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It was predicted that the Republican Party, the opposition party, will win more than half of the seats in the US House of Representatives in the midterm elections.

In the Senate, the Democrats and Republicans are in a close battle, and it will take a little longer for the final counting results to come out.



Correspondent Kim Jong-won will deliver this news from Georgia, the United States, one of the biggest battlegrounds in this election.



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This midterm election was hotter than ever, with 40 million people participating in the early voting alone.



A polling place near Atlanta, Georgia, one of the biggest battlegrounds.



It's 3pm now, and it's still time to go to work a long time ago, and as you can see, people who have come to vote are waiting in line.



People say the divided American political situation has led voters to the ballots.



[Scott Smith/Georgia Voter: Many people are divided into two extremes over various issues.

As a result, most people vote with the mindset of choosing a less evil person (rather than trying to choose the best candidate).]



The biggest issues in the election were the economic crisis and the issue of the right to abortion, and the voters we met with the reporters also had different opinions. .



[Jacqueline/Georgia Voter: The economy is the most important thing.

Every time I go to the supermarket to go grocery shopping, my heart breaks.

Everything is getting too expensive.

That's why the economy is a very, very important issue.]



[La Quira/Georgia Voters: We must have freedom of choice.

In addition, it should be a fair society for all.]



In particular, Georgia is a place where Hyundai and Kia factories are excluded from subsidies for armatures due to the inflation reduction law, so Korean residents are very interested in them.



[David Lim/Georgia citizen: A lot of people are watching (Georgia politicians) how much interest and favor they see our companies (in Georgia).]



While the counting is in progress, a total of 435 seats In the House of Representatives, it is predicted that the Republican Party will win more than 219 seats, a majority, and it is said that the theory of government judgment worked.



CNN forecasts that the Senate has so far secured 48 seats by both Democratic and Republican parties out of a total of 100 seats.



(Video coverage: Lee Sang-wook, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)



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