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>> the good news is if youre a trump supporter you should be optimistic because theres a lot more paths to get past 270. lets make sure the red states stay red. we see republicans stay home. if you talk utah, arizona. >> we have utah leaning the way. ill give you arizona for the purpose of this conversation. >> georgia. >> which we have leaning your way. >> nebraska and maine. >> we have already awarded you the maine congressional district. we can add in the nebraska congressional district. >> a...

Their final blitz along with stops in cleveland, minnesota, ohio. minnesota is calling trumps bluff on that one. the map favors clinton but the trump campaign is hoping to pull out a win. our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, clinton holds a four-point lead nationally among likely voters but that is down from an 11-point lead in october. those numbers came out this morning. we have new numbers this hour and they paint a pretty dark picture about the future of american politics. look at these ...

About. we had wild swings in public polls, but the campaign has always believed and i think if you look at a lot of the data its a relatively stable race. overall, yeah, but it should be covered as a tight race. >> heres what i want to know from both of you before i have to let you know. dan, someone who worked in the obama white house behind us, now as a cable news talking head, i dont mean that disparagingly, what are you going to look for on election night? >> im going to look very quickly at...

Argument in philadelphia on monday night. you think the state is important? they really want on the democratic side, they want to win pennsylvania because it will close off options, they say, to other states and other possibilities. the 270 for donald trump. donald trump believes he can put together the rust belt number of states like pennsylvania, ohio, michigan and wisconsin that he can force his way to 270. it is an uphill battle, but both sides fighting very, very hard for the keystone state...

>> thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. up next, both candidates in the home stretch right now. hillary clintons path to 270 electoral college votes seem to be broader than her competitor. trump senior a campaign communications director is standing by. hell discuss this with our own david at the magic wall. ♪ where do you think youre going? ♪ ♪ where do you think youre going-going, girl? ♪ ♪ ♪ girl, where do you think youre going? ♪

For the purposes of this exercise, the clinton folks feel good about nevada. they like the early vote there. lets give it to them for the purpose of this. >> for the purpose of this ill give it to you. we think well win nevada. >> let me take florida back to battleground status for a moment. weve seen a lot of tied polls. well take that out of your column for the purpose of this discussion. is there a way to get from 235 to 270 without florida? >> we really need to win florida. its state we need...

But its impossible to undo early votes already cast. >> its better than nothing to say the least. there are some states that have no early voting in particular and important in this case, pennsylvania, which is a state that they need, that the clinton people need to keep that 270 number in mind. i think when we do all of the postmortems, this late decision for comey. >> on a sunday afternoon. >> better than nothing but just to revisit those few weeks ago when he started up, if this review could ...

To firmly conclude that the race has shifted from a three-point lead to a four-point lead. i dathink that when the clinton campaign looks at the electoral map and the national polls, they see a fairly clear path to victory. i think they lead in states worth more than 270 electeral votes. the states carried by john carey, plus colorado, virginia, new mexico, and probably nevada, and maybe not new hampshire. so long as she holds those states, shell win the presidency. if those fall short, she has ...

Battle creek, grand rapids, that tends to be republican. then you get to detroit. detroit is overwhelmingly democrat. trump seems to be making a play for blue collar workers, union workers, the auto industry, sends planting to mexico. i just dont think that the auto workers are buying it. i just dont think that -- the union people with whom i have spoken -- and i have spoken with quite a few -- they are hearing the rhetoric, but theyre not buying it. he is making a strong play for blue collar un...

Very important number, 270. right, electoral college, 270. lets begin with jeff zellany. she has to win. its the cleveland suburbs must win for hillary clinton. >> reporter: youre right, the number is 270. the number in ohio is 18. that is the number of electoral votes shes trying to win and if not more important block donald trump from winning. his path to 270 are much narrower than hers are. shes back in cleveland for the third time in the last week. thats how important cleveland and its subur...