electoral votes, not enough for the 270, except let s go to the state of nebraska. nebraska is very much like maine in how it apportions its electoral votes, right now one of those electoral votes is up for grabs and we have decided now to give that to donald trump and when you do that and you do plus one that gets you 270, brooke. there you go. the possibilities for each, mark, thank you. so factor this in now to who you might still vote for. breaking news today on the economy. the final jobs report here before election day. 161,000 jobs were added in the month of october and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.9%. so alison kosik is joining me now. positive news, i suppose, if you are a democrat. this was a solid report, brooke, when you look at the jobs report for october, you look at the unemployment rate
19% voted for a guy who was uneven in his thinking. let s put it that way. now, 38% are going to vote for trump, probably, at least. so double we have doubled the number of the protest vote in this country against the establishment. that s what s going on. howard, last thought? i was just going to say, if you can get somebody who comes from that part of the country, who is a regular guy, the way joe biden is a regular guy, and get them to use social media to raise the money to run, and not be a billionaire ross perot, not a billionaire donald trump, that s the thing to look for the next go-around in presidential politics. let s stick with that thought. pardon me. what, katie? maybe ben sasse. okay, that s your guy from the state of nebraska. we ll be right back with robert costa, howard fineman, and an early pusher for ben sasse. and our night of vice presidential discussions continues tonight. by the way, 9:00 tonight eastern, join rachel maddow as she interviews tim kaine,
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