>>> LATEST POLLS SHOWS BRANDON JOHNSON.

THE ELECTION LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY.

BOTH CANDIDATES MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCHES TO VOTERS.

JASON DISSENTERS, WELCOME BACK.

IT SEEMS TO BE NECK AND NECK.

>> IT SEEMS TO BE ABOUT RIGHT.

THE WAY THEY CONSOLIDATED THE VOTE.

A PRETTY FAIR SHARE IF THE NUMBERS ARE TO BELIEVE.

JOHNSON HAS ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED HIS VOTE TOTAL.

>> JOHNSON GAINED MORE PROGRESSIVE VOTERS.

HOW MUCH VALUE DO YOU THINK ENDORSEMENTS HAVE?

EVERY DAY, I AM GETTING MULTIPLE -- >> THE IMPORTANT OF ENFORCEMENT , THOSE AT THE MARGIN, THEY COULD HAVE SOME IMPACT.

WHEN YOU THINK ENDORSEMENTS, YOU THINK OF FUNDRAISING.

YOU THINK ABOUT ORGANIZATION.

AND ALSO THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN TAKE THOSE ENDORSEMENTS AND ARTICULATE Ym█THAT YOU HAVE GOT SUPPORT.

THAT IS REALLY WHAT BOTH CAN CANDIDATES CAN DO HERE.#S█ DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

IN THE CLOSING WEEKS, WE WILL SEE WHO IS ENDORSING THEM NOW.

>> THE BOAT CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW, VALLAS MEETING WITH ABOUT 70% WHITE VOTERS.

JOHNSON, 74% OF BLACK VOTERS.

NEITHER HAS HISPANIC VOTERS.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

>> IT TELLS ME THAT RACE WILL NOT MATTER.

WE CAN ALL KINDS OF THEORIES ABOUT WHY THAT IS.

SCRUTINIZING THE RECORDS CAREFULLY.

BUT ALSO, BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES, COMPLETELY, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM.

THEY ARE BOTH MAKING INROADS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER A MULTIETHNIC COALITION, MULTIRACIAL.

WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO APPEAL TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF VOTERS.

RAHM EMANUEL, RICHARD DAILY, THEY HAD TO HAVE SUPPORT.

WE KNOW HERE THAT IT IS A DIFFERENT CHOICE.

THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO GAIN SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE SPECTRUM AND ACROSS THE CITY.

>> IT'S GOING TO DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I KNOW FOR FACT THAT HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS WILL RETURN IF THERE IS NEW LEADERSHIP.

>> AFTER 25 PLUS YEARS.

>> CRIME IS THE PREEMINENT ISSUE FOR VOTERS.

>> I THINK EDUCATION IS ANOTHER KEY ISSUE.

WE WANT KIDS TO HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERY OTHER HID HAS NO MATTER WHERE THEY GROW UP.

THE OTHER THING, LEADERSHIP ABILITY.

CHARACTER.

VALLAS IS GOING AFTER JOHNSON .

HE IS A PAID REPRESENTATIVE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

I WANT VOTERS KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE INDEPENDENT.

JOHNSON SAYS VALLAS HAS FAILED EVERYWHERE HE HAS BEEN AS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE.

THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE RAN THE SCHOOLS LAST TIME AROUND.

THEY ARE USING THAT ISSUE AS A WAY TO TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP MORE BROADLY.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HAVE AN EMPLOYER ON VOTERS?

>> VOTERS ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO EVERY SINGLE DEBATE.

THEY HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD DEBATES.

I SAY THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND SOMEONE WHO HAS PREPARED DEBATERS FOR CAMPAIGNS.

FOR VOTERS, THAT IS IMPORTANT.

ALSO, DIFFERENCES ON ISSUES.

JOHNSON AND VALLAS ARGUING ABOUT THE REALITY ON THE GROUND AND BEING TOUGH ON CRIME ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

RECRUITING PEOPLE FOR DETECTIVES ARE RELEGATING -- ELEVATING THEM.

JOHNSON SAYING ABOUT VALLAS , DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED 25 YEARS ARE GOING TO COME BACK?

THOSE ARE SIMPLE, LOGICAL APPEALS.

WHAT'S THE REALITY HERE?

THEY ARE USING THAT, JOHNSON IN PARTICULAR, TO AFTER A QUESTION VALLAS.

VALLAS IS USING ITS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT JOHNSON IS BEING REALISTIC.

>> SOME FOLKS HAVEN'T MADE UP THEIR MIND YET.

>> IF WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU WERE TOUTING, 15 OR 20% OF THE PEOPLE, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE I WOULD