Raphael Warnock has a 4-point lead over Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff: poll

According to a new poll conducted by SurveyUSA for 11Alive News, the Democratic senator from Georgia has a four-point lead over his Republican opponent.

Four percent of respondents were undecided, but the survey showed that 50% of likely voters in the Peach State were in favor of the man.

9% of GOP respondents crossed party lines to support Warnock over Walker in the survey.

Georgia's Independents backed by 13 percentage points over Walker.

Walker was ahead with white voters, but he was behind with black and Hispanic voters.

Walker was the leader in the Atlanta metropolitan area with a 26 point lead.

A focus on voter enthusiasm has been a major part of the turnout strategies for both the Democrats and Republicans.

Democrats were more likely to say that their vote was a sign of support for Warnock than a vote against Walker, while a majority of Republicans said their vote was driven by their opposition to him.

More than 75% of respondents said their vote was powered by their support of the senator, while 22% said their vote was more about opposition to Walker.

When it came to Walker voters, half of them said their vote was in support of the former University of Georgia football star, while the other half said their vote was more about opposition to him.

Georgia has been the center of the political universe for the past two years, with both parties lining up to spend millions of dollars on a number of races.

Democrats made gains in the state in 2020. The United States Senate was handed over to the party that won the state in January of 2021.

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While Democrats retained their Senate majority and mitigated losses in the House, their candidates in Georgia struggled this year.

The architect of Georgia's recent Democratic victories was unable to defeat Brian Kemp, who was reelected to a second term. Republicans were victorious in the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, insurance commissioner, and agriculture commissioner races.

In the general election, Walker was the only Republican to lead his opponent in the race. A second election was held because no candidate got 50% of the votes.

Due to Republican-led changes in the state's election law after the 2020 election, the period between the general election and the final vote was shortened from nine weeks to four weeks.

Johnny Isakson, a veteran Republican lawmaker who retired from the Senate in December 2019, died in December 2021.

Walker, a former NFL player who has run a campaign tailored to base conservatives, has sought to paint Warnock as too close to Biden.

A recent Emerson College Polling survey showed Warnock leading Walker by a wide margin among likely voters, while a new CNN poll had him ahead of Walker by a much larger margin.