what s happened throughout the country where democrats are targeting areas like this, in charlotte, higher numbers of young, urban minority voters and older white voters living in more rural areas tending to lean a little more trump. here at this particular polling precinct, a lot of people we spoke to in line sympathize with the issues and stances that trump supporters are supporting. for example, one gentleman came all the way and explained tighter border security and things like immigration are things she worried about happening here in north carolina and throughout the country at large. the types of things we re hearing because they know their vote counts and it matters. and having a conversation with phillip where he commented on the resonance of african-americans in north carolina and other states compared to the last two elections. are you seeing that play out? some feeling that african-americans are a little more reserved about hillary clinton than they were about barack obam
early voting period, there were only a few places you could vote in, for example, greens br boro the road. only a week or two and it expanded nexpan expand expanded. that cut down the availability. charlotte, many more places you could vote, but and the stories are out there and that has cowed some people. i have to tell you, i was at the obama rally last night and he made a big point of, you can t sit on the sidelines. you ve got to vote. my legacy s on the ballot. when i was at a poll, early voting site this morning, i saw a lot of african-americans there, and i talked to a lot of young people. some of whom voted for bernie and they re antipathy to trump has gotten them out there today. what s your sense, the statistics about the early vote in north carolina have been? what does it tell us mow this
voters in north carolina just one among several other states where that s happening, but north carolina is a close race. the latest north carolina quinnipiac poll has hillary clinton up by three points. 47, to donald trump s 44%. go to nbc s morgan radford in charlotte. you ve been speaking to early voters all day. great to see you, by the way. what are you hearing tr them? reporter: that s right, ali. we re outside of a polling station here that closed at 1:00 p.m. today. same for all polling stations throughout the state. if you can imagine, people were actually lined all the way around this block and around the corner that was before the polling stations even opened. ali, because they know their vote this time, it matters. it always does, particularly in this election. the people here i spoke to said they re surprised by just how much attention north carolina is getting this time around. we re standing in the heart of met l metlinberg. and we re seeing a microcosm