Residents of Georgia vote, and America is holding its breath
After an extraordinary campaign in which even Donald Trump and Joe Biden participated, Georgia residents voted Tuesday to choose the two state senators, in a by-election that will have a decisive impact on the term of the new Democratic president.
Joe Biden, who enters the White House on January 20, tweeted, "The power is in your hands."
The two Democratic candidates, John Usoff and Raphael Warnock, hope to surprise and make the Democrats take over the Senate.
"The future of our country is at stake," said outgoing Republican Senator David Purdue, who is fighting the battle alongside his colleague Kelly Loveler, on Fox News.
The electoral battle is raging, and the final results may not be announced for several days.
And more than three million voters were able to cast their votes early out of about seven million registered.
The official in charge of the elections in Georgia, Brad Ravensberger, told Fox News that the hour of announcing the results depends on "the proximity of the number of votes, and it will likely be Wednesday."
"It will really be related to the number of votes" that were cast early, he added.
About $ 832 million was spent on the election campaign, according to the independent "Response Politics".
"I think it's the most important election in my life," said retired Robert Lowe, 74, who voted for the Democratic candidates.
"If the two don't win and the Republicans keep the Senate, nothing will move," he added.
In Dalton, a conservative stronghold in northwest Georgia, Ronnie Haykal, in turn, considered these elections "really important," noting that he voted for the Republican senators.
As for retired voter Richard Hamman (75 years), he did not hesitate to change his position, saying, "I usually favor Republicans, but I chose the Democrats this time."
I saw that they were more efficient. ”
"This state alone can change course," Biden declared Monday at a campaign rally in Atlanta.
On the other hand, the Republican president, who still refuses to acknowledge his defeat more than two months after the elections, told his supporters that these by-elections might be "your last chance to save America as we love it."
The two Republican senators are running from the theoretical front-runner in this conservative state.
Even if he didn't win the first round, David Purdue achieved close to 50% of votes against John Usoff.
As for Kelly Loveler, he could benefit from a big vote cast from a Republican competitor in the support division in the first round against Raphael and Arnock, who came first.
Trump issued a veiled warning to Vice President Mike Pence, who is responsible for declaring Joe Biden the winner of the US presidency.
"The vice president has the power to reject the major voters chosen by fraud," he wrote on Twitter Tuesday.
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