This is vital to the trump campaign. Host why is that. Guest if you look at the states out there that are traditionally , the narrow pass that trump took last time, he inld have won with states the upper midwest. Time around he is not going to capture all of those states. One, but theteal odds of him getting those with the polling numbers where they are in the things that have changed, i think florida is a linchpin for him. If the biden team can win florida, that puts the sting out of reach for trump. Wins twothe president of those three, does he still need florida . Guest depends which two he gets. Ande gets pennsylvania michigan, he can squeak out without it. Now youre looking at north carolina, arizona, maine, a Congressional District in nebraska could steal an electoral vote here or there and then we are probably looking at an election that could drag on until the middle of november. As much as i like elections and this is what i study, i am really hopeful we know relatively soon w
We are back with nick clark. Clark, associate professor at susquehanna university. What do polls say right now in this snapshot of time about where the race stands . Average thenes that different polls put Vice President biden ahead between roughly 4 and 6 . Frank then and marshall has a new poll this morning i think with some of the upper end of that trajectory. There are some single polls that give him more of an advantage. It is looking like biden as an advantage between 4 and 6 . Host is it enough to get out of the margin of error . Guest i believe so. On the high side the margin is around five point. Even if the Vice President were to come down a percentage point, that would be enough to do it. That is a high margin though. Most cases will be between 3 and five point. We will not know on Election Night because they will be ballots being counted for the days afterwards. It does look at the polls. If they are accurate, the Vice President will pull this off. Host 20 electoral votes a
Now 5 days away from the november 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. With a Record Number of people voting early this election season, there are already concerns tonight about missing ballots in the east bay, dozens of voters reported not receiving confirmation that their ballot was received by the Contra Costa County elections division. Kron fours justine waltman here now with details and whether or not foul play is believed to be involved justine. Well Contra Costa County has 37 drop off ballot boxes. But theres one question tonight, and thats the box thats right outside of Richmond City hall, dozens of voters say they dropped off their ballots there on october 12 and the county has not been able to confirm receipt of those ballots so theyre lost and the county doesnt know where they are tonight. The county is telling us this according to the Contra Costa County Elections Office the ballot box and Richmond City all has been inspected by
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At 8 50 a. M. , North Carolina. A look at iowa. And at 9 30 a. M. , texas. Host good morning. This is washington journal on election day. Cspans coverage of the election starts tonight on cspan, you can also view that on our website, or listen along on our free radio app. Our three hours will be devoted to your calls on election day. Tell us if you plan to vote on today or if person you have already voted. For those of supporting joe biden, 2027488000. If you support President Trump, 2027488001. Undecided are an voter or voting for someone else altogether, 2027488002. Text us if you wish at 2027488003. You can also post on twitter or reach us on facebook. The Associated Press reporting out of New Hampshire this morning, results already coming in. This took place as of midnight, communitiesiny making their vote for joe biden, votes. The towns five to the south it was President Donald Trump winning 16 to bidens five. Those are very early results. Will have a better assessment tonight, so