north carolina. nbc s morgan ratford is in charlotte, forecaairfax county. talk about north carolina. talk about the early voting. how is it looking? reporter: good morning. we ve seen record voter turnout in terms of early voting in mecklenburg county. overall, it s lower than it was in 2012. mecklenburg county, what houses charlotte, is the largest county in the entire state. it s certainly an important county for the democrats because this is a blue dot in a sea of red. so this is kind of where you see the microcosm playing out in terms of campaign strategies on a national level. you see urban, younger, minority voters here in city areas like charlotte, and then older, white voters in more rural areas. what s interesting is that i m from north carolina. i ve been covering this date for the past month coming back and forth and talking to voters. what s interesting is a lot of people who i ve spoken to said we can t remember a time when north carolina got this much attention. we k