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Georgia, also known as the “peach state” – in reference to the importance of the agricultural industry in the area – that throughout the election night was inclined towards the Republican Donald Trump, could end up falling to the Democrats thanks to the urban vote of its capital, Atlanta. If that happened, those 16 electoral votes would help Joe Biden win the race for the White House.
In addition, it is the handful of states that have not finished counting votes yet. All eyes are on Georgia, and not just because of the president’s narrow lead. The two Senate seats held by Republicans are also up for grabs.. Acting Republican Senator David Perdue could finish under 50%, leading to a senatorial runoff with Democrat Jon Ossoff in January. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican who was appointed last year, would face Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock in the same instance.
They have not been quiet days for Republicans in Georgia, who have nervously watched the vote count and already promised to file lawsuits in more than a dozen counties with the aim of eliminating some votes that could harm them.
Although Trump had maintained a slight advantage in the area, Ballots in the suburbs, one of Biden’s strongest areas, were not yet counted. Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, as well as DeKalb and Clayton counties, suburban areas that still had thousands of votes to count last night.
Surprisingly, Georgia became a critical factor within the various scenarios for a possible Biden victory. Trump won the state by five percentage points in 2016, and no democrat has had it since 1992, when Bill Clinton won by 13 thousand votes.
In the past two decades, Georgia has chosen the winner of the presidential election. From 1868 to 1960, the state was completely blue, voting for Democratic candidates in every election. Its citizens were conservative Democrats who turned “red” in 1964, in response to discontent over the Civil Rights Act. Since 1972, Georgia has been a Republican, except for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and 1980, and Clinton for nearly three decades.
In 2004, George Bush easily defeated John Kerry, with 58% against 41% for the Democrat. The margins have been narrower since then due to demographic changes. In 2016, Trump beat Hillary Clinton by about 5%.
The President made at least three visits to the state, traditionally considered a republican stronghold. Biden, on the other hand, made his first trip exactly one week before Election Day. However, he had the support of former President Barack Obama, who campaigned for him in that state.
Gabriel Sterling, Georgia Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager, said that 61,367 early voting by mail ballots had not yet been counted, and that they were expected to finish it before noon today.