Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, has defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, NBC News projects, in one of the two Georgia runoffs that will determine which party controls the Senate. Warnock won the support of traditional voting blocs for Democrats — 92 percent of Black voters, 92 percent of liberals, 67 percent […] Read more »
AP VoteCast: Competing coalitions define GA Senate races
… The findings from AP VoteCast reveal the extent of Georgia’s recent political transformation — from GOP bastion to electoral battleground where turnout is decisive. The state’s runoffs will decide control of the U.S. Senate. The survey found Black voters made up roughly 30% of the electorate and almost all […] Read more »
Blacks and Democrats maintain their turnout, producing two tight races for Senate control
Black voters and Democrats held on to their share of the electorate in Georgia’s runoff election Tuesday, with voters overall split down the middle on preferred control of the U.S. Senate – a recipe for two more extraordinarily tight races in a state that recently was reliably Republican. Black people […] Read more »
Majority of Georgia voters say presidential election conducted fairly, CNN exit poll shows
Georgia voters who cast ballots in the runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate mostly say that their state’s presidential election in November was conducted fairly, and around three-quarters say they are confident their vote in this election will be counted accurately, according to the early results […] Read more »
With no traditional polling, both parties look to early voting turnout for predictions
Not a single major telephone pollster conducted a survey in Georgia ahead of Tuesday’s runoff elections — partly out of exhaustion after the polls missed the mark in November’s general contest, and partly because of how dicey it always is to poll a runoff, when turnout patterns become especially difficult […] Read more »
GOP pollster says ‘the next 48 hours are going to be among the worst’ ever for Republicans
Control of the Senate is up for grabs and voting in the Georgia runoff ends Tuesday. Frank Luntz, pollster and political strategist, joined “Squawk Box” on Tuesday morning to discuss why he thinks Democrats will win the elections. CNBC The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll […] Read more »