Trump Confirmed Winning Around 5 p.m. Ahead Of Competing States
Trump "will fix America broken by Biden and Harris"
Trump will officially take office on January 20th next year...Configure arguments soon
Harris cancels speech plan..."I'll stand in front of my supporters".
[Anchor]
The U.S. presidential election, which was expected to be very close, ended with a comfortable victory for Republican former President Donald Trump.
Trump, who is returning to the White House as the 47th U.S. president, has signaled a major change, saying he will "fix everything in America."
I'll connect with a New York correspondent to find out the local situation. Correspondent Lee Seungyoon!
The U.S. presidential election ended in a leisurely victory for candidate Trump, right?
[Reporter]
Yes, it is.
In addition to Georgia and North Carolina, former President Trump beat Pennsylvania, which was the biggest destination among the competing states, and it was decided at around 5 p.m. in our perspective.
Black male voters, who supported President Biden's election in competing states, gave considerable support to Trump this time, which is said to have had an impact.
Harris, who was expected to become the first black female president, was highly supported by black female voters, but her support among black male voters was relatively weak.
Support from Latino voters, especially Latino male voters, for Trump has also increased significantly compared to the last presidential election.
Although former President Trump has maintained a tough stance on illegal immigration, some analysts say that Latino voters born in the U.S. did not consider this message to be about him.
[Anchor]
Former President Trump declared victory early, right?
[Reporter]
Yes, Trump moved to the West Palm Beach Convention Center, where supporters gathered, after he was deemed to have won the vote while watching the vote from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.Former President Trump, who was on the stage with his family, including
Melania and his son, congratulated his supporters here by declaring his de facto victory in the presidential election.
Trump has promised to go back to the White House and fix the country Biden and Harris have broken.
Former President Trump will officially take office on January 20th next year, and he will soon set up a transition committee and start devising a second administration.
Let's listen to it.
[Donald Trump / Former U.S. President: It will help heal America. We have a country in need and that country is in very dire need. We are going to fix our borders and fix everything in this country and today's room we made history for a reason and the reason is to fix this country.]
Vice President Harris, on the other hand, 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.
[Anchor]
In the end, the presidential contenders decided the winner or loser, right?
[Reporter]
Yes, the seven contenders who said they would decide the owner of the White House divided the mood when they ruled in favor of Trump.
Former President Trump was the first to secure victory in North Carolina among the competing states, followed by Georgia.
Georgia lost to President Biden by 12,000 votes four years ago, and this time it won by more than 130,000 votes, making a decisive contribution to Trump's victory.
With Vice President Harris in a tight spot as Trump took two Sun Belt contention states, even Pennsylvania moved to Trump, and the atmosphere began to shift sharply.
Pennsylvania is where Harris made her determination to win by staging an intensive campaign in the final days of her campaign.
It was 2 a.m. here time that Pennsylvania's victory was certain, and shortly after that, Trump showed up at the Florida Convention Center and declared his victory.
[Anchor]
You missed the expectation that it will be the first presidential election ever.
[Reporter]
Yes, the poll predicted that it would be the fiercest close race, with a tie or a 1-2%p difference by the end.
For this reason, it was predicted that it could take several days for the results of the presidential election to come out.
When I opened the lid, Trump's dominance continued from the beginning, and as news of the victory spread one after another, the victory leaned toward Trump sooner than expected.
U.S. media say Trump won higher votes in actual voting than polls in both 2016 and 2020, but this time he has reduced the gap with actual votes through several corrections.
But again, the prediction was wrong.
In addition, unlike the electors' vote, the Democratic Party has an advantage in the referendum and Harris' victory is expected this time, but this time, Trump has led the total number of votes, breaking the Democratic Party's formula for winning the referendum.
U.S. media analyzed that votes have shifted toward Republicans in almost all states, and traditional strong Democratic areas such as Delaware and Vermont have also seen Trump's vote share rise.
The New York Times columnist said he knew the United States was a divided country, but now he seems to have to change the frame, adding that it could actually be a country dominated by Trump.
[Anchor]
Republicans retake Senate majority following Trump's possible re-entry into White House?
[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.
House election results are still uncertain, but Republicans are ahead.
Both the White House and the House could not rule out the possibility of Republicans taking it.
There are also observations that if this happens, Trump will have unwavering power.
I'm YTN's Lee Seungyoon from New York.
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