NEW YORK, November 6. /TASS/. US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the vote in Florida, CNN said.

Trump gets 58.1% of the vote, while his opponent Kamala Harris has 41.2%.

Florida, which has 29 electoral votes out of the 270 needed for victory, was previously considered a battleground state, but has been supporting Republican candidates since 2016.

The US presidential election is taking place on November 5, with voters also selecting a third of the Senate, the entire House of Representatives, and governors for 11 states and 2 territories.

Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris are vying for the presidency. Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, is seeking a return to the White House after losing to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Harris has been serving as vice president since January 2021.