Hillary Clinton deployed the star power of Michelle Obama in North Carolina on Thursday, laying out the stakes in the presidential election and then turning the stage over to the popular first lady. “Hillary doesn’t play,” Obama said, after ticking off the Democratic nominee’s professional accomplishments, a line that drew wild cheers from the 11,000 who came to see the joint appearance at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Battle for Florida: Trump and Clinton home in on crucial state as voting begins Read moreBarack Obama won North Carolina in 2008 and lost it in 2012. Polling has shown a competitive race for the state’s 15 electoral votes, though Clinton has maintained an edge since the first debate. In 2012, she said, Obama lost the state by an average of 17 votes per precinct.

Source: The Guardian October 27, 2016 21:05 UTC