Will U.S. Senate become a Democrat thanks to Trump?

President Trump confronts the final vote on the 5th of next month
Disruption within the Republican Party, opposition to economic stimulus measures, etc.
Georgia, a Republican dominant region, unfolds

[아시아경제 나주석 기자] U.S. President Donald Trump emerged as a variable in the Georgia Senate runoff to decide the US Senate majority. An analysis suggests that President Trump could be a bad thing for the Republican Party in the elections here, which are in a very close battle.

On the 28th (local time), Bloomberg News introduced that President Trump had again jumped into the elections ahead of the Georgia Senate runoff voting day. Earlier, President Trump announced that he would visit Georgia on the 4th of next month, the day before the runoff vote, and go on a campaign.

As a result of the election on the 3rd of last month, 50 Republican seats, 46 Democratic party seats and two Democratic independent seats were confirmed in the US Senate. In the election at the time, two senators voted in Georgia, but there were no majority votes, so there is a runoff vote on the 5th of next month. The Republican Party can become a majority party with just one seat in this election. On the other hand, the Democratic Party can make a 50:50 tie if they take both seats. In the event of a tie in the Senate vote, the Vice President can exercise the casting boat as the Senate Chairman, and the Democratic Party that won the presidential election becomes the majority party.

As for the Democratic Party, the Senate majority party is in desperate need for the stable state administration of President-elect Joe Biden. Similarly, in the Republican Party, it was life and death in Georgia’s final ballot in that it was possible to keep the Senate majority in check. For this reason, both Republicans and Democrats are receiving astronomical political support in the runoff vote.

Bloomberg reported that President Trump would be bad news for the Georgia runoff vote for two main reasons. First of all, President Trump signed the stimulus bill, but before that, it caused confusion, suggesting veto power. President Trump’s disaster aid payments were delayed thanks to Mongni, and the federal government’s unemployment benefits were also reduced this week.

Not only that, but it’s also bad news that President Trump had a conflict with Republican officials in Georgia over the issue of the presidential election fraud. In last month’s election, President Trump lost to Georgia with a difference of 12,670 votes. Regarding the responsibilities of losing the election, President Trump raised suspicions of unfair elections, but the state governor of Georgia, who was in charge of the election, dismissed the possibility of the election. For this reason, President Trump complained about the governor of Georgia. The Republican Party in Georgia is in division over the controversy over the election.

Active senators Kelly Loeffler and David Purdue are striving to win votes for Trump’s supporters. However, I am concerned that this choice could rather lose the vote of the Republican middle class.

If you look at the current polls alone, Republican and Democratic candidates are very different. However, Republican poll expert Frank Runtz pointed out that Democratic Rafael Warnock overtook Loeffler, and John Osoff has been ahead of Purdue in approval ratings since last week. He pointed out that “Georgia was originally a region where the Republican candidate was 4 percentage points ahead, but this effect disappeared because of the president.”

Reporter Juseok Na [email protected]