Republicans hold slight edge in Georgia Senate runoffs: poll [View all]

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Georgia Republican incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler currently have a slight lead over their Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, in the state's critical Senate runoff races, according to a new Emerson College poll.

In both highly contentious races, the Republican senators are leading with 51 percent of the vote. Warnock and Ossoff are holding at 48 percent, and 1 percent is undecided.

According to poll results, Ossoff and Warnock are favored by the younger demographic, especially with voters under the age of 30, while Loeffler and Perdue are more popular with older voters, those 65 and older.

Voters in rural areas are also polling toward the Republican tickets, with Loeffler and Perdue leading with 68 percent and 67 percent of the vote, respectively. In urban/suburban regions, the Democrats are ahead, with Warnock at 75 percent of the vote and Ossoff with 73 percent.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/530601-republicans-hold-slight-edge-in-georgia-senate-runoffs-poll

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While I think Loeffler/Perdue will win because of their pandering to Trumpsters to drive up turnout, Democrats should still fight hard and push back against the lies and corruption of Trump and his supporters.

I understand that Democrats cannot frame the race as a referendum on whether Biden takes office, because it is not. On the other hand, Trump has been framing the race as a drive for support to reject the results of the presidential election, which will motivate his base. Indeed, once Perdue/Loeffler publicly commit to rejecting their own State's electoral votes, they should easily win Georgia as Trumpsters see the runoff as a mulligan for the Presidential election.

Still, we should try to make the race as close as we can in order to promote law and order and push back against the efforts to promote a coup.