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[Anchor]
The results of the presidential election vote that will determine the fate of the United States are coming out one after another.

In the seven competing states that will determine the victory or defeat of the presidential election, Trump is gaining some favorable votes, but it is still too early to make a final decision.

We will connect to Washington to find out the local atmosphere in which the vote is being counted. Correspondent Kwon Jun-ki!

Now, the middle of the vote count is going on, so how is the vote count so far?

[Reporter]
Yes, the U.S. presidential election that wins if you secure 270 electors, so far Trump has 230 and Harris has 179.

It's based on the AP aggregation.

CNN has 227 Trumps and 153 Harriss.

Trump confirmed his victories early in Florida, Texas and South Carolina, while Harris sounded victories in New York, Illinois and Colorado.

If you look at the map so far, you can see more red colors symbolizing Trump, and due to the nature of the U.S. presidential election, there are many Republican winning areas in the early and mid-term.

For this reason, there is also a term "red mirage," and as the results of the vote count in the Democratic Party's dominant region come out in the second half, the real victory or defeat will be determined.

In the case of the presidential election four years ago, Trump won on the first day and the next day of the vote count, and Biden began to flip on the third day.

[Anchor]
The seven places to pay attention to are the seven competing states, how is the atmosphere here?

[Reporter]
Yes, the situation now seems to be somewhat favorable to Trump.

Trump leads Georgia, which has the highest vote count, by about 3%p, with a high probability of winning, and North Carolina also leading by 3%p.

Although it's still early days, Trump appears to be dominant in other states as well.

Pennsylvania, which Harris went all-in on the last day of the campaign, also seemed to lean toward Harris at the beginning of the vote, but now the weight is shifting to Trump.

It's not a contested state, but in Virginia, just south of Washington, it's a traditional Democratic strong area where Trump and Harris are playing a close game.

As such, Trump's momentum seems to be fierce in the situation until the middle of the vote count.

[Anchor]
Even before the vote was counted, there was a prediction that Harris had a higher chance of winning the election, so far, it's a different development than expected, right?

[Reporter]
As I said earlier, it is difficult to predict the results because there is a "red mirage" phenomenon in the early and mid-counting of votes in which Republicans appear to be in favor.

However, in the case of the New York Times, it is predicting the probability of winning the election and securing the electors in real time, and Trump is currently in an advantageous situation.

The probability of winning the election is 91%, and we expect to secure more than 300 electors, far exceeding the winning standard of 270.

Last weekend, a poll showing Harris winning Iowa, a strong Republican state, made headlines, but when I opened the lid, Trump marked the victory by a large margin of 14%p.

It's not a presidential election, but in Florida, a referendum to specify abortion rights in the state constitution has been voted down.

This makes it possible to assume that the issue of women's right to make childbirth decisions, which Harris emphasized, did not work as strongly as expected.

[Anchor]
Now I'm interested in when the final conclusion will be made, when will it be decided next week in the White House?

[Reporter]
It's close to midnight here, and usually in our country, the results will come out early in the morning after the election, but not in the United States.

We don't know yet when the conclusion will be made.

The results of today's vote will be mostly counted overnight, but early voting is the key.

This is because we don't know when the expensive mail-in ballot count and the face-to-face early voting count will end.

The winner's announcement could take days unless a candidate wins a landslide, as different states have laws related to counting ballots and some states also have to count mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day.

It took more time because of COVID-19, but four years ago, the final winner was decided four days later, so we still have to watch the vote counting process calmly.

So far, I've delivered it from Washington.