Trump Leads in Rust Belt Too... Ahead in 5 Battleground States (Update)

Strong Lead Beyond Expectations in Most Key Districts for Victory
Biden Still Has Chance to Overtake in Mail-in Ballot Counting

Vietnamese supporters of President Trump in Houston, Texas are watching the election results.
[Image source=Reuters Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] On the 3rd (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump is leading not only in Florida, but also in Texas and Georgia, as well as in 5 out of 6 key battleground states in the U.S. presidential election. Although the counting of mail-in ballots in battleground states remains, making it impossible to guarantee victory, it is certain that the results are outperforming initial opinion polls.

As of 11:20 PM on the same day, President Trump is ahead by 3 percentage points over Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Florida, which has 29 electoral votes, making his victory almost certain. This overturns the initial opinion polls that showed Biden with a slight lead and shows a larger margin than in the 2016 presidential election.

President Trump is also approaching victory in Texas, which has the second largest number of electoral votes after California, showing a 5 percentage point lead in the final stages of vote counting.

If President Trump secures Florida and Texas, he will establish the minimum foundation needed to win the presidential election. In Georgia, where vote counting delays are expected due to mail-in ballots, Trump is showing a large margin of 10 percentage points.

In major battleground states where in-person votes are being counted first, President Trump is also leading. In Michigan and Pennsylvania, where mail-in ballots arriving after election day are also being counted, there is a difference of more than 10 percentage points between Biden and Trump. Since the gap has widened significantly in in-person voting, even when mail-in ballots are fully counted, a close race is possible.

In Wisconsin, known as a "weathervane" among battleground states, President Trump is showing a relatively small margin of 4 percentage points, so if mail-in ballots are fully counted, Biden’s comeback cannot be ruled out.

Among the 6 battleground states, the only state where Biden is leading is Arizona.

Although not one of the 6 battleground states, President Trump is also leading Ohio, which has 18 electoral votes, by 8 percentage points in the final stages of vote counting.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.