The 2020 Election isn’t over yet. We know election day has come and gone with President-Elect Joe Biden and his team going into transition mode. But what comes next will have a bigger impact than the office of the presidency.
As of Wednesday (11/11) at Noon Eastern, the Democrats will be fighting for the last two seat in the U.S. Senate. While the Republicans added two seats to give them a total of 50, both parties will be in contention for majority in the Senate by way of two runoff races in Georgia set for early January.
Over five million voters will decided the fate of the county’s legislative body in Georgia’s special election. Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock goes against Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue faces Democrat Jon Ossoff. None of the four candidates received a majority of the vote which triggered the runoff in both races.
A new poll by Remington Research shows early projections in the runoffs as virtually tied. The study conducted between Nov 8-9 asked 1,450 likely voters in Georgia who they’re likely to cast a ballot for next year. About 49% said they were voting for Loeffler and 48% favored Warnock with 3% undecided. As for the other race, Purdue took a 50%-46% advantage over Ossoff with 4% of Georgians undecided. The margin of error for the poll is roughly 4% +/-. In a rare move and still facing another election cycle, Loeffler and Perdue called on Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger to step down, saying he “did not deliver an honest or transparent election.” However, the Republican Senators provided no evidence of wrongdoing by Georgia’s election officials.
The deadline to register to vote for the runoffs is Dec. 7.