Brian Kemp says GOP shouldn't 'underestimate' Georgia Democrats' turnout strategy, points to Stacey Abrams' fundraising success: 'Don't believe any of these polls'

Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp said on Tuesday that the Democratic turnout operation in the state should not be underestimated, pointing to the party's statewide victories in 2020.

While speaking to Republicans in Alpharetta, a city in the northern reaches of populous Fulton County, Kemp argued that the party was stronger on education and the economy.

As Kemp made the case for his reelection, he also opined on the get-out-the-vote apparatus of the state's Democrats, who have gone from a struggling party to one that has cut into the Republican dominance in the state.

When Maya King of the New York Times asked Kemp if the Democratic turnout strategy was still a concern for him, he said it was.

Don't believe any of the polls, that's what I'd tell you. Kemp said that the Democrats cannot be underestimated.

He said thatStaceyAbrams has raised a lot of money from other states. Money from all over the world. We can't be over confident. We need a ground game that can compete with theirs, and we need to work like we've never done before. We are going to do that this year.

According to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, through the month of July, Kemp had raised $25 million for his reelection bid, whileAbrams had raised $48 million.

"We're never going to outspend them, but we're going to outwork them and we're going to have something that they haven't seen in the last three or four cycles here in Georgia," Kemp said.

In 2020, now- President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in Georgia, the first time a Democratic presidential nominee had won the state in twenty years.

In the suburbs of Atlanta, Democrats have made gains, with onetime GOP-dominated areas like Cobb County and Gwinnett County voting blue from state legislative races to presidential contests.

Recent polls show Kemp with a lead overAbrams.

A September CBS News/You Gov poll showed Kemp ahead ofAbrams.

Kemp had a big lead among registered voters.

A new Fox News poll had Kemp with a seven-point lead overAbrams.

The state has added 1.6 million voters since the last election, allowing both candidates to connect with a new group of supporters.