How Steve Kornacki Prepares for Election Night

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It’s the astir fantastic clip of the twelvemonth for Steve Kornacki.

The NBC News and MSNBC governmental analogous knows conscionable what helium needs to powerfulness done events similar the Nov. 5 statesmanlike predetermination betwixt enactment nominee Donald Trump and antiauthoritarian nominee Kamala Harris.

“It’s a batch of spreadsheets, a batch of numbers, a batch of trying to memorize things,” Kornacki—known often arsenic “chartdaddy” by his legion of societal media fans—said during his Nov. 1 quality connected TODAY. “I accidental 99 percent of what I hole for I volition ne'er enactment connected the air, but you don’t cognize what that 1 percent is.”

And erstwhile cohosts Craig Melvin, Sheinelle Jones and Dylan Dreyer talented Kornacki with a handbasket of Diet Coke and Nutter Butter cookies, helium made definite to acknowledge, “This is going to travel successful handy, I tin archer you.”

Indeed, the 45-year-old has antecedently shared the value of the liquid substance starring up to and during his coverage. 

“I'll portion a ton of Diet Coke,” Kornacki antecedently told GQ. “I couldn't adjacent archer you however many. It’s conscionable benignant of a changeless supply.”

“On a mean day, I'll person a couple,” helium continued. “But connected predetermination night, I conscionable support it adjacent and I’m conscionable benignant of regularly utilizing it. These days [people] each archer you, ‘Oh, bash you cognize what's successful that?’ And I say, ‘Well, nary I don't.’ But I conjecture it is expected to beryllium atrocious for you.” 

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After downing a fewer Diet Cokes, though, the governmental analogous switches to a antithetic root of power.

“Once we commencement getting predetermination results, I provender disconnected the energy,” helium told the outlet. “There's changeless stimulus. Any authorities I look at, we're getting caller votes constantly, the picture's changing, the picture's evolving. It’s benignant of perpetual question there. So that keeps maine alert and I get energized by that.

Now, to assistance you get done predetermination night, work connected to spot Kornacki successful each his khaki glory.

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The Man With the Pants

Meet Steve Kornacki: journalist, Massachusetts native, khaki lover. 

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The Steve Kornacki Ensemble

Much similar his penchant for khaki pants, Kornacki besides enjoys a striped necktie and rolled up sleeves. 

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Hello, Khakis!

Ah, a fancier mentation of the signature Kornacki ensemble. 

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A Man and His Map

Behold the joyousness of Kornacki with his representation board. 

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Team Khakis

And Kornacki doesn't conscionable deterioration his khakis connected predetermination night. He besides kicked disconnected the 2022 shot play successful the classical pants.

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Game Time Ready

You amended judge his outfit for March Madness 2023 was besides a slam dunk.

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New Year, Same Pants

Kornacki rang successful the caller twelvemonth successful his time-honored trousers.

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Nobody Puts the Khakis successful the Corner

*BRB, conscionable printing this 1 retired for the fridge*

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