- Two second rounds of the senatorial elections are taking place in Georgia this Tuesday.
- Democrats need both seats to regain control of the Senate and allow Joe Biden to rule.
- The candidates are neck and neck according to the polls, and the endless soap opera of the November 3 count should be repeated.
Much of Joe Biden’s tenure is played out on Tuesday. Two second rounds of the senatorial elections take place in Georgia , and Democrats need a clear cut to regain control of the upper house of Congress and allow Joe Biden to rule without encountering Republican obstruction. While the two polls promise to be tight, Donald Trump, who
still disputes his defeat two months after the November 3 presidential election, and Joe Biden put their weight into the battle.
What to know about the two ballots
Georgia is one of the few states to organize a second round ( runoff election ) if none of the candidates reaches 50%, which was the case in November. The first duel pits the outgoing Republican David Perdue against the young Democrat Jon Ossoff. The second is a “special election” organized after the resignation of the second Georgian senator, late 780 . Republican Kelly Loeffler, who served in the interim for a year, takes on Democrat Raphael Warnock, an African-American pastor who preaches in Martin Luther King’s former parish in Atlanta.
Why the battle promises to be close
On the evening of November 3, the Republicans seemed favorites. David Perdue went down to a hair’s breadth (0, 20% ) a victory in the first round. But according to the average of the polls – which had been fairly precise in Georgia in November – the Democrats now have a very slight lead (+1.8 points for Jon Ossoff and +2.1 points for Raphael Warnock).
They campaigned together, relentlessly attacking the management of the Covid pandemic – 10 of outgoing Republicans. They could also profit from the 2 checks fiasco. dollars demanded by Trump, which were blocked by Republicans in the Senate – even though Loeffler and Perdue said they were in favor at the last minute.
The accusations Donald Trump’s unfounded fraud and calls for a boycott of the poll by conspiratorial Republican lawyers Lin Wood and Sidney Powell could also weigh heavily. But despite the victory of Joe Biden by a little more than 10. 000 voice of away, Georgia remains a traditionally Republican state, and the Conservatives have often done better than the Democrats in those runoffs .
We may not know the results for several days
In November, we had to wait 000 days before the American media projected Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia, and nearly three weeks for the results to be certified after two recounts . The endless drama of the count is set to repeat itself, with more than 3 million Georgians voting early. And because the predominantly Republican D-Day votes are tallied first, the Conservative candidates are expected to race ahead on Tuesday night, but the gap is expected to narrow overnight and over the next few days with the vote count by correspondence. With the specter of a new legal standoff in sight to challenge the results in court.
Duel between Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Georgia is one of the few states to organize a second round ( runoff election ) if none of the candidates reaches 50%, which was the case in November. The first duel pits the outgoing Republican David Perdue against the young Democrat Jon Ossoff. The second is a “special election” organized after the resignation of the second Georgian senator, late 780 . Republican Kelly Loeffler, who served in the interim for a year, takes on Democrat Raphael Warnock, an African-American pastor who preaches in Martin Luther King’s former parish in Atlanta.
Why the battle promises to be close
On the evening of November 3, the Republicans seemed favorites. David Perdue went down to a hair’s breadth (0, 20% ) a victory in the first round. But according to the average of the polls – which had been fairly precise in Georgia in November – the Democrats now have a very slight lead (+1.8 points for Jon Ossoff and +2.1 points for Raphael Warnock).
They campaigned together, relentlessly attacking the management of the Covid pandemic – 10 of outgoing Republicans. They could also profit from the 2 checks fiasco. dollars demanded by Trump, which were blocked by Republicans in the Senate – even though Loeffler and Perdue said they were in favor at the last minute.
The accusations Donald Trump’s unfounded fraud and calls for a boycott of the poll by conspiratorial Republican lawyers Lin Wood and Sidney Powell could also weigh heavily. But despite the victory of Joe Biden by a little more than 10. 000 voice of away, Georgia remains a traditionally Republican state, and the Conservatives have often done better than the Democrats in those runoffs .
We may not know the results for several days
In November, we had to wait 000 days before the American media projected Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia, and nearly three weeks for the results to be certified after two recounts . The endless drama of the count is set to repeat itself, with more than 3 million Georgians voting early. And because the predominantly Republican D-Day votes are tallied first, the Conservative candidates are expected to race ahead on Tuesday night, but the gap is expected to narrow overnight and over the next few days with the vote count by correspondence. With the specter of a new legal standoff in sight to challenge the results in court.
Duel between Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Donald Trump and Joe Biden both campaigned in Georgia on Monday in an attempt to tip the scales. Alongside Jon Ossoff, Kamala Harris denounced the “appalling abuse of power” by the American president, who, 20210104 in a phone call , asked the Republican election official to “recalculate” the presidential results and “find 11. 310 votes ”in his favor.
Why Joe Biden Is Playing Big
Right now Republicans have 50 seats in the Senate, against 48 for Democrats. So who need the two victories in Georgia to come back to 50 – 190. In the event of a tie in a vote, Vice President Kamala Harris would be able to provide the deciding voice. If Republicans retain their majority, they can filibuster the first two years of Biden’s tenure. In particular blocking a new economic recovery plan or one of the many reforms promised by the Democrat (health, immigration, environment, infrastructure, etc.)
The President-elect of the United States, whose victory is expected to be formalized by Congress on Wednesday, could also find it difficult to confirm members of his government as well as federal judges or to the Supreme Court. In Atlanta, Biden insisted Tuesday, “The power is in your hands. One state can change the course not just for the next four years, but for the next generation. “