Luis Gutierrez, correspondent in Los Angeles, California, reports on the development of election night in the most populated state in the country.
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00:00Now we go back to LA where our correspondent Luis Gutierrez is ready to join us.
00:06Hello Luis, please tell us what you know from there and what are the latest updates?
00:14Hi, I'm from San Luis, California.
00:18We are only a few minutes away before the polls close in the States.
00:23Right behind me is one of the polls, the one at the Silver Lake Library in the east of Los Angeles.
00:31As we know, California is the most populated state of the U.S.
00:38Because of this, it will be probably one of the last ones where we will get results.
00:45And also because it is one of the ones that will be closing the polls last.
00:51So we won't really be able to know exactly who is the winner of this state for a few days.
01:01We won't have a final winner.
01:03However, we do know that this state has historically been a democratic state,
01:08a state that votes for the Democratic Party and it is not likely to change today.
01:16Okay, Luis, and I would like to ask you about what are the streets like right now?
01:21What's the feeling of the people?
01:23What can you tell us about how these polls that are closing right now,
01:29how the centers are closing right now, how is that affecting, how can you feel the ambience?
01:35We have results from wider parts of the states.
01:40Wider parts of the states.
01:41Of course, the West Coast is the last part of the country to close its centers
01:47and it will be the last to offer results.
01:50So how are people following this election process at this moment?
01:57Yes, well, the entire day in Los Angeles has been relatively calm.
02:02People have been voting the entire day.
02:05They just have been, you know, in different times of the day.
02:10There were larger or smaller crowds in the morning.
02:14We saw a big number of people voting before going to work.
02:18Then we had a lot of people also going during their lunch break.
02:21And it seems that after 5, 6 p.m. there was a large crowd as well of people leaving work.
02:28And right now, as I was saying, we're only like five minutes away before these polls close.
02:35We just see people coming in very calmly to deposit their votes.
02:39Some of them are not even going inside the polls.
02:41They're using some of the mailboxes that are installed outside of the polling stations.
02:47And I think what will come next at 8 p.m., after all the voting is done,
02:52and what has already begun in several parts of the city, are watch parties.
02:56And that is where people are going to be following the results of this election.
03:01Because knowing that the state will likely vote for Kamala Harris as the next president
03:07for the United States, they will still be following their results through the night,
03:15hoping to find out who is the winner.
03:22Excellent, Luis.
03:23So just one more thing.
03:25What are, have you been talking to colleagues from other parts of the country?
03:32What are they saying in just other regions?
03:36Of course, we know that many of the states in the West Coast,
03:41that we do not have results for them so far.
03:44They are assumed to be voting Democrat just because of tendencies and also polls.
03:51But we have results from other parts of the country.
03:54And I would like to ask you if you have a general feel of what these results could look like.
04:02Yes, of course.
04:03Well, the main point of attention right now outside, in the other side of the country,
04:09is those three states that are part of the so-called blue wall that the Democrats have
04:16managed to hold in the, or like that Joe Biden managed to hold to the last election.
04:22That gives him the victory, which are Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and, sorry, I'm about to forget.
04:34Well, these three states are the ones that could give Kamala Harris the win.
04:40So far, it seems that Donald Trump might be actually winning.
04:50They haven't been able to call any of these.
04:52Most of these three states have not been able to call.
04:54The closest one to being called has been Georgia.
04:57And Arizona has actually been one of the other ones that could be giving us results very soon.
05:06The polls in Arizona closed an hour earlier than in Los Angeles.
05:10In California, sorry.
05:13Excellent.
05:13Thank you, Luis, for bringing us your input and this update.
05:18And we hope to continue throughout this night and also in the complete coverage of
05:23Telusor English to continue having your intakes as we follow this electoral process.