Georgia

[LuFins Dad]

1. There’s still roughly 100000 votes left to be counted. If Perdue takes 55K or so that would put him back over the 50% threshold, no?

2. If they are running a hand recount for the Presidential ballot, shouldn’t they do so for the Senate, too?

[jon-nyc]

They’re the same ballots I’d assume it’s the same process.

[Loki]

Betting odds have GOP taking the Senate at 83% now. So something is happening in GA.

[George K]

@Loki said in Georgia:

Betting odds have GOP taking the Senate at 83% now. So something is happening in GA.

The GOP now has 50 seats in the Senate. If they lose BOTH races in GA, it's a tied Senate, with Harris as the tie-breaker. The odds of the GOP losing both runoffs are slim - perhaps 17%?

[Loki]

@Loki said in Georgia:

Betting odds have GOP taking the Senate at 83% now. So something is happening in GA.

Yeah, watching the TV you’d think it was a horse race.

[jon-nyc]

I’ve never seen their odds drop below 77. Not that I watch it that much.

A tie in the senate would be difficult to pull off. The big difference is sometime around Thursday it became clear that it was at least an possibility - initial thoughts were that the Republicans had kept it for sure.

[LuFins Dad]

There are plenty enough votes out there still to be counted to put Perdue over the 50% threshold. I mean, if he comes in at 50.01% then he is in, right?

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Georgia:

There are plenty enough votes out there still to be counted to put Perdue over the 50% threshold. I mean, if he comes in at 50.01% then he is in, right?

Correct.