnout to stay in their corner and not cross over to doug jones who is not only needing support from democrats, black voters through the black belt through places like jefferson county and the outskirts of birmingham but he also needs those voters, chris. they are just as confident in this race. and they believe that tonight just about nine hours from now that they're going to come out with a victory themselves. >> i'm so fascinated by the turnout. everyone says turnout is important. they say that every single race. but you almost never have a december special election. right? that sort of argues against it. special elections in general don't do well. as they struggle to get voters, the secretary of state i know was predicting what he called a modest turnout. maybe 25%. is it clear at this point whether or not all this attention and this unlikely nail biter has left voters energized