Why a US election in Georgia matters so much
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Published 2020-12-24
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The US 2020 election isn't completely over. That’s because, even though we know Joe Biden will be president, we still don’t know if he’ll have a friendly Congress to work with. Congress’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives, is under Democratic control. But control of the upper chamber, the Senate, is still up in the air, because of two remaining Senate races — and they’re both in the state of Georgia.
The results of those “runoff” elections -- one between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue, the other between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Kelly Loeffler -- will determine whether Biden’s policy agenda will be ambitious or compromised. But runoff elections are actually really rare in the US. And the story of why Georgia uses them in the first place is crucial to understanding the state that will now determine the next several years of American politics.
Note: The headline on this video has been updated.
Previous headline: Why Biden's presidency hinges on one last election
Read more about why Georgia holds runoff elections from Vox’s Jerusalem Demsas: www.vox.com/21551855/georgia-ossoff-perdue-loeffle…
And more about the racist origins of Georgia’s runoffs:
www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/up…
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All Comments (21)
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Some politicians don't really care for the people. They're just politicking.
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Who's here after both Ossof and Warnock won the senate election?
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How ironic that a an electoral system designed to limit black candidates helped produce the first black senator in Georgia
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Senate minority leader Mitch McConell.
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in summary: the two party system is broken and nobody wins
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I find it incredibly mind boggling that american politician openly admit they stopped doing politcs and therefore their job...
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Who else is here with a full heart.. knowing mitch is now minority.
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“Think of me as the grim reaper,” he said, without a shred of self awareness.
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this political system is honestly so weird
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Imagine some day when the people we elect to represent us actually represent the people and not the party.
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Being in Georgia and getting all these ads while I can’t even vote is so annoying
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Other candidates: Give legitimate reasons as to why you should vote for them. Kelly Leoffler: a 100 pErCENt tRUmP voTInG ReCoRD
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Imagine voting no to a law because he's at different party from yours not because the law itself
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I cannot wrap my head around the fact that a politician can literally say "I will actively go against the president just because I don't agree, and tank every single effort he does" and still retain ANY support… I just don't understand it, it's too much for me to understand.
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Ossoff and Warnock have recently won the last two seats.
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Biden: Change will be done! Congress: uno reversecard intensifies
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President: I will make changes to this country Congress: Are you sure about that?
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What “senate” are these guys talking about? I am the senate.
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the more i learn about the american political system, the more it seems as heavily flawed and unrepresentative.
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The moment I heard "we don't know who will control the senate" the only thing that went through my mind was: "I am the senate"
