Polls show a tight race in North Carolina, increasing pressure on Biden to visit a state key to a Trump path to victory.
"The president has suffered a bit of a hit here on coronavirus, but not nearly as big as in other states," said Michael Bitzer, a politics professor at Catawba College in Salisbury."I'm not sure that alone puts this state in the presidential race into blue territory."
Despite the rise, some North Carolina Republicans who remain bullish on its staying red this year said the national visibility for Biden that began during the Democratic National Convention last month may actually help Trump exit what had been a brutal match-up with COVID-19. In addition, the Biden campaign just hasn't had the physical presence in the state that Trump's campaign has.
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