>>> JUST HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE POLLS OPEN FOR ELECTION DAY.

WE ASSEMBLED OUR SPOT LOOK TEAM TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

THE CANDIDATES WERE POUNDING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY, TAKE A LOOK >> I AM NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ANY OF THE NOISE GOING ON OUT THERE.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO BACKWARDS INTO A STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT HAVE LEFT FAMILIES BEHIND.

>> HE SAYS HE IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION, BUT THE LATEST POLLS HAS -- SLIGHTLY UP .

HOW MANY UNDECIDED VOTERS ARE STILL OUT THERE?

>> THAT PAUL HAD ABOUT --.

THAT RESULTS WAS WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW IF HE IS LEADING, NOT LEADING, THE CLICH÷ IS, IT WILL COME DOWN TO TURN OUT.

TOMORROW IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BIG STORMS WHICH COULD IMPACT ELECTION DAY TURNOUT .

MOST PEOPLE NOWADAYS ARE VOTING BY MAIL OR HAVE ALREADY VOTED IN PERSON.

THE LIST OF WHAT WE DON'T KNOW TONIGHT IS LONGER THAN WHAT WE DO KNOW.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE?

>> IT IS GOING TO BE CLOSE.

>> SHOULD WE BELIEVE POLLS ANYMORE?

>> THERE WERE SOME THAT GOT IT SPOT ON.

IT IS ALWAYS A TOUCHY SUBJECT.

NONE OF US WILL BE SURPRISED BY ANY OUTCOME TOMORROW.

I THINK IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO TURNOUT.

OH WAIT, WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THAT.

OLDER VOTERS TURNED OUT MORE IN THE FIRST ROUND.

I THINK THE POLLING HAS CONCLUDED.

YOUNGER VOTERS DID NOT TURN OUT AS WELL.

>> THE COME FROM TO -- THE CONTROVERSY THAT BRANDON JOHNSON DID NOT PAY HIS OUTSTANDING DEBT, DID THAT HURT HIM?

>> WITH SOME VOTERS THAT CERTAINLY DID.

THEY ARE ASKING HOW CAN YOU BE A MANAGER OF CHICAGO IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY YOUR BILLS ON, WHAT IS A VERY DOABLE SALARY.

FOR OTHERS, IT FELT RELATABLE.

HE SAID IT WAS A PREVIOUS TIME, WE WORKED OUT A PAYMENT PLAN, I GOT BEHIND.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL SAY BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, HAD THAT STRUGGLE LIKE SO MUCH ELSE, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR BACK AROUND, WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR AND WHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE OF THE SITUATION.

>> INTERESTING THE TIMING OF THAT BECOMING KNOWN RIGHT IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN WHERE THERE ARE ALL THOSE UNDECIDED.

I AM NOT SAYING IT WAS ALL A COINCIDENCE, MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT.

>> OF COURSE, THE LAST FEW DAYS LEADING UP TO THAT ELECTION, THEY ARE GOING TO ROLL THAT OUT BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE.

LET'S LET THAT GO LATER.

HEATHER, THE WEATHER FORECAST IS LOOKING ROUGH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS , POSSIBLE TORNADOES PREDICTED.

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WEATHER WILL PLAY A FACTOR?

>> WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE VOTERS WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO VOTE IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES COPING WITH EXTREME WEATHER OR THEY LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND SAY I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF IT, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A PROBLEM.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, WHAT DID THE GROUND GAME TURNOUT EFFORT LOOK LIKE.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

WE KNOW BIG SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN GOING HARD .

THAT COULD HELP THEM IF THOSE PEOPLE THEY CONTACTED VOTED EARLY OR BY MAIL OR ARE CERTAIN TO VOTE TOMORROW.

>> WHO COULD SUPPRESS ?

OLDER VOTERS THAT MAY NOT VENTURE OUT, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE MOST SEVERE WEATHER IS GOING TO HIT CLOSER TO WHEN THE POLLS CLOSE.

PERHAPS IT WON'T BE A FACTOR.

>> IT COULD BE LATER IN THE DAY IF FOLKS ARE WAITING UNTIL THEY GET OFF WORK.

>> VOTE EARLY, NOT OFTEN.

>> LET'S GET INTO EARLY VOTING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTION NUMBERS ARE IN SO FAR FOR THE RUNOFF.

MORE THAN 195 BALLOTS WERE CAST IN MARCH FOR THE 2023 RUNOFF ELECTION.

THAT IS UP SUBSTANTIALLY, BUT THE NUMBERS THAT EXPLODED OUR VOTE BY MAIL, NEARLY 66,000 UP FROM 2220 15.

DO YOU THINK THIS TREND OF VOTING BY MAIL IS PERMANENT X >> I DO.

I THINK PEOPLE LIKE VOTING FROM HOME AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE TIME TO RESEARCH THE CANDIDATES, THE JUDGES AND ISSUES.

THIS IS JUST BECOMING A WAY PEOPLE NOW VOTE.

PREVIOUS GENERATIONS MADE IT A POINT TO VOTE AT THEIR LOCAL PRECINCT.

JOHNSON VOTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE BY MAIL, VALLAS IN PERSON.

BY TOMORROW NIGHT , WE STILL MAY NOT HAVE A CLEAR WINNER.

>> WHEN IS THE CUT OFF ?

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR MAIL IN BALLOT IN BY ELECTION DAY.

DON'T JUST DROP IT OFF IN A MAILBOX IN THE EVENING.

THAT WILL NOT DO IT.

IT HAS TO BE POSTMARKED.

IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE, GO TO THE POST OFFICE OR DROP IT IN THE MORNING.

THEN, IT IS ANOTHER TWO WEEKS THAT THE MAIL HAS TO ARRIVE IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED.

WE WILL GET THOSE FINAL RESULTS , BUT THAT IS ON THE BACKEND.

YOU NEED TO GET THAT BALANCE IN IF THAT IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE >> IF YOU ARE NOT MAILING IT, YOU CAN DROP IT AT ONE OF THE