Tuesday on Political Rewind, election politics return to the spotlight as next week’s runoff elections draw near. As of Friday, more than 250,000 people have cast ballots already. We discussed the latest news from the high-stakes races across Georgia.

A voter drops their ballot into a ballot box to be counted.

Tuesday on Political Rewind, election politics return to the spotlight as next week’s runoff elections draw near. As of Friday, more than 250,000 people have cast ballots already.

More than two-thirds of the votes cast have been mailed-in absentee ballots, according to the secretary of state’s office. There is an almost even split between Republican and Democratic votes cast.

One of the races drawing attention is a Republican runoff race in northwest Georgia where comments from business executive Marjorie Taylor Greene have been labelled anti-Semitic and racist.

Emory Prof. Alan Abramowitz said Greene's controversial statements might not hurt her among her strong conservative base.

"Part of the appeal is that the president himself has given voice to these kind of conspiracy theories,” he said.

We discussed the latest news from the high-stakes races across Georgia.

 

Panelists:

Alan Abramowitz – Professor of Political Science, Emory University

Greg Bluestein – Politics Reporters, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ceasar Mitchell – Democratic Strategist

Brian Robinson – Republican Strategist

 

Join Political Rewind with Bill Nigut weekends at 9am and 2pm on GPB Radio.

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