Georgia has certified the official and final recount (which is the second time there has been a recount). Biden wins with a margin of 11,784 votes. Trump has now lost Georgia three times this year. Maybe Biden should get three times the electoral votes as a result. I am sure Trump would make this argument if the situation was reversed.
Anyway, it is now a done deal. Biden has more than 270 electoral votes certified and will be the official president-elect next Tuesday when the EC votes. With Giuliani in the hospital with a not surprising Covid diagnosis - and the Arizona legislature shutting down as a result - Trump is reportedly considering ending the "legal" strategy. Instead, various sources say he is considering such things as moving to Florida for the last few weeks and coming back to DC - not to attend the inaugural, but to stage some silly "dramatic" departure from the White House back to Florida for a rally he plans to hold during Biden's inauguration. At that rally, he's going to announce he's running for president in 2024.
Of course, it's all a grift. Just like the legal fundraising emails that raised $200M or so - most of which goes right into Trump's pockets (indirectly, but still it gets there). Trump needs to raise a lot more money to pay off Deutsch Bank before it seizes his assets. And who knows what the Russians will do to him if he can't pay them back. Trump will continue to raise money under the guise of running for reelection while trying to get some media presence so he can scream like a jackass for four years and get paid for it.
Is he really going to run in 2024? That's a long ways away; hopefully if he does it will be done from a jail cell. But, some worry he is screwing up many GOP plans right now - most noticeably for his loyal manservant Mike Pence who has sold whatever his left of his soul just for the chance to succeed Trump. Now, he has to sit back and continue to be loyal to the most disloyal person in America. Or will he? Time will tell. It’s unclear whether the Republican leaders lining up to run for president will defer to Trump for another four years - especially if Biden does not run for a second term since that could put their plans on hold for eight years.
Trump's insane rantings since the election have started to concern GOP operatives about Georgia. Giuliani’s last ditch effort to stage “hearings” with Republican legislators in a few states has led to high visibility “witnesses” and a Kraken-loving conspiracy theorist lawyer (that Trump distanced himself from) spouting absolute nonsense while telling Georgia voters to stay home. Trump went to Georgia ostensibly to support GOP Senators Perdue and Loeffler there, but he unsurprisingly made the rally all about himself.
Despite the concerns that have been raised, Politico reports that from interviews with several dozen voters there is no reason to believe Trump’s base will stay home on January 5th: “In interviews with more than two dozen voters in the state over the weekend, not a single person told Politico they thought Joe Biden won the election, despite two recounts in Georgia and elections being certified in enough states for him to be above 270 electoral college votes. … But all of the voters said they planned to vote again on Jan. 5, heeding calls from Trump, Pence and most every other Republican to show up again.” If you are concerned that polling has been flawed lately, there is no reason to place much faith in a few dozen interviews of voters from some reporters. However, it is interesting - and may be meaningful - that they found no one who would admit to not voting in the special.
The latest polling in Georgia show both races close, with Democrats Ossoff and Warnock leading in most surveys. SurveyUSA (A) has Ossoff leading Perdue by seven points (52-47). RMG Research (B/C) has Ossoff edging out Perdue by one point (48-47). Even The Trafalgar Group (C-) has Ossoff in a one point lead (48-47). In the special election, Warnock is up by two (SurveyUSA and RMG Research) and down by five (Trafalgar Group). If Giuliani’s wingnuts have any influence with the GOP electorate in Georgia, the incumbents are in trouble.