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Evening, the virginia governor's race tightened in the closing weeks of the campaign with the democrats losing some of their early advantage. we have reporters at the headquarters of both candidates in virginia. first to brianna keilar, covering the democratic candidate, lieutenant governor ralph northam. brianna, they're hoping for a win, of course, this evening, but the polls have been tightening. and not in the direction ralph northam wanted them to go. >> that's exactly right, jake. and that is one of the reasons why democrats involved in this race are nervous. but they are hopeful because...

There's always one part that's true, which is polls -- a lot of people, certainly 60% are eating it. he's saying the polls are bogus. but there is a big change. it's confusing to people. the margins of error are different. so how is cnn at 5 but another reputable place is 12? what are the assumptions you see that account for that? >> you even see this when you talk to the campaigns, the two parties. the under lying assumptions they use to build their polling model. who do we think is going to show up on election day? how many democrats? how many republicans? does enthusiasm among voters matter...

If the polling model that you built at "the new york times" and the way you explain the polling is somehow biassed or wrong or evil. i feel like you are waging a one-man war against e pneumonia rossty in explaining how polling works. how has the week been? >> it's been a trip where you become a subject of conversation yourself and there's this celebrity level attached to it that's new for me e. but there are other websites that do the same thing that we do. they all show basically the same thing. there's no way to slice and dice the data in ohio or iowa or wisconsin right now and say that romn...

How do you assess that? >> today was proof he does not have momentum, there were 19 polls released today in battleground states. and mitt romney led in zero of those polls. there were two ties and obama led in 17. that's not what we were seeing two weeks ago where romney pulled ahead in virginia and colorado and florida and had drown ohio down to a one-point lead. if anything, obama has momentum. he was declared the winner of the final two debates. i'm not sure how the hurricane is playing for him, but his numbers ticked up. that's why the states that seem toss uppy seem like they are more fir...