The newly elected president of the United States of America (USA), Democrat Joseph Biden, also won the federal state of Georgia in the elections, the only one in which the winner was not projected until now, the Associated Press (AP) announced.
The agency projected the victory of Biden in Georgia over the current president, Republican Donald Trump, after the authorities of that federal state announced the results of the recount of votes that confirmed a small advantage for the candidate of the Democratic Party.
Georgia authorities ordered a recount because the difference between the two candidates after the first was less than 0,5 percent.
After the first count, Biden had about 14.000 more votes than Trump, and today it was announced that he was ahead by about 12.000 votes, out of five million voters.
A Democratic candidate has not won Georgia since 1992, when Bill Clinton won more votes than then-President George W. Bush.
By winning in Georgia, Biden won 16 more electoral votes and reached 306, while Trump "won" 232 electors.
The AP agency and other leading American media declared Biden the winner of the election on November 7, after projecting his victory in 23 federal states and the District of Columbia, based on which he "gathered" 284 out of 538 electoral votes.
The media later announced the victory of Biden in Nevada, which gives six electors.
To win the elections, a candidate must "win" at least 270 out of 538 electors.
A candidate who wins a state "gets" all of its electors, except for Maine and Nebraska.
Voters did not choose directly for Trump (74) or Biden (77), but chose electors, Democrats or Republicans, who formally elect the president in December (electoral college).
Since this act is a formality, the winner is known immediately after the election.
Biden got to the White House mostly thanks to the conquest of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, three traditionally democratic states that also decided the 2016 elections, when Trump defeated the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in each of them by less than one percent margin.
In addition to those three states, this year only two more, Arizona and Georgia, voted differently than in the last election.
In both, according to the projection of AP and other leading media, Biden also won.
Of the votes counted so far, Biden received 79,7 million, and Trump 73,7 million.
Both of them received more votes than all previous presidential candidates.
Since election night, Trump has been accusing the Democrats of stealing the election, but has not provided any evidence, and is trying to challenge the results in federal courts.
He announced that he will include the US Supreme Court in the process if necessary.
In addition, Trump and his allies are taking other, for the US, unusual moves in order to challenge Biden's victory.
Among them are calling state congressmen to the White House, calling local election officials in Michigan and pressuring officials in Arizona to delay certifying the results, according to the AP.
If Biden's victory is confirmed, he will take office as president on January 20.
Georgia voters hold the key to controlling the Senate
Voters in Georgia hold the key and control over the US Senate, in which each of the 50 states has two representatives.
Along with the president of the country and all 435 members of the House of Representatives of Congress, on November 3, US citizens also elected 35 out of 100 senators.
A third of the members of the Senate, in which the Republicans have had a narrow majority until now, are elected every two years, and the mandate of senators lasts six years.
Georgia is electing both senators this election cycle.
Republicans currently have 50 and Democrats 48 out of 100 senators.
Who will have the majority in the upper house of the US Congress will be decided by the voters of Georgia in the second round of elections for the Senate, scheduled for January 5.
To control the Senate, the Republicans need to win one of those two duels, and the Democrats need to win both.
If the Democrats were to win both of Georgia's senatorial seats, the balance of power would be 50 to 50, and in that case the vote of the President of the Senate, who is by function the Vice President of the United States, would be decisive.
Thanks to Biden's victory, the US vice president will be Democratic Senator Kamala Harris, who will preside over the Senate from January 20.
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