. >> leading off our discussion tonight, congresswoman-elect carolyn boudreau, she's a democrat who flipped georgia's 7th congressional district. also with us, jennifer palmieri, former white house communications director for president obama and former communications director for hillary clinton's presidential campaign. she is co-host of show time's "the circus." and congresswoman-elect, what do you make of those first day of early voting, the voter turnout on the first day, beating the presidential voter turnout? >> it is just amazing to see. we were up by 23% over the first day of early vote during the presidential race, and people are hungry to vote. they are ready to get the job done. they are ready for change in this country. >> jennifer palmieri, we always thought that peak voting is presidential, and whenever you're outside of the presidential cycle, especially special elections, don't expect to see this kind of turnout. >> yeah, it's -- runoffs are usually hard for democrats. they're hard in georgia. but these numbers are something we've never seen before, and i think -- this electi