US Senate runoff headed for another bitter dispute
Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Chicago
The fate of which party controls the United States Senate hangs on the outcome of two runoff elections in the state of Georgia, but both races are too close to call in yet another American election shrouded in controversy.
Both runoffs appear headed for a long and bitter dispute, just like the presidential election. Polls show that two months after going to the ballot box around 40% of voters believe that Joe Biden’s projected victory is illegitimate.
The disputes revolve around allegations of widespread but unproven mass voter fraud, but also the historically unprecedented use of early voting and mail-in ballots, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The two Georgia races have become the two most expensive Congressional seats in history. Early estimates say the Georgia campaigns have spent around $900 million combined, which exceeds the total amount of every presidential race until the year 2000.
In the November elections, 90% of Congressional races were won by the candidate who spent the most money on campaigning. The elections also featured a record use of so-called "dark money", where the source of campaign funding is not disclosed.
A major reason why the United States has such a seemingly unbreakable two-party duopoly is because cold, hard cash plays such a big role in who gets elected.
It is not clear who will win the Georgia congressional races, control of the Senate or the presidency. What does appear clear is that any possible outcome will likely not be accepted by almost half the country and that America’s bitter political divisions look dangerously locked in for the next four years.
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