With just under a month to go before election day, all eyes are on the key

battleground states set to decide the presidential race. Our politics Monday duo is

following it all. That is Amy Walter of the Cook political report with Amy Walter and

Tam R Keith of NPR who joins us from one of those key states North Carolina so

Tam you are in Raleigh this evening you know JD Vance has said that it would be

very hard for the Trump campaign to win this election if they don't hold on to North Carolina.

So how are things looking there?

Yeah, he's absolutely right about that.

It is one of these key states. It's been very close at the presidential level going back several cycles.

Republicans here still feel very confident about this state. However, we know that the Trump campaign

realizes that they could lose.

That's why Trump and Vance keep traveling here.

And what I've been learning about today is I've been here and I'll be looking into more.

In particular, the state is working on figuring out how to respond to the hurricane and the State

Election Board, Elections Board met today to talk about making sure that people can

actually vote when early voting begins later this month and certainly the campaigns are also working on figuring

out how to mobilize voters in areas that have been affected by the storm.

We're getting to a polling place just isn't a top priority or the easiest thing right now.

Amy, this race is still exceedingly close with less than 30 days to go.

What stands out for you in terms of polling and the early voting so far.

To me what stands out is the fact that we've had a lot happen over the course of a few months.

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