Clinton, Trump in Close Race in North Carolina: Monmouth Poll

Source: Bloomberg

Hillary Clinton has 44% to Donald Trump’s 42%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson backed by 8%, according to Monmouth University Poll.

N.C., with 15 electoral votes, “has given us tight presidential races over the last two cycles and this year appears to be no different,” said Patrick Murray, poll’s director

NOTE: President Obama carried state in 2008 by three-tenths of a percent, lost it in 2012 by 2 ppts

Senate race also tight, with Republican Sen. Richard Burr, leading Democrat Deborah Ross, 45%-43%

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