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Results of the Senate election in Georgia: These are the consequences for the politics of the entire United States

2021-01-08T05:02:08.626Z


After Georgia, the Democrats are the big winners. The runoff election for two seats has ended and there is a tie in the US Senate. Tipping the scales: the new Vice President.


After Georgia, the Democrats are the big winners.

The runoff election for two seats has ended and there is a tie in the US Senate.

Tipping the scales: the new Vice President.

  • The

    runoff election in Georgia

    for two Senate seats ends in a triumph for the

    Democrats

    .

  • Even

    Joe Biden

    has now officially after the riots in Washington

    President

    confirmed.

  • This

    result ticker of

    the events in the US state is updated regularly.

Update from January 7th, 5:15 p.m.:

With the election of their

Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff

in Georgia, the Democrats in the second

chamber of

parliament of the USA have

ostensibly

only achieved a

stalemate

(see below).

In fact, in addition to the House of Representatives, they now also have a

majority

in the US Senate

: In the event of a stalemate in votes, the Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris has the right to establish a majority with her vote, according to the American constitution.

What are the benefits for future President Joe Biden?

The 77-year-old can

tackle

targeted reforms and personnel decisions with

strong support

in Congress:

Personnel

Decisions

:

The Senate is responsible for approving key U.S. officials, including ministers and their deputies, ambassadors, senior military officials, and the chiefs of numerous federal agencies, through decisions that are first made in committees and then approved in plenary.

The Senate also has the right to confirmation from judges, in particular the judges of the Supreme Court.

This court, in turn, decides on important social issues such as abortion law and the legal situation for homosexual couples.

Rapid implementation of reforms:

It is the first time since Barack Obama's presidency began in 2009 that a party has a double majority in the Senate and in the House of Representatives.

Obama had used this to implement a major rescue program for the economy after the financial crisis in 2008 and his flagship project for health care reform (Obamacare) *.

Georgia election: results official - Senate Democrats with majority

Update from January 7th, 1:20 p.m.:

With sensational successes in the

Senate runoff elections in Georgia

, the Democrats of the future

President Joe Biden

have secured control of the second Chamber of Parliament - while at the same time the supporters of the elected President Donald Trump rioted in Washington.

Biden's supporters

Raphael Warnock

and

Jon Ossoff prevailed

against their Republican opponents

in

Atlanta

after the results available on Thursday.

Since the Democrats will control the entire Congress in the future, the room for maneuver for Biden will expand considerably.

+

The Atlanta / Georgia Capitol will be in Democratic hands for the next legislative period.

© Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images / AFP

Ossoff prevailed by almost

25,000 votes ahead

of Republican Senator David Perdue.

According to the broadcasters

NBC

and

ABC, the

information was based

on a count of 98 percent of the votes.

At 33, Ossoff is the youngest US Senator since Biden himself, who took office in 1973.

He is also the first Jewish senator to represent the state of Georgia.

Pastor Warnock, 51, becomes the first African American to stand for Georgia in the Senate.

He prevailed in the runoff election against Republican Kelly Loeffler.

The Democrats come up with the two seats from

Georgia

on

a total of 50 seats

in the US Senate.

There is now a stalemate in the Senate, as both Democrats and Republicans have 50 seats.

In the event of a stalemate, however, the future Vice President

Kamala Harris *

, who by virtue of her office will also be President of the Senate, has the casting vote.

This is how Harris can get a Democratic majority.

Election thriller in the Senate election in Georgia: US media proclaim Democratic election victory

Update from January 6, 11:21 p.m.:

CNN has also

officially confirmed

the result of the election for the last

Senate seat in Georgia

.

According to the broadcaster,

Jon Ossoff got

50.3 percent of

the vote, while his political opponent

David Perdue

was only able to

convince

49.7 percent of

the voters.

Update from January 6, 10:29 p.m.:

The results of the Senate elections in Georgia have

slipped into the background

due to the

violent riots in Washington

.

However, the television stations NBC and CBS as well as the AP news agency reported on Wednesday that,

according to their forecast

, the

Democrats

have secured

control in the US Senate

.

Because after the candidate

Raphael Warnock

,

Jon Ossoff

is said to

have prevailed against the previous Republican incumbent in the votes in Georgia.

CNN has not yet announced this result.

Georgia continues to count votes: the Democrats' lead continues to grow

Update from January 6, 6.41 p.m.:

The counting of votes in Georgia started again on Wednesday morning (local time).

With the newly counted ballot papers, the Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff can further extend his lead over his opponent David Perdue.

That's what CNN reports.

Ossoff currently has 50.2 percent of the vote, Perdue only 49.8 percent.

Jon Ossoff (Democrat)

David Perdue (Republican)

50.2%

49.8%

Democrat Jon Ossoff has already declared himself the winner - the leader of the Democrats is pleased

Update from January 6, 3:39 p.m

.: Even the leader of the

Democratic Party

in the Senate,

Chuck Schumer

, is euphoric about the preliminary election results in the

Senate elections

in

Georgia

.

Should the

Democrats win

both Senate seats in

Georgia

, the party would have a majority in the

Senate

for the first time in six years

.

Schumer was

extremely optimistic on Wednesday: "It feels like a completely new day."

Update from January 6, 2:38 p.m

.: Although it is still too early

to consider

Democrat

Jon Ossoff

the winner of the second Senate seat, he thanked his supporters in a video and announced his victory.

Ossoff

announced

in a video

on Twitter

: “Whether you were for or against me, I will be in the US Senate for you.

I will serve all people of the state, I will give everything to ensure that

Georgia's

interests are represented

in the

US Senate

. ”Currently,

George Ossoff is leading

with 50.2 percent and a wafer-thin margin of 0.4 percent over his competitor and Incumbent David Perdue.

Thank you, Georgia.

https://t.co/IupT2d69aF

- Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) January 6, 2021

Update from January 6, 12:16 p.m.:

Morning has dawned

in

Georgia

, and now it's 6:16 a.m. in the

US state

.

The count should go on again in the next few hours.

About 2 percent of the votes have not yet been counted.

There is no precise indication of the time yet.

Senate election in Georgia: race between Ossoff and Perdue extremely close - recount threatens

Update from January 6th, 10:27 am:

The race between the

Democrat Jon Ossoff

and

the

Republican David Perdue

 is still open.

Ossoff has so far been able to collect 2,205,082 votes and thus comes to

50.15 percent

.

His competitor only got

2,192,276 and is

just behind the Democrats

with

49.85 percent

.

98 percent of the votes have already been counted.

The

New York Times

strongly believes that the lead

will be

enough

for

Ossoff to

win

.

Should the lead remain so narrow, the votes could be recounted.

The losing candidate in

Georgia is

allowed to force a recount if his rival's lead is 0.5 percent of the vote or less.

Raphael Warnock wins in Georgia: first black senator in the state

Update from January 6, 9:33 a.m.: Raphael Warnock

, according to the US media, the winner in the duel with

Kelly Loeffler

, becomes the first black senator in the state of

Georgia

.

The

New York Times

writes: "Warnock's victory over incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler marks a breakthrough for African Americans in politics and for Georgia too."

Update from January 6th, 8:08 am: Gabriel Sterling

from the electoral authority twitter probably his last message for the evening: “It's over for today!

I want to thank all of the election workers for working so hard.

Big thanks also to the Georgia voters who are setting new voter turnout records.

Well done!"

I'm calling it a night.

I want to give a thank you to all those elections & pollworkers for working so hard throughout this cycle.

Also a big thanks to the Georgia voters who keep setting turnout records with each election.

Great job!

#gapol

- Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) January 6, 2021

Dramatic election thriller in the Senate election in Georgia: first winner has been determined

Update from January 6, 8:08 a.m.:

The

New York Times

explains

declared the Democrat

Raphael Warnock

the winner.

NBC, CBS and ABC also award him the win.

It is the Democrats' first stage success, but

Jon Ossoff has to

win

for a majority in the Senate

.

Update from January 6, 8:05 a.m.:

As the

New York Times

reports, Democrat

Jon Ossoff

now apparently has a small lead over Republican candidate David Perdue.

97 percent of the votes have been counted so far, writes the newspaper.

Update from January 6, 8 a.m.:

Due to technical problems, the counting of the Democratic constituency of

DeKalb County is

delayed

.

This is reported by the US broadcaster CNN, among others.

There are currently 19,000 votes pending in the district.

An election official announced that from now on the remaining votes will be scanned manually.

Good prognosis for Democrats: Counting of votes continues - tendency already visible

Update from January 6, 7:05 a.m.:

The

New York Times

extrapolation

gives the Democrats

Raphael Warnock

and

Jon Ossoff

a 95 percent chance of winning the

Senate election in Georgia

.

The remaining votes are predominantly democratic.

The Republicans are also scratching their feet.

Because the counting of the democratic district

DeKalb

gave the Democrats a boost.

Warnock is even ahead of Republican candidate

Kelly Loeffler

with 35,000 votes

.

Georgia Vote Count: Sterling Addresses Public - High Turnout

Gabriel Sterling

from the electoral authority announced in what is expected to be the last statement of the night that around 27,600 votes were still pending for the preliminary vote.

These are mainly divided into the following constituencies:

  • DeKalb County:

    19,000 votes

  • Coffee County:

    7,000 votes

Georgia voting system implementation manager @GabrielSterling has been exhaustively answering questions about the Senate runoffs on Election Day.



But, college football is every day around here.



“Thank you, Wolf.

And one more thing - Go Dawgs! "

pic.twitter.com/9EOTYMejAj

- Dayne Young (@dayneyoung) January 6, 2021

Update from January 6, 6:40 a.m.:

4.3 million US citizens have apparently cast their votes.

This is reported by the

New York Times

and CNN

, among others,

with reference to

Brad Raffensperger

.

The Republican Secretary of State has ultimate oversight over the election.

A circumstance that previously targeted

Donald Trump

, who, during a dubious phone call, put pressure on him *

to turn

the

US election

in Georgia in his favor.

Georgia: Race for seats in the powerful US Senate - Warnock extends lead over Loeffler

Update from January 6, 6:20 a.m.:

It is a real election thriller that

unfolds

in the race for the

Senate seats in Georgia

.

CNN also reports on a "head-to-head race".

To date, 97 state votes have been counted.

It is now past midnight in the United States.

Gwinnett County announced

that the vote will continue that morning.

The

Democrat Warnock

is currently

ahead of the Republican Loeffler with more than 35,000 votes.

Chatham County didn't just stop.

They completed the counting of everything they have in. That includes Election Day, Advanced, & all of the absentees they had in. The last left will be the absentee by mail that came in today.

#gapol

- Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) January 6, 2021

Update from January 6, 5:45 a.m.:

It couldn't be tighter.

Only an estimated three percent of the votes have not yet been counted - and in the race between

Perdue

and

Ossoff

it is 50.0 percent to 50.0 percent.

Republican Perdue leads by less than 500 votes.

In the race between

Warnock

and

Loeffler

, the Democrat Warnock is currently ahead with 50.4 percent.

Georgia Senate Election Results: DeKalb County Brings Democrat Raphael Warnock Forward

Update from January

6, 5:24 a.m

.:

Many new voices flow into the analyzes, including some from DeKalb County

(see update from January 6, 4:38 a.m.)

.

And that has clearly changed something again.

95 percent of the votes are counted according to CNN: Now the

Democrat Raphael Warnock is

leading again

with 50.2 percent, which is around 20,000 votes ahead.

In the second race, the

Republican

David Perdue

still has the lead

, also with 50.2 percent and almost 20,000 votes.

There are still enough votes pending that could turn the result again.

Update from January 6, 4.38 a.m.:

As Gabriel Sterling from the electoral authority just announced on Twitter, many of the votes that are still pending come from

DeKalb County

.

These are ballot papers that were personally submitted in the "early voting" before election day.

He writes of over 171,000 votes.

According to analyzes by CNN, this region is democratic.

In the presidential election, DeKalb County played a key role in the election of

Joe Biden

.

This could mean good news for the two Democratic candidates.

There is a large group of votes from DeKalb Co., the early in person votes that should be uploaded soon.

That will be 171k +.

#gapol

- Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) January 6, 2021

Interim results after 88 percent of the votes have been counted

(source: CNN)

:

  • David Perdue

    (Republican, incumbent): 51.5 percent //

    Jon Ossoff

    (Democrat): 48.5 percent

  • Kelly Loeffler

    (Republican, incumbent): 51.1 percent //

    Raphael Warnock

    (Democrat): 48.9 percent

Georgia Election Results: After a long race to catch up, the Republicans were able to overtake

Update from January 6th, 3.39 a.m.:

It's really a head-to-head race that is going back and forth.

76 percent of the votes have now been counted and both Republicans are now ahead.

Kelly Loeffler

leads wafer-thin with 50.2 percent,

David Perdue

with 50.6 percent.

It remains exciting!

The more votes are counted that were cast on election day, the more chances the incumbents, i.e. the two

Republicans

, currently seem

to have.

Update from January 6th, 3:04 a.m.:

Gabriel Sterling, senior employee of the electoral authority in

Georgia

, says it is not yet clear how high the

overall

turnout

was in Georgia.

But now, 61 percent of the votes have been counted, the Democrats' lead continues to shrink.

According to CNN, Warnock leads with 50.5 percent of the vote, Ossoff even with only 50.1 percent.

Georgia election: The results are far from clear enough to choose the winners

Update from January 6th, 2.39 a.m.:

So far, the ballot papers seem to have been counted pretty quickly.

After 44 percent of votes counted, Democrat

Jon Ossoff leads

with around 154,000 votes (54.1 percent to 45.9 percent).

And the Democrat

Raphael Warnock

has been able to maintain his lead so far: He leads with around 170,000 votes (54.5 percent to 45.5 percent).

A few counties seem to be trying to count as many votes as possible that night (local time).

In

the event of

a close

interim result

, the postal votes from overseas and from the military could play a role, which can still arrive by Friday.

All polls in Georgia have closed.

Only one polling location in Ware was open until 8pm.

#gapol

- Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) January 6, 2021

Georgia election: First results are there - especially from voters who cast their votes before election day

Update from January 6, 2:05 a.m.:

In

Fulton County

, the region around Georgia's capital Atlanta, according to the county's election officer, more than 450,000 people have cast their votes.

According to CNN, he compared that turnout to the November election when there were around 528,000 voters.

This is a good number for a runoff election.

Many of the votes that are currently included in the interim results are votes that were cast before election day.

After about

26 percent of the

votes counted, the candidates are again much closer together

(source: CNN):

  • Jon Ossoff

    (Democrat): 52.6 percent //

    David Perdue

    (Republican, incumbent): 47.4 percent

  • Raphael Warnock

    (Democrat): 53.2 percent //

    Kelly Loeffler

    (Republican, incumbent): 46.8 percent

Update from January 6, 1:31 a.m.:

In the meantime, an estimated seven percent of the votes have been counted.

According to CNN, the

Democratic candidates

continue to lead

.

Jon Ossoff is ahead with 63.1 percent (190,713 votes) compared to 36.9 percent (111,598 votes) for David Perdue.

Raphael Warnock currently receives 63.5 percent of the vote (191,683), Loeffler currently receives 36.5 percent of the vote (110,134).

Numbers are currently arriving every second.

Update from January 6, 1:17 a.m.:

First

results

from Georgia are here!

According to CNN figures, the two Democratic candidates lead very easily.

Jon Ossoff currently has 2598 votes, while the Republican David Perdue has 2386 votes.

In the second race there are 3542 votes for Raphael Warnock to 3243 votes for Kelly Loeffler.

But that only

takes into account

a few counties from

Georgia

.

The race can still change significantly.

Georgia Election Results: Runoff Elections Necessary Because No One Has Reached 50 Percent Hurdle Before

First report from January 5, 10:12 p.m .:

Atlanta, Georgia - There are

two Senate

runoff

elections

with enormous significance for political events in Washington.

Because if both

Democrats

win their runoff election, it will be 50:50 in the Senate.

The Vice-President-elect would then have the casting vote

Kamala Harris of the Democrats.

For the plans of President-elect

Joe Biden *

, who is due to take office on January 20, the

Senate *

important.

Because with a majority of the

Republicans

, as at times under Barack Obama, they could block far-reaching plans, for example on the climate or the health system.

7 p.m. local time, i.e. 1 a.m. German time, close in

Georgia *

the polling stations.

The

runoff elections became

necessary because none of the candidates in the US election on November 3, 2020 managed to win the necessary 50 percent of the vote.

A Republican incumbent was very close to it.

Results of the Senate election in Georgia * on November 3, 2020

(Source: CNN)

:

  • David Perdue

    (Republican, incumbent): 49.7 percent //

    Jon Ossoff

    (Democrat): 47.9 percent

  • Raphael Warnock

    (Democrat): 32.9 percent //

    Kelly Loeffler

    (Republican, incumbent): 25.9 percent

In the race between

Warnock

and

Loeffler, it

is important to note that another Republican candidate received 20 percent of the vote in the first election.

Are these voters now giving Loeffler their vote?

Georgia Election: In polls it looks like a very close race

In the last

polls

published by the data website FiveThirtyEight (as of January 5), the two Democratic candidates were slightly ahead.

But the race is very close, which is why surveys can be deceiving here.

Many voters cast their votes before Tuesday.

Although the

turnout is

not as high as in the

2020 US election *

, presidential elections are something very special.

Gabriel Sterling,

Georgia

Election Commissioner

, gave a press conference Tuesday noon (local time).

According to him, 1,018,382 voters voted in advance by

postal vote

, and 2,074,994 people cast their

votes

personally

in the

early voting process

.

So before Election Day, over three million people in Georgia were voting.

It's Runoff Election Day!

If you're heading to the polls today, don't forget to:


Go early.


Bring your ID.


Wear a mask.


Social distance at the polls. # BeAGeorgiaVoter

- GeorgiaGov (@georgiagov) January 5, 2021

When there will be an

end result

is not yet certain.

As a reminder: after the US election on November 3, 2020, it took ten days for a result to be determined.

However, the

New York Times points

out several reasons why it might not be that long this time.

Although many voters once again voted by postal vote, on the one hand there are fewer candidates on the slips of paper, which speeds up the counting.

There is also a new rule in

Georgia

that allows poll workers to make important preparations before the polls close.

The actual counting process may not begin until 7 p.m. local time, but this preparatory work could save a lot of time.

Georgia Election: Postal votes can still arrive through Friday

Additional postal votes from overseas and the military can arrive by Friday.

Depending on how close the race gets, the lesser or greater importance.

At the start of the

count

, there is a good chance the Republican candidates are ahead.

That was already the case in the presidential election.

Because traditionally Republicans prefer to vote on election day, whereas more Democrats, also now because of the corona pandemic, vote by postal vote.

As soon as these voices flow in, the result could possibly change.

(cibo) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

List of rubric lists: © Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images / AFP

Source: merkur

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