The choice of 51 state electors is...Why are you paying attention to the 7 states? [Anchor Report]

The U.S. presidential election begins at 2 p.m. today in our time.

Unlike Korea, the U.S. is not the candidate with the most voter votes, but the president is the candidate who has more than half the electors of each party.

Let's take a look at the contents.

In Korea, which is a direct election, the candidate I voted for takes one vote.

When 100 people vote for one candidate, the candidate gets 100 votes.

On the other hand, the United States is not voting directly for me, but choosing a party-specific electorate to vote for me.

In other words, it's not picking A candidate of Party X, but electors of Party X who will vote for Candidate A.

The number of electors is 538, both Republicans and Democrats.

[Bong Young-sik / Yonsei University Institute for National Unification (YTN New Square 10AM last month): The U.S. has a system in which a candidate with one more vote in each state's proportion of the population is monopolized, so it's important to go to the Democratic Party, go to the Republican Party, and win the so-called contested state. So, the candidate who secures 270 out of the total 538 electors, more than an absolute majority, wins.

If you secure more than 270 people, which is the majority of the electors, you will win the U.S. presidential election.

However, there are places in the United States where voter tendencies are set, like Korea.

California, for example, with 54 electors, is a Democrat,
Texas, which has 40 votes
is a Republican stronghold.

Based on the existing situation, local analysis shows that Harris currently has 226 electors and Trump has 219 votes.

Where such predictions do not work is where there are seven competing states and 93 electors.

That's why the two candidates are putting their lives on the line in these areas until the last minute.

According to the New York Times' comprehensive average of polls released on the 3rd local time,

As of now, Harris has four wins, two draws and one loss in these seven states.

This is why some analysts say Harris has gained momentum at the last minute, but it is difficult to confirm because the results of the investigation are changing every day and most of them are within the scope of error.

For this reason, experts say it is difficult to predict an inch ahead.

[Kim Yeol-soo / Director of Security Strategy at the Korea Military Research Institute (Yesterday, YTN New Square 10: It's a question of who will secure 270 out of 538 electors. In the worst case, the ratio could be tied, so if the ratio comes out like this, it will go through the process of re-electing the president in the newly elected U.S. House of Representatives next year and selecting the vice president in the U.S. Senate. We need to watch the U.S. presidential election thinking that it may be less likely, but in the worst case, it may go that far.]