Today, Tuesday (January 5, 2021) is a decisive day that casts a shadow over the future of the intense competition between the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States, as attention turns to the state of Georgia in the American South, which is witnessing elections that will determine who He will control the Senate in the coming years.
Georgia is a traditionally republican state, but it narrowly voted in favor of Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential elections that took place on October 3, 2020, in which Republicans David Purdue and Kelly Loeffler are running a frantic race with Democratic candidates John Osoff and Rafael Warnock.
Republicans currently control the 100-member Senate, with 50 Republicans to 46 Democrats and two Democrats counted.
In the event that Republicans want to avoid losing the majority, they must at least win one seat in Georgia´s elections so that they can have the power to disrupt the president´s policies and decisions during the next four years.
The Democrats will obtain a majority if they win the two Georgia seats to achieve a tie, because the US Constitution states that the elected vice president, Kamala Harris, has a weighted vote in the Senate in the event of a tie (50 to 50).
None of the four candidates could obtain the 50 percent required to win as stipulated by Georgia state laws, but in the run-off round this percentage will not be considered, because the candidate only needs to beat his opponent with any result.
Early voting began in the conservative state located in the southeast of the country on December 14, and so far, poll results indicate a slight lead (half a point) for Republican candidate David Purdue over his Democratic opponent, John Ousoff.
On the other hand, this percentage did not exceed 0.02 percent in favor of the Republic, Kelly Loeffler, at the expense of her Democratic rival Rafael Warnock.
However, local poll results speak of Democrats consolidating their fortunes and narrowing the gap over the past few days.
It is noteworthy that during the past few weeks, President Donald Trump has attacked the leadership of the Republican Party in Georgia under the pretext of not standing in the "face of fraud" that accompanied the presidential elections, a subject that the outgoing US President Donald Trump talked about in a long speech to his supporters last Monday in the state. Circles in the Republican Party recently expressed concern about the impact of Trump´s continuous attacks on the integrity of the presidential elections in Georgia, and they believed that this would harm the turnout of Republican voters.
Some Republicans are concerned about the collateral damage that could result from the proliferation of appeals by Trump supporters to challenge the election results without success.
They say that this campaign may push especially Trump´s supporters to abstain from voting due to their lack of confidence in the American electoral system.
Experts believe that the loss of Georgia will be a "fateful" for the Republicans, and will determine the fate of the party during the next four years, as losing two seats in the Senate means that the Republicans will lose the political balance of power in Washington and will give the Democrats the victory in the government, executive and legislative branches.
Democrats currently control the House of Representatives with a slim majority, and in the event that they are unable to resolve the race in the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden will have to exhaust all his communication and negotiation skills to reach compromises with his Republican opponents, as no law can be passed in the states. If the Senate does not approve it, the president cannot appoint any minister, ambassador, or judge if this appointment is not approved by the Senate.
The results are expected to appear by tomorrow morning, Wednesday, the day that coincides with the approval of the US Congress, its two parts, the House of Representatives and the Senate, to President-elect Joe Biden.
