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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Active participation in the Senate election
Georgia heads for an electoral record
Two second-round Senate elections in Georgia will decide whether the future president of the United States, Joe Biden, can govern with the support of a parliamentary majority or not. People seem aware of that. Many eligible voters use early voting.
A few days before the Senate second round elections in the US state of Georgia, a record turnout is emerging. More than 2.8 million eligible voters took the opportunity to cast their ballot before the actual ballot on January 5, according to government data from New Year’s Eve. That’s already significantly more votes than were cast in the 2008 Senate elections. At that time, 2.1 million people had voted.
Democrats and Republicans are running for two senatorial seats. The outcome decides whether future President Joe Biden can govern with the support of a parliamentary majority or has to deal with a divided Congress, which could make it very difficult for him to implement many projects or occupy important cabinet positions.
The second round is necessary because neither candidate obtained the required absolute majority in the November 3 election, which was held as part of the presidential election. So far, Republicans have held Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. If they can defend at least one of the two seats, Republicans retain a majority in the Senate.
However, if the Democrats, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossof, hold both seats, there will be a 50% deadlock. In the event of a tie in the vote in the House, it would be up to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to make a decision with her right to vote. In fact, Democrats would have an advantage in both houses of Congress, because they already have a majority in the House of Representatives.
