US elections: North Carolina, a must-win swing state

Tuesday, Americans will vote to elect their next president. During the last days of the campaign, the candidates and their high-profile supporters have crisscrossed the country; stopping in the states where they think the election could be decided.

Barack Obama takes the stage to deliver remarks at a Hillary for America campaign in Charlotte, North Carolina Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

North Carolina is one of those swing states that hangs in the balance in today’s vote. The Hillary Clinton campaign dispatched its most high-profile supporter, the President himself, to North Carolina twice in the last week. The Republican candidate Donald Trump also made multiple visits to this must-win swing state.

Our correspondent Philip Crowther has this report from Fayetteville, North Carolina.