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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid we just win GA?
Biden +12,338 votes
5,503 Votes Remaining
[Shithead] needs 163.5% (obviously impossible)
According to this site, GA is BLUE!
https://alex.github.io/nyt-2020-election-scraper/battleground-state-changes.html#
Edit - they just changed estimated remaining to 5503
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Woot, it looks sealed.
Abnredleg
(669 posts)And they typically dont call it if thats the case.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Is there some stupid policy at NBC or CNN to prevent calling Georgia when the lead is bigger than the votes left to count?
coti
(4,612 posts)Because you take the figures you do have in front of you as 100% valid until it is proved otherwise.
BainsBane
(53,026 posts)That site doesn't call elections. The NYT hasn't called GA yet. Nor has CNN.
elleng
(130,825 posts)Locutusofborg
(525 posts)I want formerly red Georgia for dinner and formerly red Arizona for dessert.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Really wish it did. When we moved here from CA 20 years ago, after GA helped elect Clinton, I thought we were part of a wave of permanent change that was winning. Instead, we've had to live through a horrendous backlash and badslide as the worst of deep-red conservative southern culture took over the Republican Party, and with it the conservative half of the nation, and corrupted churches that should teach right and wrong but turned to teaching divisive politics.
It's going to take a while longer, and the great hope isn't that GA is always "formerly" red, that isn't realistic, but that it become politically fairly decent and sensible, dominated by moderate progressives of both conservative and liberal orientations.
Btw, did you know that hot climates tend to make people and cultures more conservative? Look at a political map of the globe. The same for any climate that endangers survival, such as deserts and very cold ones. Our South is hot and getting hotter. The whole planet's getting hotter and fresh water is disappearing.
We've got our work cut out for us.
Have a nice day.
David__77
(23,365 posts)It should be certified in 11 days. Then there can be a recount. It will not shift to Trump.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)Why doesn't anybody know how many ballots remain in GA?
Dem2
(8,168 posts)I wish GA would provide a number we all can use as a reference.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)U.S. President Georgia Results
Precincts: 2,656/2,656 100% reporting
D
Joseph Biden
50%
2,469,117
R
Donald Trump
49%
2,456,779
Margin: 12,338
triron
(21,988 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)We still don't know if they have any more votes to count or not.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2018 it expanded to Cobb County with election of Lucy McBath and this year into Gwinnett County. But outside those areas, its rube as far as you can see.
Fortunately, the big population areas are reliably Blue, but more like a 60/40 split.
The Great Escape
(1,235 posts)of Forsyth ever coming in to the fold?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)stay out of Forsyth County into early 1970s, except the signs didnt say Blacks.
Today, the county is becoming more diverse and younger white folks are much more liberal and caring about society. Answer to your question is Yes, but not for awhile.
When I was in high school, Gwinnett was pretty much dirt roads. Things are changing and its so nice to see. A lot of folks I went to school (rural DeKalb County at the time) with are still ignorant rubes. But surprisingly, several I would have expected otherwise, are Blue.
oswaldactedalone
(3,490 posts)After another batch of 285 votes is added.