msnbc political analyst elise georgia jordan. reporter: let s have a show of hands. who is going to vote in the primary? everyone s going to vote in the primary. who is going to vote for brian kemp? i m undecided. i m undecided, too. is anyone definitely going to vote for david perdue? i m more leaning that way. reporter: why are you leaning that way? because perdue is a true businessman and we need somebody who knows how to run a business and i think if he had that ability, you can run a state because a state is a business. despite an enthusiastic support are here and there, purdue has been all but abandoned by trump. according to several republicans who have spoken to him, he is ready to wash his hands of the georgia primary and distance himself from perdue before the votes are even counted. instead donald trump appears to be focused on his candidate in the too close to call republican senate primary in pennsylvania. tv s dr. oz is holding on to a razor th
Until election day. we can t even begin to look at mail-in ballots until election day and that delays the process. reporter: so again, katy, there were attempts to change this rule back in 2020 to allow precanvassing of mailin ballot, which means preparing them to be counted, opening up the envelopes early. but they said, no, we are going to stick with what we have. the election workers, both sides, are preparing for a recount. last time philadelphia had a recount it cost taxpayers over $1 million. the candidate who is behind when a recount is triggered could say let s not do it. considering how much money both of these campaigns have spent, i don t think anyone is going to go down without a fight on this
They more point to his record as to why they re supporting him. it s amazing to see those lines and turnout for a primary for a mid term. it really shows you how interested people are in who s running things. dasha, the race in pennsylvania, primary day, primary week, it seems like we are still a ways to go from determining a winner. that s exactly right, katie. we showed you yesterday how tedious it is to open those ballots. up have two envelopes, you have to flatten the ballot. here in philadelphia they re just about through the mail-in ballots, then they start on provisional ballots. though provisionals are ballots given to voters who maybe went to the wrong polling place or requested a mail-in ballot and then changed their minds and decided to go in person.