((DECISION 2016 OPEN))
HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP
ARE MAKING ONE LAST PUSH FOR
VOTES. IN A NEW CBS NEWS POLL,
SECRETARY CLINTON HOLDS A FOUR
POINT LEAD OVER TRUMP.
WITH LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO GO
BEFORE ELECTION DAY, BOTH
CANDIDATES ARE FOCUSING ON KEY
BATTLEGROUND STATES. TRUMP IS
HOLDING EVENTS IN NORTH
CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, MICHIGAN, AND
FLORIDA. SECRETARY CLINTON IS
MAKING STOPS IN PENNSYLVANIA,
NORTH CAROLINA, AND MICHIGAN.
TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE, ONE OF
THE CANDIDATES HAS TO WIN AT
LEAST 270 VOTES FROM THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
NEWS FOUR'S DAVE GREBER TAKES A
LOOK AT WHICH STATES WILL HAVE
THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN THIS
ELECTION.
WITH JUST HOURS LEFT ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL RATHER THAN DAYS
FOR HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD
TRUMP, A GREAT DEAL OF EMPHASIS
WILL BE ON MOMENTUM, ESPECIALLY
IN THE RACE FOR 270. THAT WAS
THE TOPIC OF POLYSCI PROFESSOR
KEVIN HARDWICK'S CLASS ON
ELECTION EVE. BUT THE STRATEGY
FOR 270 ELECTORAL VOTES HAS BEEN
UNFOLDING FOR THE PAST YEAR,
MAKING ITSELF EVEN MORE EVIDENT
AS THE CANDIDATES HOLD THEIR
FINAL RALLIES IN BATTLEGROUND
STATES, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE IN
PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
YEARS.
(( OHIO, WHICH HAS GONE DEMOCRAT
IN THE PAST FEW ELECTIONS, COULD
VERY WELL -- IN FACT, I WOULD
EXPECT IT -- TO GO FOR THE
REPUBLICAN, TRUMP. THAT'S HUGE.
NORTH CAROLINA, SEEMS TO BE
SETTLING DOWN INTO A CLINTON
STATE. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S TO BE
DECIDED WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALY
VOTE. )) (GRAPHIC) HARDWICK
BELIEVES FLORIDA WILL BE THE
MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER IN THIS
YEAR'S RACE FOR ELECTORATES.
DEPENDING ON THE POLL TO WHICH
YOU ASCRIBE, THE SUNSHINE
STATE'S 29 ELECTORAL VOTES ARE
UP FOR GRABS.
((IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE
A PATH TO 270 ELECTORAL VOTES
FOR DONALD TRUMP IF HE DOES NOT
WIN FLORIDA. IF HE DOES WIN
FLORIDA,
HE'S STILL GOT TO WIN A LOT OF
STATES, BUT IT BECOME EASIER. ))
THE SAME IS TRUE FOR CLINTON.
(( SHE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO
NEED FLORIDA. IT ALL COMES BACK
TO FLORIDA. UNLESS YOU CAN TIE
UP A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN WITH A
STATE
LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH BOTH
CANDIDATES HAVE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME IN. )) ALSO KEY THIS YEAR
ARE LATE BATTLEGROUND STATES IN
THE GREAT LAKES, LIKE MICHIGAN,
WISCONSIN AND EVEN TO SOME
DEGREE THE HISTORICALLY
DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA. AND WITH
A RACE THIS TIGHT, JUST A FEW
ELECTORAL VOTES ARE IMPORTANT,
MAKING MAINE AND NEVADA, WHICH
ARE NOT WINNER TAKE ALL, CRUCIAL
IN THE RACE TO 270.
QUICK PRIMER ON ELECTORAL VOTES.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE
NOT ACTUALLY VOTING FOR THE
PRESIDENT TOMORROW. YOU'RE
CASTING YOUR VOTE FOR HOW THE
ELECTORS SHOULD VOTE. ALSO,
YESTERDAY, GOV. CUOMO WAS IN
TOWN YESTERDAY, EN ROUTE TO
CAMPAIGNING WITH OTHER LOCAL
DEMOCRATS IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH
