Political strategists weigh in on Georgia’s early voting turnout, battleground races with election one week away

All eyes are on Georgia with Election Day just a week away, when results of key races will shape politics well beyond the state itself.

On this edition of “Closer Look,” political strategists weigh in with their interpretations of record early voting turnout and neck-and-neck polling showing many races could swing either way – and predict who may go to a runoff.

“The way I would see it is Republican counties like Cherokee and Forsyth are overperforming and Democratic counties such as Muscogee and Bibb … they’re underperforming,” said Fred Hicks, a political strategist and demographer. “These early voting numbers are painting a very interesting picture but the turnout is high across the board, across every segment.”