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Hello and welcome to Politico's 2016 nerdcast where we bring you the stories behind

the stories and geek out on this amazing circus of an election.

It's Thursday, August 25th, and I'm Kristen Roberts National Editor.

Here are the numbers that matter this week.

8.4 million. That's how much Trump's campaign gave to a digital ad company

as he tries to catch up in the ad war.

4 to 1, that's the ratio of Trump events

to Clinton events as the Democrat tries to run out the clock.

4, the number of battleground states where the spread is within the margin of error.

And here's a number for one of our listeners, 500.

That's the number of Donald Trump's businesses.

Many, if not all of them,

posing a potential conflict of interest

should he win the White House.

Grab your calculators and enjoy the 2016 Nurdcast.

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