Presidential Campaign

Voters in purple North Carolina show up in force

North Carolina went for Obama in 2008 and then for Romney in 2012. The state’s 15 electoral votes are in-play with Trump up 1 percentage point in the RealClear Politics poll of polls. Forsyth County, is among the key counties in the race. Obama won the county in the heart of the state by 7 percent margin in 2012.

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Wake County, also in the heart of North Carolina, will be closely watched in the election.

Voter in Raleigh, a city in the middle of the state’s most contested areas, showed early to the polls.