Joe Biden and Donald Trump are now neck and neck in Georgia, with the Democratic nominee ahead by 917 votes early Friday morning.
Biden is ahead by an ultra-thin margin after ballots trickled in from Clayton County, which is largely Democratic, according to CNN.
The latest figures put both candidates in equal standing in terms of percentage points with each currently holding 49.4 per cent of the state vote.
There are now 11,000 votes that remain uncounted in the state across seven counties, in addition to the 8,900 overseas and military ballots that are due at 5 pm.
At the moment there’s still no telling which way Georgia will swing as 4,800 votes are still up for grabs in Gwinnett County, the state’s second-most populous county, where Hillary Clinton in 2016 became the first Democrat to win since 1976.
There are also about 1,145 ballots left count in Forsyth County, which is primarily Republican, 1,797 in Laurens County, 700 in Cobb, 444, in Floyd, and 456 in Taylor.
Trump’s standing in Georgia has swiftly weakened in the last 24 hours, having been up 9,000 votes on Thursday morning and 18,000 on Wednesday night.
- Joe Biden and Donald Trump are now neck and neck in Georgia, with the Democratic nominee ahead by 917 votes early Friday morning
- The narrow lead puts both candidates in equal standing in terms of percentage points with each having 49.4 per cent of the vote
- There are now 11,000 votes that remain uncounted in the state across seven counties, in addition to the 8,900 overseas and military ballots that are due at 5pm
- Georgia carries 16 electoral college votes and could tip the win for Biden if he holds his Arizona lead
- Neither Arizona nor Nevada say they will give their final results until Friday – prolonging the wait even more
- They are not offering up real explanations for why it’s taking so long to count the last votes when so many more have already been counted without issue
- Pennsylvania, the other major swing state, has not yet been called but that may happen on Thursday.
- Source: Daily Mail
