It is still unclear how Hurricane Helene will affect the race in the key swing state.
Former President Donald Trump may lose North Carolina to Kamala Harris in November as polls indicate the swing state could go either way.
A survey of 1,001 likely voters, in North Carolina released Tuesday shows Trump has a 2-point lead over the vice president (50 percent to 48). The gap is within the margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
The poll, which was conducted between September 25 and 29, suggests that the criticism aimed at Trump-endorsed North Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Mark Robinson is not damaging the former president’s hopes of victory in the battleground state.
Robinson reportedly described himself as a «Black Nazi» on a pornographic website’s message board more than a decade ago, among other statements. Robinson has denied the claims as «salacious tabloid lies.»
Mitch Kokai, a political analyst at the John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank, previously suggested that the scandal surrounding Robinson would not hurt Trump in the key swing state. «The former president has won North Carolina’s electoral votes twice, despite all of his own electoral baggage», Kokai told Newsweek.
