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[Anchor]
Former President Trump won Georgia and North Carolina, which are competing southern states, amid a series of vote counts in the U.S. presidential election.

Harris's fate now depends on winning or losing states in northern Rust Belt contests, including Pennsylvania.

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

Now that the vote count is over the middle, how is the vote count so far?

[Reporter]
Yes, the U.S. presidential election that wins when it secures 270 electors.

So far, Trump has 246 and Harris has 187.

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

Now if Trump gets 24 more electors, he'll be back in power, and Harris needs 83 more electors to get elected.

While the gap between the two is narrowing compared to the early and mid-counting of the vote, it remains to be seen whether Harris will show her last-minute backing.

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

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

[Reporter]
Yes, Trump has clinched victories in the Southern Sun Belt contenders North Carolina and Georgia.

Trump came out from the beginning of the vote count and did not give up the lead until the end.

Trump won both Georgia and North Carolina by 3%p of the vote.

Trump's dominance continues in the rest of the contending states.

There is still no contestant state ahead of Harris.

Pennsylvania, where Harris went all-in on the last day of the campaign, is also leading the race until more than 90% of the votes are counted.

With Trump winning in two Sun Belt contention states and Arizona in an advantageous position, Harris' winning formula is now just a few away.

The three contending states in the Blue Wall region, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, must be followed to win the White House.

In the current situation, Trump is in a more favorable mood, but the U.S. media analyzed that a reversal is possible depending on the situation in the second half of the vote.

[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]
Yes, as I said earlier, it's still early to predict the game.

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, but currently, the weight is leaning toward Trump.

The probability of winning the election is over 90%, and we expect to secure more than 300 electors, far exceeding the winning standard of 270.

Vice President Harris was originally scheduled to stand in front of supporters after watching the results of the vote at Howard University in Washington, his alma mater, but canceled his speech as the atmosphere of the vote did not go as expected.

Let's listen to the Harris camp's announcement.

[Harris Camp] There will be no vice presidential speech tonight. But I'm going to come back here tomorrow and speak to the entire nation as well as to Howard University alumni and supporters.

On the other hand, it is heard that former President Trump will stay at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, and then move to the convention center where his supporters gather to speak.

There is also a possibility of an early declaration of victory, but the U.S. media emphasizes that it is not yet in a situation to predict the outcome of the presidential election.

[Anchor]
The Republican Party has also taken back the Senate majority?

[Reporter]
Yes, along with the presidential election, the House and Senate elections were held, and the Republican Party took away the Democratic district and became the majority.

So far, he has won Nebraska, West Virginia and Ohio, securing at least 51 of the 100 seats.

It is the first time in four years that Republicans have won the Senate majority.

With the outcome of the House election still uncertain, neither the White House nor the House nor the Senate could rule out the possibility of Republicans taking it.

[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.