the situation in the middle east is 'troubled' by israeli retaliation...what's the impact of the u.s. presidential election? [y record]

■ Host: Anchor Lee Hyun-woong, Anchor Cho Ye-jin
■ Starring: Park Won-gon, Professor of North Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University

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◆ Anchor: This situation in the Middle East is bound to affect the current U.S. presidential election. Harris and Trump are now in a super-controversy. How do you think this attack will affect the aspect?

◇ Park Won-gon: It becomes complicated. Because the Gaza War itself is one of the most important agendas in the U.S. presidential election this time. In particular, isn't the U.S. presidential election a super battle this time? The so-called 7 contestants that many people know. In Michigan, there are about 150,000 to 200,000 Arab voters. This is because the percentage is within the margin of error of around 1%, so the votes of that number of voters are very important. And the Arab voters there were very uncomfortable with the Biden administration's support of Israel because of course they're Palestinian supporters, so in February, when then-President Biden was a candidate in the Democratic primary, he deliberately abstained. in the Democratic primary They made 16% of abstentions and delivered their voices.

This time, Iran is complicated, but Arab countries are divided into two. There are Shiites centered on Iran and Sunnis centered on Saudi Arabia. But in a way, Iran's Shiites are a minority. Therefore, we need to analyze the tendencies of Arab American voters relatively, but they are likely to be Sunni. Then, in fact, Sunni and Shiite are not getting along very well. Israel's attack on Iran does not significantly affect the votes of Arab voters in the United States, and the Gaza War is spreading toward Iran, so it can also have the effect of covering up various disasters in Gaza. I think it has the potential to be very complicated.

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: Jeong Eui-jin, Editor of the Digital News Team