Ballots directly to the registrars office. In Santa Clara County, more than 437,000 people have cast their ballots. About half, about 220,000, have put their ballots not in the mail but directly into drop boxes. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is live at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters in san jose with more on that. And marianne, people want to make sure they get in and their votes count. Reporter they are very concerned about that, janelle. If you look here, this is where people drop off their ballots at the registrar of Voters Office. Many people we talked with today felt that their vote would be secure if they dropped it off at this specific location. 13 miles, thats how far ted and carol bautista drove today to turn in their ballots at the drop box at the registrar Voters Office in san jose. I feel like it is safer to drop it on a place where you will be counted. Reporter but Evelyn Mendez with the Santa Clara County registrar of Voters Office says theres no need to make a
The projected winner. Delaware, will also go to Hillary Clinton. District of columbia to Hillary Clinton. Illinois, her home state goes to Hillary Clinton. As well as the state of maryland. And massachusetts also in the clinton column. Mississippi, we projected donald trump wins in mississippi. New jersey, to clinton. Oklahoma the projected winner donald trump. Rhode island, Hillary Clinto and tennessee, donald trump. Lets look at the count right now in the race to 270. At this hour, based on the projections, clinton stands with 75, trump with 66. 66 in the race to 270. Now, a couple others we want to mention right now. We are watching maine. Too early actually. Looking at missouri up there. But too early. Maine is too early. But, clinton is leading there in sorry. My bad there. Missouri was too early. We got trump is leading there. The colors begin to fill in. The race to 270. Savannah guthrie. Watch big senate races. Yeah, promise you a cliffhanger. The democrats are trying to wrest
Friend. To depress the wages, to favor the rich, is still in full throttle. Im not concerned about the very poor. Still in full throttle. I made a number of mistakes personally in things i said. 47 of the people i wish i could fix those and go back and relive history. But thats not going to happen. Youre fired. I want to see america succeed. America america weve got to get this country going again. From sea to shining sea youre fired. The fabulous experience. I cant tell you how wonderful it was. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. We thought we would put out the old file tape for memory. Because it seems like everything these guys are pushing right now is what america rejected. Mitt romney lost the election. But this is all about election denial. And whats all this talk about the president wont negotiate . President obama brought some conservative media people over to the white house for an offtherecord meeting. You know, like Charles Kraut hammer. Theres a r
Even nopg swing states, especially among them. The elephant in the room, the biggest factor influencing the ability to vote and potentially the choice of candidate is the pandemic. Many key states are getting hit worse than ever just when the ability to move around safely matters most. Florida, more than 4,000 new cases there just today. The president said, oh, yeah. It was a spike but it went away. No. It has gotten worse. Michigan, wisconsin, where trump just went stumping tonight. Wisconsin hospitals are completely overwhelmed. Icu beds have reached 87 of capacity and we are months away from where we thought the crisis would happen. Months away. Months early. How many will vote early out of fear . 68 million have already way ahead of the pace four years ago. But cases are exploding as well. Were getting close to double the case number where we were this summer as a rate. Were around 40. Now were at 70 plus. How many will stay home . How many will vote to punish trump for his inactio
To go out and vote . Reporter and her husband in georgia which hasnt gone democratic since 1992. I believe america and american hope, not fear, unity, not division. Love not hate. The president is on dechfens working to hold ground he won last time. Rallying supporters today in michigan and wisconsin before stopping in nebraska. The latest sign he does not have a single electoral vote to spare. Reporter now, everyone at these rallies, anderson, without question is already supporting the president. But theyre also told to find nine other people over the next week to make their case for president trump. But that certainly is one reason the president is here in deep red nebraska on a cold october night, trying to make his case, also looking across the river to iowa voters. But anderson, he wouldnt be here if he didnt need every single vote on this side. Thats quite a playlist theyve got. Jeff zeleny, thanks very much. After a race like no other, join us for live coverage of the ballot cou