Mr. Trump beat 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton in North Carolina by almost 4 percentage points. Mr Biden currently leads polling in the state by an average of 2.7% according to Real Clear Politics. \Mr Trump said that Americans were having the “best year you ever had” before the pandemic hit the country. Mr. Trump told the crowd in Carson City that he felt like Superman after receiving an infusion of monoclonal antibodies. Democrats have won the state since 2004, with Ms. Clinton narrowly beating Mr Trump there in 2016.

Source: The Hindu October 19, 2020 17:15 UTC