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Political Junkie: On the eve of the 2016 election, emails and Trump in MN

Trump raises a fist.
Donald Trump raises a fist to a crowd of his supporters before boarding his plane inside the Sun Country Airlines hanger at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Sunday.
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin joined the program on the eve of the 2016 presidential election to talk about more emails, Trump's stops in Minnesota and other mostly blue states and early voting turnout.

On the latest emails

Rudin and Kerri agreed that FBI director James Comey's announcements about the fresh batch of Clinton emails weren't good for either candidate.

"I don't think he did anything nefarious, I think he was just misguided or maybe naive," Rudin said. "I think he is a straight shooter, but my goodness."

Trump rallies in Minnesota and Michigan may be misguided

Rudin was perplexed why Trump was spending time in historically Democratic-leaning states. Places like Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida are still in play. Minnesota, not so much.

"I would spend every moment in those final states because right now, theoretically ... Trump could win them," Rudin said.

Texas, a blue state?

Latinos are showing up in large numbers to early voting sites in places like Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Florida and Texas.

Members of the Republican party, like Jeb Bush, have tried to reach out to Latino voters, but with a nominee like Donald Trump, there's only so much they could do.

There's a chance Texas may vote for a Democratic president this cycle.

"I always thought it was interesting and somewhat amusing to hear conservatives talk about Texas succeeding from the Union. And of course if that ever happened you could kiss the thought of a Republican ever getting elected president again good bye," said Rudin. "Demographics are changing in Texas. It might not even been in 2020 but it is happening."