I think you must have 51 percent to avoid a runoff, so he is below that now.
It’s 50% plus one vote, not 51%.
It’s 50.00% + 1 vote to avoid a run-off.
No just 50% plus one is needed, i.e., a simple majority.
Well, technically, 50.000000000001%
If 300,000 vote, the winner needs 150,001 to win outright.
149,999 ? It’s a run-off.
I am not so sure that the carpetbagger will continue to nose dive under 50%. DeKalb could help him as will the ballots just now being discovered in the trunks of the rat operatives.