"Greatest super close match ever." U.S. presidential election. Today's main vote...Unpredictable until the last minute.

[Anchor]
The U.S. presidential election, which drew global attention, will begin in half a day.

Both Vice President Harris and former President Trump are in the final campaign round of competing states, but it is not easy to predict the results because they are in such a tight race.

Connect to New York to find out the local atmosphere ahead of the presidential election. Correspondent Lee Seungyoon!

[Reporter]
It's in front of the Times Square polling station in Manhattan, New York.

[Anchor]
The vigilance has been further strengthened ahead of the presidential election?

[Reporter]
As you can see, the police are so vigilant that you can easily find them around you.In order to secure the safety of


, not only emergency buttons were handed out or surveillance drones were launched, but also bulletproof glass and bulletproof vests appeared.

As the U.S. presidential election has been overheated due to an ultra-tight structure, protection measures to prevent the recurrence of violence such as the Capitol storm immediately after the 2020 presidential election have been upgraded to an unusual level.

Around government agencies in Washington DC, including the White House and the Treasury Department, the U.S. Capitol, and the residence of Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, a 2.5-meter-high fence has been set up.

National Guard troops are being dispatched and snipers are being considered in some areas.

[Anchor]
Tensions are rising ahead of the vote, and it's not long before the vote starts, is it?

[Reporter]
The time here is approaching 6 p.m. on Monday.

Tomorrow is the presidential election day, and some constituencies in the eastern part of the country will start voting at midnight, so the main vote will begin in six hours.

However, in most constituencies, polling stations open at 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. tomorrow, and Alaska, where voting ends the latest according to the time zone, does not close until 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow.We are also interested in when we will know the results of the

vote, but it may take a few days to announce the results because we have to complete both mail-in and early voting.

Local media also say that the final winner is as unpredictable as the election results.

[Anchor]
This presidential election has been more competitive than ever, so how is the last situation analyzed?

[Reporter]
Until the last minute, there is a super-contact within the margin of error, and there is a toss-up and toss-up pattern.

A New York Times poll released yesterday showed Harris winning four, two draws and one loss in seven competing states, and today's survey by congressional media outlet The Hill was the opposite.

Trump led Harris in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona, while tied in Wisconsin and Nevada.

Michigan was the only place Harris was ahead of.

However, the number of samples is smaller than that of the New York Times survey, and the gap in approval ratings is only 1% to 2%, so statistically, it can be viewed as a tie, according to The Hill, the organizer.

A series of national polls were also released, but it did not help much in predicting the outcome.

FiveThirtyEight's graph, which compiles various polling averages, put Harris ahead by 1.1%p for the national approval rating.

However, in the case of Democratic candidates, there have been cases in which they have lost elections even after winning national votes in the past,
As the
presidential election approaches, the gap with Trump narrows, and even the gap in approval ratings is meaningless.

CNN said the presidential election was the most closely contested since 1972, saying it was a razor-thin difference in approval ratings.

[Anchor]
Both candidates are focusing on targeting contending states until the end, right?

[Reporter]
Harris is campaigning in five locations in Pennsylvania alone, which is considered a key contending state.

It shows a willingness to catch Pennsylvania, which has the largest number of electors among competing states.

Vice President Harris is highlighting Trump's message to end the era of conflict and division and move on to a new era.

We are focusing on promising a positive future without directly mentioning Trump's name.

Let's listen to it for ourselves.

[CAMALA HARRIS / VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We have the momentum. This is because our campaign boosts the ambitions, aspirations, and dreams of the American people. This is because we are optimistic and excited about what we will do together.]

Former President Trump has been campaigning in the southern rival state of North Carolina, and has been campaigning for the long haul through Pennsylvania to Michigan.

Harris's recent rise is a strategy to play defense in North Carolina and get his hands on northern Rust Belt contention states.

The Trump message is somewhat different from Harris.

The Democratic Party is emphasizing that it should win an overwhelming victory, saying it will cause another election fraud following the 2020 presidential election.

[Donald Trump / Former U.S. President: Can you imagine? They have spent a lot of money on the counting machine and say it could take 12 days for the results to come out. What do you think will happen in those 12 days? [It's a scam]

In this unpredictable presidential election, which is unknown when the final winner will be concluded, YTN will provide the fastest and most accurate information on the voting and counting of this historic election.

I'm YTN's Lee Seungyoon from New York.