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WITH US HERE AT WVTM 13. WE CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. JOIN HERE NOW WITH DOCTOR MARISSA GRAYSON. OUR POLITICAL ANALYST. SO THIS ELECTION IS ONE THAT IS CERTAINLY GETTING A LOT OF EYES, GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION HERE IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE IS TOP OF MIND FOR VOTERS RIGHT NOW? WELL, I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO. THE NEWLY FORMED DISTRICT. BUT OVERALL, PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY PAYING THE MOST ATTENTION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THAT’S WHERE PEOPLE REALLY FEEL LIKE IT MATTERS. ABSOLUTELY. WE’RE DEFINITELY GOING TO TOUCH ON CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO, BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT VOTER TURNOUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION, MORE PEOPLE TEND TO VOTE IN THAT VERSUS OTHER ELECTIONS. DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE CASE NOW? YES, I DEFINITELY THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE HIGH VOTER TURNOUT TODAY. I WONDERED WHEN IT WAS RAINING THIS MORNING, HOW IT MIGHT AFFECT ALABAMA, BUT I THINK WE’VE SEEN LONG LINES A LOT OF PLACES PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THE ELECTION HERE AND WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD. SO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO, STATE OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, THAT WAS REDRAWN BY FEDERAL COURTS LAST YEAR. IT WAS APPROVED. CAROLYN DOBSON, SHAMARI FEARS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE FOR THAT? I THINK THE TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY HIGH WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAN MAYBE AFFECT THE BALANCE OF THE HOUSE, THEY ARE GOING TO FEEL MOBILIZED. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY EFFORTS THERE OUTSIDE OF ALABAMA. PEOPLE COMING IN BIG NAMES LIKE ERIC HOLDER FOR SHAMARI FIGURES SO MUCH MONEY HAS GONE INTO THE RACE FROM OUTSIDE AREAS THAT EVERY DOOR HAS BEEN KNOCKED ON AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BEGGED TO, BEGGED TO SHOW UP. AND I THINK THEY WILL. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A NEW MAP, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT THE RESULTS OF DISTRICT TWO WILL BE A SURPRISE FOR THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY? WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF DISTRICT TWO, I THINK WE WOULD EXPECT THAT SHAMARI FIGURES HAS A LEAD. SO IF HE WERE TO LOSE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A SURPRISE. WE SAW REPUBLICANS PUSH BACK AND APPEAL THE DECISION TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT WAS NOT THE MAKEUP, THAT IT CURRENTLY IS. AND SO THE SURPRISE WOULD BE, I THINK IF HE DOES NOT WIN IN THE PREVIOUS ELECTION, WE SAW THAT GEORGIA WAS A SURPRISE STATE. DO YOU THINK THAT ALABAMA WILL EVER REACH THAT LEVEL? WELL, I THINK IT CAN. RIGHT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT HOLD US BACK FROM REALLY EVER SEEING THAT. ONE IS THAT WE HAVE STRAIGHT TICKET VOTING. SO WE ARE ONE OF SEVEN STATES THAT MAKES IT SO YOU COULD SHOW UP CIRCLE ONE OF, YOU KNOW, CIRCLE THE TOP WHERE YOU PICK A PARTY AND BE DONE. AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE STATE. BUT I THINK IF YOU SEE EFFORTS FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS, THERE’S CERTAINLY BEEN LOTS OF TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ALABAMA TO ORGANIZE BETTER OUTSIDE GROUPS COMING IN, TRYING TO MOBILIZE DEMOCRATS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FILLED OUT THE BALLOT TODAY, YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT OF RACES. WE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE COMPETITION IN. AND SO THAT’S THE FIRST STEP. I THINK, TO GETTING TO A POINT WHERE ALABAMA COULD LOOK LIKE GEORGIA. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO. WILL THAT HELP MOBILIZE THE DEMOCRATS IN ALABAMA? I THINK IT DEFINITELY WILL. WE’LL SEE. TURNOUT MUCH HIGHER. I THINK THERE THAN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE. YOU MAY HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE TURNING OUT FOR THE ALABAMA STATE SUPREME COURT RACE, BUT I REALLY THINK IT WILL BE EITHER THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE OR THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE THAT’LL BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT. DOCTOR MARISSA GRAYSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE’S GOING TO BE HERE WITH US FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE TUNING IN TO GET OU