ben schreckinger. donald trump live in tallahassee at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 with the election to weeks away here's what the campaign ads like. >> i'll be voting for hillary. >> i don't want someone running the country. if we want a hotel we will call donald trump. >> every individual that is what i appreciate of hillary clinton. >> make sure you vote. >> i approve this message. >> eye and donald trump and i approve this message. >> the man who murdered joshua is an illegal alien and should not have been here. >> it is so hard. then they took tim to a field and set him on fire. the hardest day of my life. >> hillary clinton policy will allow people into the country just like the one that murdered my son. up next the washington state coalition coasting the debate between the incumbent and the republican challenger with the topics including homelessness and the death penalty from earlier this month just short of what our. -- one hour. >> good evening. tonight we feature a debate between the candidates for governor. and i am with 213 news in se

is the headline at politico.com, donald trump's window is closing to join us on the phone is ben schreckinger has been following this story. thank you for being with us? >> caller: thanks for having me. trembled you been talking to operatives. bbc a path to 270 for donald trump? >> caller: most of them do not. any of them have been warning since it was nominated that it was going to be on the uphill battle for trump and at this point there are very, very few republican operatives who is a publicly or privately that they feel confident that trump has the path train one early voting is in place and well over half the country. what do the trends indicate for the democrats, for the republicans? >> caller: they are relatively encouraging for democrats. in florida where republicans have insisted outperformed democrats in mail in early voting, that narrow advantage has narrowed further this year, and democrats tend to outperform and in person early voting which is just now starting this week. in north carolina, republicans in 2012 totally dominated democrats in terms of mailing early voting of that

joining us on the phone ben schreckinger.r being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you have been talking to republican operatives. do they see a path to the presidency for donald trump? >> they do not. many have been warning since he was nominated it was going to be a real uphill battle for trump. at this point there are very, very few republican operatives who will say publicly or privately that they feel confident that trump has a path here. >> early voting is in place in well over half the country. so what do the trends indicate for the democrats, for the republicans? >> they are relatively encouraging for democrats. in florida where republicans have consistently outperformed democrats in early voting, that narrow advantage has narrowed further this year and democrats stepped to outperform in in-person early voting, which is just now starting this week. in north carolina, republicans in 2012 totally dominated democrats in terms of early voting. that margin has shrunk considerably in both places republicans need those ma

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joining us on the phone is been trekking to -- ben schreckinger. do republicans see a path to 270 for donald trump? not bt: most of them do -- most of themen: do not. fewhis point there are very republican operatives that will say they feel confident. >> early voting is in place and well over half the country. what do trends indicate? ben: they are relatively encouraging for democrats. in florida, where republicans have consistently outperformed democrats in mail in early voting, that narrow advantage yeararrowed further this and democrats tend to outperform in in person early voting that is starting this week. in north carolina, republicans in 2012 totally dominated presidents in terms of mail in early voting and that margin has shrunk considerably in both places. republicans need those margins to be competitive. in nevada, we saw a very well organized effort by democrats with death help -- unions this weekend to get people to the polls deploying a lot of surrogates. for example was urging people to get to the polls early. overall it is positive f

online at politico.com, ben schreckinger. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> i will be voting for hillary. >> she definitely has the experience in office. >> i don't want someone running the country as a business. i'm a human being. >> if we want a hotel we'll call donald trump. >> the respect she gives every individual, that's what i appreciate from hillary clinton. >> i'm voting hillary. >> a nonvote is definitely a vote for trump. >> make sure you get out and vote. >> i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message.