The ends in Georgia are shut — with extra returns nonetheless poised to return in on Wednesday. As of early Wednesday afternoon at 1 pm ET, Pre
The ends in Georgia are shut — with extra returns nonetheless poised to return in on Wednesday.
As of early Wednesday afternoon at 1 pm ET, President Donald Trump has beneath a 2 percentage-point lead within the state, which he received by 5 factors in 2016. Latest polls have given Trump a slight edge on former Vice President Joe Biden, although a number of surveys had the 2 statistically tied.
Georgia nonetheless has fairly a number of ballots to rely, with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger telling reporters that roughly 200,000 ballots had been excellent throughout a press convention on Wednesday morning. “Each authorized vote will probably be counted,” he mentioned. Almost 99 p.c of the anticipated vote has been tallied within the state, based on Vox’s election associate Determination Desk.
Most of the remaining ballots are from the populous Fulton and DeKalb counties — the place Atlanta and its surrounding surburbs are positioned, the Atlanta Journal-Structure reviews. So far, Biden has seen sturdy assist in each of those counties, whereas Trump has carried out properly in different components of the state together with Cherokee, Forsyth, and Corridor counties.
Additional suggesting the uncounted ballots might need some excellent news for Biden is the truth that a majority of them are mail-in votes; forward of Election Day, knowledge confirmed Democrats had been extra doubtless than Republicans to make use of this technique.
Broadly, Georgia had seen record-breaking early voting numbers, with about 3.9 million folks casting their ballots early — placing the state on observe to surpass the turnout it had seen in 2016.
Last ends in Georgia may come as quickly as Wednesday night, although it’s potential they may take extra time. Vox is carrying dwell outcomes, powered by Determination Desk:
Vox additionally has outcomes pages for the presidential race and different key swing states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.
You possibly can observe our Senate dwell outcomes right here and Home dwell outcomes right here. Lastly, right here’s how Vox (and different media shops) will probably be making calls.