That battleground state, with the biggest trove of electoral votes nonetheless up for grabs, had a whole lot of 1000's of excellent mail-in ballots
That battleground state, with the biggest trove of electoral votes nonetheless up for grabs, had a whole lot of 1000’s of excellent mail-in ballots to rely as Mr. Trump’s lead narrowed to about 136,000 votes Thursday morning.
Georgia is vital to the stability of energy within the Senate as properly. Because the votes had been tallied, Senator David Perdue, the Republican incumbent, was on the cusp of falling under 50 p.c, which might set off a runoff in January.
Georgia already faces a runoff for its different Senate seat, now held by a Republican, Kelly Loeffler. If Democrats had been to win each, and Mr. Biden prevails within the presidential race, the Democrats might seize management of the Senate, with a naked margin of 50 seats, and the vice chairman casting a tie-breaking vote.
With Mr. Trump’s political path rising extra precarious, his crew turned to the courts, submitting lawsuits and demanding a recount in Wisconsin.
The Trump marketing campaign’s bid to stave off defeat stretched from the Supreme Courtroom, the place the marketing campaign intervened in a case difficult Pennsylvania’s plan to rely ballots obtained for as much as three days after Election Day, to particular person counties the place the marketing campaign confirmed a willingness to battle over even the smallest batch of votes.
The political tensions began to spill into the streets, with protests in Minneapolis, Seattle, Phoenix, Philadelphia, New York Metropolis and Portland, Ore.
Whereas principally peaceable, with chants demanding that each vote be counted, retailer home windows had been shattered in Portland as some protesters grappled with the police. In Minneapolis, demonstrators shut down a freeway and dozens had been arrested.