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Were back with our daily briefing on politics. a new battleground map. nbc news senior political editor mark murray. grab your pen and paper so you can write it down because it will probably change tomorrow but here we are with some solid numbers. >> hillary clinton still has the lead. in fact, excess of the 270 electoral votes. its not as big of a margin as weve had in the past. weve moved iowa into the donald trump column as well as in georgia. we moved nevada into hillary clintons column. but...

To 270. >> reporter: chris, im here in milwaukee tonight. trump is in the northwest corner of wisconsin. because hes playing to states like michigan, wisconsin, new mexico. because the path to 270 may be more difficult in states like ohio, north carolina, pennsylvania, the traditional states. >> ohio, you would have to go to ohio, iowa, and then he begins to build by 270. >> its a tricky equation, and if you had talked to the trump campaign last week, a it could state differently.

>> that would be so nice. so he has to sweep all six of those and he still is not at 270. >> he does need all six of those. >> he has to sweep all of those. >> if he wins the romney states plus florida, and ohio. he wins the election. >> if you look at the statistician, who agicarigate, 538 average for instance has trump chances up around 30%. thats a lot better than he was doing a week or two ago when he was down at 15%. the "new york times" up shot average still has him down closer to 10%. the...

Capitalizing object the very bad news that the clintons have been facing and polls are narrowing in key battleground states. youre a pollster. you know donald trump is still down if states he will need if he gets to 270 electoral votes, states like north carolina, virginia, pennsylvania. is this disciplined campaigning too little too late in in other words, committee still do it and if he can, how? >> he can do it, wolf, and he will do it. i think youre beilooking at th next president of the uni...

Plus they are ahead at the moment in the public polling in arizona. they think the biggest drive out there, yes donald trump but also sheriff of maricopa county is getting latinos the register and. if hillary clinton can take arizona. if she can keep that one blue, puts her up to 280. say donald trump takes nevada. i know maria is going to argue but ill give donald trump nevada. and leave utah alone. a lot of people think the third party candidate could take utah. if donald trump is perfect, get...

Today. one of the last chances they have to convince people to get out and vote. lets bring in cnn politics executive eder mark preston at the cnn decision desk. mark, youre focusing in on two battleground states. florida and north carolina. what are you seeing in those states? >> wolf, as you said. six days to election day. more than 24 million people have actually voted across the country. but the two key states we want to really focus in on are states that are the key to the road to 270. look...

Are you extremely or very enthusiastic about voting for the president, clinton voters in florida, 48%. compared to trump voters, 58%. in pennsylvania, 51% for hillary clinton. 50% for donald trump. so what are those numbers? >> its been a challenge for her from the beginning, generating positive enthusiasm about her candidacy. theres a lot of enthusiasm beyond the democratic coalition about preventing donald trump from being president but the affirmative enthusiasm has been more difficult. those...

Numbers have shifted. this morning, the new map shows, clinton, before she had a total of perhaps, 287 electoral votes and now it is down to 274. >> all right, still four over of what she needs to meet the threshold of 270. >> leanne, thank you. >> lets go to jacob rascon. >> trump says sometimes the polls are good or sometimes theyre rigged. how is he characterizing it now. >> reporter: i would say when he was at his worse a few weeks ago, he heard a lot of it is rigged. now, when trump is talk...

Among voters as we approach tuesday, i dont like either candidate. >> yeah. >> but you have to do the math and choose one because one of thems going to be president. >> so i would assume that the spending in those states is targeted to groups. please, im begging you, come out and vote. >> yes. yeah. one of the top superpacs is ramping up its ad spending. turning to colorado and the first time wisconsin. >> unbelievable. >> this as the trump campaign puts its faith in the candidates ability to fl...

Go ahead and add nevada, go ahead and add arizona, go ahead and add north carolina. youre still up at 259. add one or two others, youre at 265. the last five are really going to require -- that requires him winning north carolina, which i still think regardless of the polls weve seen is a really steep climb, but lets say he wins north carolina, he still has to win wisconsin or a colorado. that really would be quite a surprise. >> yeah. if you go online and play with the map, you have to be very ...