Campaign 2020 November 13, 2020

Joe Biden Wins Georgia

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - NOVEMBER 06: A Gwinnett County election worker looks over absentee and provisional ballots at the Gwinnett Voter Registrations and Elections office on November 6, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The 2020 presidential race between incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is still too close to call with outstanding ballots in a number of states including Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Joe Biden has won Georgia, that’s according to several media outlets who called the race Friday afternoon.

BREAKING: NBC News projects Joe Biden is the apparent winner of Georgia. @NBCNews
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 13, 2020

With 16 electoral votes, this brings Biden’s final total up to 306. Friday, Donald Trump also was declared the winner of North Carolina, so he ends up with 232 electoral votes.

And there it is, CNN's final electoral map has Biden winning 306 to Trump's 232. pic.twitter.com/iagPxN4YpE
— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) November 13, 2020

CNBC writes that Biden is the first Democrat to win the Peach State since 1992.

Since 1972, the state has primarily backed Republican candidates, breaking only for southern Democrats Bill Clinton in 1992 and Georgia native Jimmy Carter in 1976 and 1980.
But growing demographic changes have contributed to Georgia’s shift into a battleground state.

Georgia’s Secretary of State announced that Georgia votes will be subject to a hand recount, but there is little to no chance that this will change the final outcome.