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The battle for the United States Senate is not over yet. And it is smoother than previously thought.
The reason is the development in the traditional red state of Georgia, where the result goes in an unexpected direction. Since neither the Republican candidate nor the Democrat got 50 percent of the vote in the state, everything could be decided in two re-elections in January.
0.2 percentage points missing for most
It is already clear that one of the seats will be decided in a re-election on January 5.
The other president, who initially appeared to go to Republican David Perdue, may also be up for re-election. With 98 percent of the votes counted, David Perdue has reached 49.8 percent of the votes.
Close, but not close enough under the Georgia state electoral system, which requires an absolute majority.
I still have one chair left to win
Republicans have controlled the Senate by 53 to 47 senators since the 2016 election. For Democrats to take power in the Senate, they need to squeeze four new seats in total. So far, Democrats have won two Republican seats, but have lost one. Therefore, the party must squeeze three more to achieve a change of power.
The consistent result in Georgia means Democrats can score. If the party wins both seats in Georgia after reelection, it will be decided: 50/50.
In such cases, it is the vice president who has the decisive vote, which means that the Democrats can take control of the Senate and therefore the entire Congress if Joe Biden wins the presidential election.
CNN: “Not very likely”
Despite the even situation, the Democrats are still not likely to pinch the Senate, the news channel writes. CNN who believe Republicans will benefit from reelection.
According to the analysis site Five thirty eight Senate elections are likely to end with Republicans slashing 50 seats and Democrats 48. The battle for the final seats will then be decided in the two reelections in Georgia on January 5.
Democrats seek to take over the House of Representatives
As for the second chamber of Congress, the House of Representatives, Democrats are expected to remain in power. On Friday afternoon, Democrats had 209 of the 218 seats needed to win a majority in the House and Republicans 193, but several votes remain. From the Republican side, there is hope to at least reduce the disadvantage of the 40 seats that emerged in the 2018 midterm elections.
