strategist. the way they vote could be different. we won t really know until election day. i gear up for a long 48 hours. i have my cuban coffee set up here and i ll toss it over to morgan radford in north carolina. reporter: that s right, guys. we re here in north carolina. this is the swag room for trump supporters. look at these items like hot chicks love freedom and i ll show you something quickly. the headquarters here in wake county, north carolina, and with all that swag, it doesn t mean anything unless they have the volunteers who are calling people and sending e-mails, trying to remind north carolinians now is the time to get out the vote. in fact, we have volunteers like charles. down to the wire. ground zero. just 24 hours until the election. how are you feeling? great. turnout is up among republicans and statewide, a phenomenal sign. we had more republicans, unaffiliateds choose republican. like a different type of
already cast their ballots. according to our partners at target smart that the number of democratic voters outnumber republican voters by about 300,000 in early voting. the real clear politics polling average for the state shows donald trump leads hillary clinton by less than 2 points. nbc s morgan radford joins me now from raleigh, north carolina, a state where both candidates will be campaigning today. that just illustrates the importance of what s going on there. you ve been in the state all weekend. you talked to a wide range of voters and canvassers. what are you hearing? reporter: that s right, tamron. in fact, i m in my home state and this is the gop headquarters for wake county in north carolina. and this is the swag room. you can see all these items like hot chicks love trefreedom and life sized poster of donald trump here and a better vz scve scene. trying to encourage people to
covered. morgan, let s start with you. reporter: the latest new york times numbers show 44% and 44%. the candidates tied here in the swing state of north carolina. that s why here in ground zero at the gop headquarters you can see all the communities they are trying to reach. that s by tuesday at the headquarters. they have been calling, talking to residents here for what it will take to get them to the polls on tuesday. ahead of today s big rally they have all the swag here. this is the swag room. you can see things like that. they wear dog tags. they said you cannot imagine how quickly this has been flying off the shelves ahead of today. though the democrats are ahead by 300,000. they are not really worried. republicans turn out to the