Hello and It's Tuesday, November the 8th.

That means it's election day in America.

Not a moment too soon.

I'm Kristen Roberts National Editor Editor and here are the numbers that will matter today.

270, sorry to be dreadfully obvious, but the contender that hits that number becomes president-elect.

11. That's the earliest time we could know the result of the presidential

contest tonight. 218, the number of seats that will determine house control and the number to

to watch for Senate control is either 50 or 51

depending on who wins the White House.

So grab your calculators and enjoy the Politico Nurdcast.

Hello to the two smartest guys in the room, Charlie Matesian.

Hey Kristen.

And Scott Bland.

Only two guys in the room also.

That happens to be true.

All right, let's get straight to the point.

Who is going to win tonight?

National polling, what's it look like, Charlie?

Well, what we see on election eve is that Hillary Clinton is ahead in most

national polls. She's got a lead anywhere from between about three to six points,

but what's really interesting about that lead is that when you

look at the state level polls instead of the national polls it's a different

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