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me? my vote? hillary. all the way. reporter: you heard it. hillary clinton will be happy to hear that. back to you in new york. you have to be careful. being a troy aikman fan in the 90s there. you will get it all in that t n town. no kidding. got to say that, obligation. 40 people on independence mall last night to see the president with first lady and hillary clinton and let me bring in the next guest. award winning hillary clinton supporter, passionate writer. thank you so much for joining us. i think people have followed you on twitter this election cycle and you ve expressed the anxiety, the frustration and just honestly, a lot of the rawness that this election has brought. i think, you know, i was initially kind of driven to that by the rhetoric from the trump campaign and from his initial campaign speech which really fired my outrage and, you know, twitter is certainly a place to ....
Minute decision or did you know it all along? i was there at the beginning but if the republicans had a more organized platform, like four years ago, i may have jumped party lines but this time, i stay with them. reporter: damian crumbly. thank you very much. we could see upwards of 80% v e voter turnout. 50% voted early, tamron. thank you very much, kerry. now to democratic strategist. was for barack obama s campaign in 2008. senior advisor during the 2012 reelection campaign. thank you so much for joining us. good morning, tamron. good morning. let s talk about what you see on the ground here as far as the early vote totals and it seems what has been described as a momentum that s been fluid in florida. i tell you, first of all, i think we re all just amazed at the level of turnout. 6.5 million people voted so far, more than in ohio and pennsylvania in the last election so we see a great ....
Is about 5 plus million people and the size of, say, virginia, if you really take it all into account here and this is where it s kind of 50/50 split. so people watch closely. now, i do want to report right now that there are seven schools here in hillsborough county that are on lockdown. but it s important to note that they ve eliminated having polling locations in the schools. so that s not affecting the vote at all. there have been, let s call it, user generated problems or user generated issues with voting. this is what the ballot looks like. i have a sample one here and bubbles, fill them in and feed it into a machine. as you feed it in the machine, if you do it quickly, it has a problem so some of the excited voters doing it a little bit too quickly and fish officials sayi they should slow down. you went many and voted. any problems for you? no, took my time. sat in. went okay. reporter: who did you vote for? clinton. reporter: is this a last ....
Hillary clinton herself as usual, and frankly, she s a candidate who has, i don t want to say stayed away entirely from this but it has been something she has been reluctant to make a very emotional case for, if anything, we ve seen people like michelle obama do more of that. she reflected a little bit on this though when she did cast that vote for herself. the first woman to be on a general election ballot as a major party thnominee. look at what she had to say. so many people are counting on the outcome of this election. what it means for our country, and i ll do the very best i can if i m fortunate enough to win today. reporter: so, of course, she is alluding to just how divisive this election has been and in the event she does win and has to govern. there s still a lot of potential hurdles ahead but i have to tell ....
Nbc is a musays is a must-win fp and a record number of people and a look at a crowded polling place in hialeah, florida. this is this morning. not as crowded in the shop but you see it there. kerry sanders joining me now from tampa, florida. so kerry, talk to us about the recognition and the importance always of florida but this time around in such a different way. reporter: you know, i mean, really where i m standing in tampa and hillsborough county, 19 of the last 20 presidential elections have been called here. so if you re going to watch a county, it s here. i m along what s known as the i-4 corridor. that s interstate 4 from tampa bay to the east coast at daytona. this is the real battleground. to the north, it s generally conservative. but along this i-4 corridor, population at about 15 counties ....