Georgia's runoff elections have been a problematic part of its history almost as long as its
infamous running of the peaches. But with so much riding on the runoffs, I sent Allana
Harkin to find out how Georgia's voters are feeling.
Who will win the vital Georgia Senate runoffs? Will it be the charismatic preacher? Or the
newest, almost human product from the Tyrell Corporation, programmed to say just two words?
- Radical liberal. Radical liberal. Ra-Ra-Rad-Ra…. In the other contest: will it be the fresh-faced
young’un or a literally invisible man... - Republican David Perdue has served in the
US Senate since 2015. Whose presence can only be detected via his
insider stock trades? To find out what voters are thinking, I traveled to Savannah, Georgia
the safest way possible—riding to the waterfront on a dolphin. Thank you! God, those dolphins
were nice. Then, it was off to ask Democrats an important question:
Are you fired up for another election? - Yes, I am.
- I am very excited about the election. - I think everyone’s fired up right now,
you know? - I think that people in Georgia, and in Savannah
in particular, recognize the importance of this time. Raphael Warnock is from Savannah.
Born and raised in Savannah. And now he has the opportunity to become the first African
American senator from Georgia. Are people excited about Reverend Warnock?
- Absolutely! Are they- Are they- And the other, um… The
other guy? He was just on the show two minutes ago. The guy- The other guy?
- Ossoff? Ossoff! Yes! He’s so sweet.
- A lot of people I know are looking towards Warnock.
You gotta vote for both of them. You can’t just go in and vote for Warnock,
- I know. You have to have to do the other guy, and
his name is... - It’s Jon Off.
Jon Off? - Mhm. I like him.
Yeah, it’s Jon Off. - Yeah, I want him to go win.
The Democrats I met were eager to vote for Warnock and Jon Off in the runoff. But Republicans?
- Nobody don’t wanna vote. Nobody wants to vote.
- I don’t know any of my friends that’ll go vote with me.
Did they vote in the presidential election? - Yes. They think it’s gonna be fixed anyway,
so. Do you think that someone tampered with something?
- I definitely do. Oh really? What kind of proof have you seen
that— - Just because everywhere you went, it was
Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. They used to have, like, parades down here and stuff.
Parades? - And they had these big ol’ Trump signs.
Were people shocked that quiet people who don’t like parades still vote?
- Um, I’m not sure. One thing this Trump supporter is sure of?
Donald Trump never got the credit he deserved. - He’s also got four Nobel Peace awards
that no one ever talks about. What?! He did?
- Yes. He got four of them?
- Yes, he did. I didn’t even know you could do that.
- Yes, he did. He got four Peace Nobel Prizes. You’re clearly an informed person.
- Thank you. What is going to happen with the runoff? What
do you think is going to happen? - You know, if you asked me that before, I
would’ve said, it’s going to be a fair vote. But after what I’ve seen with the
last election, I’m scared. What scares her? Voter fraud due to absentee
ballots. - I think you should have to show up to vote.
But there’s a pandemic happening so that’s why people have been—
- So what?! Give me a break. Should all these people dying from covid,
should they just learn to live with it? Like, is that what we should be doing?
- Absolutely, that’s what we are going to have to do.
The only problem though is if you’re dead from COVID, you don’t really have the opportunity
to live with it. Maybe these voters downplay COVID and think
the election was rigged because someone they trust keeps telling them that.
- They cheated and they rigged our presidential election. They’re trying to rig this election,
too. For some reason, these claims bother this
voting advocate. When people say “voter fraud,” how much
of that is “I saw a Black person voting”? - Oh, thank you for saying that. When they
say voter fraud, that’s super racist because basically they’re saying there’s no way
that Black people decided to turn out to vote. The reality is that it’s so close to our
heart cause we literally just got the right to vote a couple of decades ago.
And for the first time in decades, driven by Black voters, Georgia went blue.
- I am pleased to announce that Joseph R. Biden has received 16 votes for President
of the United States. As for me, my visit to Georgia gave me hope.
I really enjoyed meeting you. So I just wanted to give you a hug. So don’t be scared.
- Oh. Nice meeting you too. Yeah. This is a good hug. Do you feel, like,
cared for right now? - Yeah. It’s kinda weird but it’s okay.
There’s a sense of excitement in the air. High five!
And maybe, just maybe, things will be okay. Thank you so much. Great to chat with you.
- I would like to have our rebel flags back. You’d like to have your...?
- Rebel flags back. Like the Confederate flag?
- Yeah. Wow. Can you get alcohol here somewhere?
- Go to [censored] and ask for Earl. Earl’s gonna set me up?
- He’s the best bartender in town. Do you think Earl likes Confederate flags?
- He does. Oh, Jesus Christ. Alright. Okay, yeah. Maybe
things won’t be okay. So make sure you vote.