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>>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE IT'S 10:17 PM RIGHT NOW AND IT'S
STILL TOO EARLY FOR US TO BE
ANYWHERE CLOSE TO CALLING A
WINNER IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST
RACES BUT WE WANT TO BRING IN
OUR THREE EXPERTS TO GIVE US
SOME PERSPECTIVE JOINING ME
RIGHT NOW IS POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR AND STRATEGIST AND
LEGAL ANALYST PAGE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. DAVID PERDUE IS DOING VERY WELL
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. HE IS OVER PERFORMING PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND I THINK THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO IF
HE IS GOING TO WIN THIS RACE
PARTICULARLY TONIGHT WITH THE
MAJORITY OF THE VOTES I THINK
THAT CONCERNED WITH THE
NATIONAL CLIMATE WAS THAT IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP FALTERED IN
GEORGIA THAT PERHAPS THERE
WOULD BE DOWN BALLOT
CONSEQUENCES BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
DAVID PERDUE IS GETTING ENOUGH
OF A PERSONAL VOTE THAT
WHATEVER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ACTUALLY
ABLE TO CARRY HIS OWN WEIGHT.
>> WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ABOUT
KELLY LOEFFLER TONIGHT?
GIVE ME A SENSE OF THAT BECAUSE
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE MAY BE ABLE
TO ESCAPE COLLINS.
>> SO YOU KNOW I THINK SHE TOOK
A LOT OF RISK IN HER CAMPAIGN
PARTICULARLY RUNNING TO THE
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. I
RIGHT. I THINK A PARTICULAR I WAS
SHOCKED THAT HER AT SOME OF THE
ADS BUT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN
REACHING THE MEDIAN REPUBLICAN
VOTER AND SO THIS WAS A PRIMARY
FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES
BETWEEN HER AND DOUG COLLINS.
SO THE AVERAGE VOTER REPUBLICAN
VOTER IN THE STATE IS
CONSERVATIVE AND SO YOU SAW BOTH
LOEFFLER AND COLLINS TRY TO TAP
INTO THAT AND IT SEEMS LIKE
LOEFFLER HAS EXCEEDED REACHING
MORE OF THAT CONSTITUENCY OF
VOTERS.
VOTERS.
VOTERS. >> WHAT IS YOUR VIEW MIKE OF
HOW YOU HAVE SEEN DAVID PERDUE
TONIGHT, HAS THIS SURPRISE YOU
AT ALL?
AT ALL?
AT ALL? I
AT ALL? I THINK THERE WERE THOSE THAT
THOUGHT THAT JON OSSOFF MIGHT
BE ABLE TO PULL THIS UPSET AND
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT BUT
PERDUE AT THIS MOMENT HAS DONE
VERY WELL TONIGHT.
>> SURE, HE HAS DONE MUCH
BETTER THAN THE POLLS PREDICTED
ABOUT THREE OR FOUR POINTS HE
IS SO FAR, HE IS COMFORTABLY
AHEAD OF OSSOFF IN THE 55%
RANGE THERE ARE VOTES OUT THERE
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF VOTES
TO BE COUNTED AND THERE IS A
LONG NIGHT AHEAD OF US BUT HE
WOULD RATHER BE A CANDIDATE IN
DAVID PERDUE'S JEAN JACKET THEN
JON OSSOFF'S SHOES TONIGHT.
>> AS YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THE
NATIONAL SCENE TONIGHT, HOW IS
THIS A VOTE GONE FROM A LEGAL
PERSPECTIVE DO YOU THINK?
>> I HAVE HEARD THAT IN
PENNSYLVANIA THERE HAS ALREADY
BEEN A LAWSUIT FILED I THINK
THERE WAS A PARTICULAR CONCERN
ABOUT PROVISIONAL BALLOTS BEING
COUNTED WHERE AN ABSENTEE
BALLOT HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED
AND SO THE LAWYERS ARE BEING
FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE IN STATES
THAT IT MAY VERY WELL BE THE
STATES THAT DECIDE THIS
ELECTION NOW HERE IN GEORGIA AS
YOU GUYS HAVE POINTED OUT TIME
AND TIME AGAIN THERE ARE A LOT
OF VOTES LEFT TO BE COUNTED
MANY OF THOSE VOTES ARE IN
FULTON COUNTY AR ABSENTEE
BALLOTS AND MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND
THOSE BALLOTS ARE VERY
DIFFERENT FROM THE BALLOTS THAT
ARE CAST ON ELECTION DAY IN THE
POLLING PLACE.
POLLING PLACE. YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
MEETS ALL OF THE LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS ONCE IT HAS BEEN
SCANNED INTO WHAT WE DON'T KNOW
NOW IS ARE THEY PUTTING SOME OF
THOSE MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO THE
SIDE ARE SOME OF THEM BEING
DISREGARDED OR NOT COUNTED AND
IF SO, AND IT'S CLOSE, YOU WILL
SEE SOME LITIGATION DIGGING
BACK INTO THOSE BALLOTS TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE COUNTED IF THEY
ARE.
ARE.
ARE. >>
ARE. >> I
ARE. >> I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A VIEWER
THAT WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
HOW CAN NETWORKS PROJECT A
WINNER WHEN ALL OF THESE MAIL-
IN BALLOTS HAVE NOT BEEN
COUNTED IN SOME OF THE STATES?
>> THEY ARE LOOKING AT TRENDS
AND LOOKING AT WHAT HAS BEEN
COUNTED SO WHAT HAS BEEN
COUNTED VERSUS WHAT HASN'T BEEN
COUNTED AND STATES VERY DEPEND
ON IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO OPEN
UP ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND STARTED
TELLING THEM EARLY THEY ARE
ALSO LOOKING AT EXIT POLL
NUMBERS SO THE EXIT POLL
NUMBERS INCLUDED PEOPLE WHO
VOTED TODAY AND PEOPLE WHO HAD
ALREADY VOTED BY ABSENTEE OR
VIA THE EARLY VOTE PROCESS.
SO EACH NETWORK IS USING ITS
OWN DETERMINATION ABOUT WHEN
THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE CALLING A
RACE AFTER THEY HAVE SEEN A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF VOTES GET
TALLIED YOU KNOW IN REAL TIME
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. TWO MIKE FROM THE NATIONAL
STANDPOINT WHAT IS GETTING YOUR
VIEW NOW ABOUT DONALD TRUMP,
LAS VEGAS NOW IS LIKING HIS
CHANCES AT THIS POINT.
>> YES, THE BETTING MARKETS ARE
LIKING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CHANCES I THINK THAT THE
NETWORKS ARE MAKING CALLS THAT
ARE DESPERATE THOUGH, I THINK
THAT FOX HAS BIDEN WINNING A
STATE THAT TRUMP NEEDS.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE MESSY
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT SO FAR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
HASN'T MADE ANY MISTAKES, THEY
HAVEN'T SUFFERED ANY LOSSES OF
ANY STATES THAT THEY WON IN 2016
THAT THEY DO NEED FOR 2020.
AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET
DOESN'T MEAN THEY WANT.
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT POSSIBLE
BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
SO WE ARE STILL IN A WAIT AND
SEE MODE.
SEE MODE.
SEE MODE. >>
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>>> SOME
>>> SOME OF THE NUMBERS WE WILL SHOW YOU QUICKLY HERE, THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN THAT WILL
GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
AS THEY COME FLYING BY ABOUT
EVERY FIVE SECONDS SO YOU WANT
TO LOOK FOR THE RACE THAT
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND THE
NUMBERS THEY WILL NOT STAY
THERE VERY LONG.
BUT WE ARE SAYING THE GEORGIA
RESULTS FOR THE PRESIDENT RACE
RIGHT NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH
ABOUT 1.6