The Confidence Has Shifted in Georgia

For all of Herschel Walker’s many faults, you should note that the chief tactic used by Democrats right now is shame. They want to make you ashamed to vote for Walker. Because you think character counts and wish for better candidates, they want you to sit it out and let them win with a man who ran over his wife.

It is a legitimate tactic. This is real voter suppression — a candidate makes voters do disaffected by the race that the voters sit out that line on the ballot. The candidate thinks it benefits him. It is what Warnock and the left are doing.

You who think character counts and Jesus is king should not vote for the man who might have paid for an abortion thirteen years ago and instead should hand the race to the man who wants you to pay for abortions tomorrow.

You who believe in redemption and grace are to ignore that Walker wrote a book about his mental health struggles, fought to raise awareness and overcome them, and now wants to go be a reliable prolife vote in Congress. Show him neither grace nor give him redemption and let the “Reverend” who preaches the false gospel of a Jesus he created and believes the United States is still a systemically racist nation have the win. If you don’t, you are a bad person.

The tactic does not appear to be working

There is growing confidence among Republicans that Walker can either get into a runoff or still win. A series of post-scandal polls have the race still tied. Brian Kemp’s margins are so strong, a lot of Republicans think Walker can be carried across the finish line with Kemp’s momentum. Kemp will turn out Republicans while Abrams has hurt her own side’s base. In the latest Atlanta-Journal Constitution polling, Warnock leads Walker 46% to 43% and Kemp leads Abrams by ten points, 51% to 41%.

I think the race is too close to call. But, in Georgia a candidate must get 50% of the vote. Polls seems to suggest the Libertarian candidate is drawing a protest vote that could keep both Walker and Warnock under 50%, thus generating a runoff. If Republicans don’t talk themselves out of staying home again, they should have a runoff advantage.

Remember, out of the 700,000 people who voted in the general election in 2020 and sat out the runoff, 427,205 were known Republicans. They can be found and encouraged now.

There is still a chance for Walker to win.

You’ll also note how defensive many of the Democrats are about John Fetterman while insisting you avoid Herschel Walker. They want right leaning voters to not vote. They hope they can demoralize you about the quality of your candidates and hand them the race.

That decision rests with you.