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Race for the White House | Kamala Harris makes final weekend effort to appeal to North Carolina voters
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Race for the White House | Kamala Harris makes final weekend effort to appeal to North Carolina voters

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — With just three days left until Election Day, Kamala Harris made it clear that the stakes are high, which is why she was in North Carolina because our state could play a key role in the race.

Gathering voters at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, there was a star-studded lineup, from Khalid to Kerry Washington to Jon Bon Jovi defending Harris.

But it was Harris that voters were eager to hear from: living on a prayer and the hope that voters can get her across the finish line.

“In less than 90 days, either he or I will be sitting in the Oval Office,” Harris told the audience.

Its main themes ranged from support for the middle class to women’s rights. But she also warned of what she said would be the dangers of a possible second Trump presidency.

“Trump is increasingly unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed by grievance and the man seeks unchecked power,” he said.

More than 4 million North Carolinians have already votedThat is to say, right now, it is a race to reach undecided voters and those who have not yet come out.

ABC11 spoke one-on-one with Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison, who was at the event, about his thoughts on the race in our state.

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“North Carolina is going to surprise a lot of people,” he said.

Harrison believes a better strategy can help Democrats flip the state after narrowly falling short 4 years ago, when Trump narrowly defeated Biden in 2020 in North Carolina.

“I think North Carolina is the best organized probably since 2008 and I hope to not only win the presidential race here, but also Josh Stein and Democrats up and down the ballot,” Harrison said.

Harrison also said he was encouraged by the latest data on early voting. Even though turnout was about 1/3 each of Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated in North Carolina, Harrison believes unaffiliated voters and even some Republicans are leaning their way.

That was true for one Charlotte voter at the rally, who called himself a “George HW Bush Republican” but was crossing party lines to support Harris.

“I’m a good old-fashioned Republican and I stand up for Kamala Harris because I believe she has the integrity to lead this country forward,” he said.

There are 3 days left and every vote will matter. Harris closed her speech by saying “When we fight, we win.”

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