. >> elliot johnson is savvy. >> our community is 25,000 people. i want to reach all 25,000 people before we're done here. >> he's social. >> welcome to our talk show. this is going to be a talk show today. >> he's a full-time college student. >> no, i didn't drop out. yes, i still take the classes. >> and this 22-year-old is the executive director of downtown brookings incorporated. in brookings, south dakota. >> it's just bizarre to me. i look back and am like, what were you doing? stick to the college classroom, elliot. you're too much. >> he applied for the job on a whim two years ago and got it, making him an accidental small business advocate. turns out his roots made him the perfect candidate. >> i was born and raised here. the idea of community service was really inspiring to me. >> then we'll have the brookings logo right here on the side to showcase. >> i knew i wanted to give back to the people who taught me what my values were in the community. i was like, little do you know, i have no idea this is what i signed up for. but at that poin

in our nation's capital, elliot andhnson -- eliana johnson the great matea gold.d and seems to be true that part of what is happening with donald trump and his closing the gap between him and hillary clinton has to do with republican consolidation, republicans coming home to donald trump. can you explain to me why republicans are coming home? what is driving that at this late stage? >> i think that is right. you can see that clearly in utah. evan mcmullin has been surging in the polls as recently as last week. donald trump is actually leading the latest polls. mcmillan has fallen to third place in some of them. as you get closer and closer to election day, there tends to be fewer and fewer undecided voters and so, i think it is natural to see people who had been sitting on their hands and telling pollsters they are unwilling to vote for donald trump, coming home as election day nears. obviously,n, undecided voters eventually go one way or the other, but republicans who had profound misgivings about donald trump for months, what has happened do you think in the sta