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What’s Going to Happen in Georgia?
Polls are closed, and we await the results of an incredibly consequential election.
Well, the day of the Georgia Senate runoff election is finally here, and with it comes the determining factor over which party will have control of the Senate. As someone who has admittedly loved the electoral aspect of politics, wondering who’s going to win and why, I can genuinely say I don’t have much of a definitive prediction as to who will win in Georgia: Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, or Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. That said, it’s still entertaining to venture a guess as to what will happen.
While I will not be shocked at all if Perdue and Loeffler manage to win, personally I think this election will lean to Warnock and Ossoff.
As was the case in November with Donald Trump and Biden, I wouldn’t be surprised if once again, the coronavirus pandemic wound up being a determining factor. With Mitch McConnell shamelessly blocking the much needed relief checks at a time when millions of people desperately need them just to help catch up on rent let alone put food on the table for their kids, it seems likely that voters might feel even more motivated than before to vote for Ossoff and Warnock to — if nothing else — ensure that McConnell no longer has the position of…
