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The hitherto Republican southern state of Georgia is now focusing on a battle for control of the Senate. It is between whether Biden will have a chance to fulfill part of his agenda or whether the Republicans manage to put obstacles in his way.
Democrats are disappointed that they did not win a Senate majority on Election Day, as they had targeted five supposedly vulnerable Republican senators.
They only succeeded in overthrowing two of them, and therefore only run for 48 seats out of 100 in the Senate. With Vice President Kamala Harris as Senate Speaker who can break the tie, they would only need 50 for a majority.
Life buoy
Georgia, where there were two senatorial elections this year, is now presented as a possible bailout, due to the state arrangement that a candidate must have more than 50 percent to win, otherwise there will be a new round between the two with the most votes.
Current Republican Senator David Perdue led in his election, but with 49.8 percent did not achieve a clear majority and therefore faces number two, Democrat Jon Ossoff, for a new round on January 5.
On the same day, Senator Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Ralph Warnock met after neither of them won a majority in the by-elections held after Loeffler was appointed to replace a senator who resigned.
Other candidates with
In both elections on November 3, there were other candidates that meant no one got 50 percent.
– First we take Georgia, then we change the world, says Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, who can replace Mitch McConnell if Democrats win a majority in the Senate.
– If we win these two elections, we will save the Senate. If we save the Senate, we save the country, that’s what the fight is all about, Perdue tweeted when asking for donations after Biden was elected a new president.
Democratically trends
Georgia has been a solid Republican for at least a generation, and it’s a huge setback for Democrats to get a state senator.
But the state has had a democratic tendency for some years, thanks to the new more liberal generations and the transfer of other states to dynamic cities like Atlanta, which adds to the large African-American minority.
Democrats in the state have made an impressive effort to register new voters and get them to the polls in recent years, with the result that Biden on Saturday was 7,500 votes ahead of Trump in the presidential election, a margin that is still so far. small that probably goes against the count.(Terms)Copyright Dagens Næringsliv AS and / or our suppliers. We would like you to share our cases via a link, which leads directly to our pages. Copying or other use of all or part of the content can only be done with written permission or as permitted by law. For more terms, see here.
