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Biden narrowly won Georgia by a margin of 0.24% and 11,779 votes. Leading up to the election, Georgia was seen as a key [[swing state]] in both the presidential and senatorial elections—both a [[2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia|regular Class II U.S. Senate election]] and a [[2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia|special election]]—due to the rapid growth and diversification of [[Atlanta]]'s suburbs, where Republicans were once dominant. Polls of the state throughout the campaign indicated a close race, and prior to election day most news organizations considered Georgia a toss-up.
Like in other states, Trump had an early lead on election night due to the state counting in-person votes first on that day, before counting mail-in ballots over the following days. Biden subsequently cut into Trump's margins over the course of the week and eventually overtook Trump on Friday morning. Although [[Burke County, Georgia|Burke County]] flipped to Trump after supporting Hillary Clinton in [[2016 United States presidential election in Georgia|2016]], Biden was able to build [[Hillary Clinton]]'s
Due to the close margins in the initial election results, Georgia Secretary of State [[Brad Raffensperger]] announced on November 11 that a full audit by hand would be conducted.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stracqualursi|first=Veronica|title=Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/11/politics/georgia-full-state-recount-2020-presidential-race/index.html|work=CNN|date=November 11, 2020|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref> The audit was completed on November 18,<ref name=auditandrecount>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/18/election-2020-updates-joe-biden-donald-trump/6335864002/|title=Election 2020 updates: Georgia nears recount completion; no more uncounted ballots found|publisher=USA Today|date=November 18, 2020|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229144444/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/18/election-2020-updates-joe-biden-donald-trump/6335864002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Stirgus|first1=Eric|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|title=Georgia election recount nears finish line with few hiccups|url=https://www.ajc.com/education/georgia-election-recount-nears-finish-line-with-few-hiccups/C57XUV33SVGQZBWGVXI5RVM65I/|access-date=2020-11-16|language=en|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203060439/https://www.ajc.com/education/georgia-election-recount-nears-finish-line-with-few-hiccups/C57XUV33SVGQZBWGVXI5RVM65I/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Biden was confirmed to be the winner on November 19.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/politics/georgia-recount-election-results/index.html|title=Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit|publisher=CNN|date=November 19, 2020|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120004323/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/politics/georgia-recount-election-results/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden became the first Democrat to carry the state since [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1992 United States presidential election in Georgia|1992]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-stacey-abrams-hillary-clinton-b845b51c32e3bc9392953af0a22f1141|title=Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats|date=November 19, 2020|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120010241/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-stacey-abrams-hillary-clinton-b845b51c32e3bc9392953af0a22f1141|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the first Democrat to win a statewide election in Georgia since 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=300350|title=GA Attorney General|website=Our Campaigns|language=en|access-date=2020-11-13}}</ref> Additionally, Biden became the first Democrat to carry a state in the [[Deep South]] since [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] carried [[Louisiana]] in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], as well as the first non-southerner since [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] in [[1960 United States presidential election in Georgia|1960]]. Nevertheless, Biden also became the first Democrat to gain over 70% of the vote in [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|FDR]] in [[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]. This is also the first time since [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]] that Georgia voted more Democratic than neighboring [[Florida]] and the first time since [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]] that it voted more Democratic than also-neighboring [[North Carolina]]. It was also the first time since [[1860 United States presidential election in Georgia|1860]] that [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]] and [[Monroe County, Georgia|Monroe County]] did not vote for the statewide winner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?fips=13&datatype=county&def=swg&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data}}</ref> Georgia was one of sixteen states where President Trump received a smaller percentage of the vote than he did in the [[2016 United States presidential election in Georgia|2016 election]].{{efn|The other fifteen states were [[2020 United States presidential election in Alabama|Alabama]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Connecticut|Connecticut]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Delaware|Delaware]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky|Kentucky]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Maine|Maine]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Maryland|Maryland]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska|Nebraska]], [[2020 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]], [[2020 United States presidential election in New Jersey|New Jersey]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee|Tennessee]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Texas|Texas]] and [[2020 United States presidential election in Virginia|Virginia]].}}
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