Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigned head to head in North Carolina on Thursday, holding competing rallies only 30 miles apart in a state where polls show the Republican gaining on the Democrat five days before the presidential election. In contrast, Trump held an outdoor rally in the rural town of Selma in front of a crowd estimated at 17,000. Trump is scheduled to make two more stops in North Carolina before the election, and running mate Mike Pence is scheduled to appear as well. In Raleigh, Clinton told voters that the fabric of US society was at stake in the election. The political fallout from Comey’s letter appears to have helped Trump consolidate Republican voters and narrow the gap with Clinton, who had long held a steady lead over him.

Source: The Guardian November 04, 2016 02:31 UTC