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With half of the expected votes from Georgia’s double Senate election already counted, Democrats appear to have a slight advantage, partly motivated by the first count of mail-in ballots, which tend to favor the party that wants to take control of the camera. top of the North American Congress, and with different margins in each race.
With 2.5 million votes already counted in both elections, which corresponds to 60% of the expected votes, the New York Times places Raphael Warnock ahead of Kelly Loeffler 1 point, while Jon Ossoff leads with less than a thousand votes . advantage over David Perdue.
Therefore, both elections are completely open. Republicans hope to maintain a good turnout in face-to-face voting and in more rural counties, which voted for the party’s candidates on November 3, and Democrats will again need a strong vote in urban areas, especially in Atlanta, and with the Afro electorate. -American.
Final results should arrive only on Wednesday, given that the entire validation process by which the bulletins that arrived on Election Day have not yet been sent.
It is recalled that in the first round, Warnock was ahead of Loeffler in a special election with four candidates, while Perdue won by Ossoff only 2 points, without reaching the 50% necessary to guarantee re-election. Republicans must retain one of the available seats in the Senate to maintain control of the chamber.
The importance of this choice is expressed in the amounts invested in them. The race between Perdue and Ossoff became the Senate election with the highest advertising spend in history, with 404 million dollars (328.67 million euros). The second is opposed by Loeffler and Warnock, with a spending of 300 million dollars (244 million euros), according to an Advertising Analytics study cited by the New York Times.
Initial turnout figures show figures that are sure to break records for any second round of elections in the country, pointing analysts to 4.4 million voters to cast their votes.
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