Georgia Senate candidates only have days to drop the remaining registered voters who have not yet had to vote before the election and polls show that none of the candidates have a strong lead in indicating how the race will go. .
Senator David Perdue received more votes in November than Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff, but his failure to exceed the 50 percent threshold forced the election to a standstill. If Perdue loses his re-election offer, the Democrats will be one seat closer to gaining control of the Senate.
The latest poll released by JMC Analytics on Wednesday gave Ossoff a seven-point lead over Perdue. The gap remains steady if you ask undecided voters who they support. Looking at only the seven percent of undecided voters, Ossoff received 53 percent support and Perdue 45 percent.
In another poll, released on December 27 by Trafalgar Group, it was found that Ossoff was at the forefront with 50.4 percent, compared to 47.7 percent of Perdue. This is almost identical to the margin that the Trafalgar group identified in a poll a week earlier, except that the poll was in Perdue’s favor.
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More than 2.8 million people have already voted, equivalent to about 36 percent of registered voters, and the turnout may be the highest record numbers seen in November. Sequence elections rarely draw attention to Georgia, but both parties have a firm stake in the winner.
If Perdue and Senator Kelly Loeffler, who is also in a run-off election, lose their seats, there will be a 50-50 split in the Senate. This effectively gives Democrats control of the chamber, because in the event of a stalemate, elected vice president Kamala Harris will cast the casting vote and likely tip the scales in favor of the Democrats.
Georgia’s runoff election will take place following another bill on the COVID-19. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a spending package that included $ 900 billion for pandemic, a focal point of the run-off election.
Ossoff, an ardent supporter of another round of $ 1,200 stimulus checks, has repeatedly attacked Perdue for paying directly. Ossoff told MSNBC on Tuesday that Perdue only supports $ 2,000 stimulus checks due to the upcoming election.
“If he meant it, he would be on the floor of the U.S. Senate demanding that Mitch McConnell draw up the house bill, a clean $ 2,000 check authorization for a vote or vote,” Ossoff said.
Perdue voted in favor of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which included a round of stimulus tests, but said he personally opposed the provision. He also voted for the most recent stimulus package, which President Donald Trump signed on Monday.
Until Trump signed on, it was unclear whether he would support the package, which includes $ 600 direct payments, as he advocated raising the amount to $ 2,000. Perdue told Fox News on Tuesday that Trump has his full support for the higher payments.
With about 60 percent of registered voters yet to vote, Trump will make one last plea for Perdue and Loeffler on Monday, the day before the election. He and Vice President Mike Pence have made several trips to the state over the past few weeks, along with Elected President Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Harris.