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| The eve of the Republican election in Georgia, USA. © AFP=News1 |
There is a growing chance that Republican and Democratic candidates each win one seat in the Georgia runoff voting that decides the US Senate majority.
As of 11:29 p.m. (local time) on the 5th, with 95% of the votes in progress, Democratic candidate Rafael Warnock took 50.23% of the vote, leading Republican active senator Kelly Loeffler (49.77%) by 0.46 percentage points (about 20,000 votes). have.
At the same time, active Republican senator David Purdue beat Democratic candidate John Osov (49.81%) by 0.38 percentage points (about 10,000 votes) with 50.19%.
The two Democratic Party candidates at the beginning of the ballot count are sharply ahead, and as the count proceeds, they are playing a super close match by repeating a reversal.
Most of the votes counted at the beginning of the ballot count came out of pre-voting, and the Democratic Party prevailed, but when the ballots of direct voters started counting, the results were reversed around 65%. However, the possibility that the winners will change cannot be ruled out, as the remaining regions are large cities with strong Democratic propensities.
The exit survey also points to ultra-thin ice. According to the Edison Research exit survey, the number of voters who answered that they voted for each party was divided into 49 to 48. CNN also did not predict the winner, saying it was difficult to judge the winner immediately after the vote was over.
In the midst of this, the Democratic Party is paying close attention to the counting status and showing a prudent attitude. According to CNN, there was a message among Democrats on this day saying that the Republican Party has won overwhelming victory, but not to be shaken. This is because the counts are counted from small and conservative counties.
Georgia, which has a strong conservative color, is classified as a Republican garden. Since 2000, there has never been a Democratic candidate in Georgia ever elected to the Senate. However, in the November presidential election last year, Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden won, and the polls before the Senate runoff showed that both the Democrats took the lead, and the results are expected to be known until the end of the count.
The ballot counting process will be completed within this day, but due to the large number of pre-voting, the final result is expected to come out in 2-3 days.