Trump's shrinking trade appeal evident in North Carolina
Keeping fingers and toes crossed.
Trump's shrinking trade appeal evident in North Carolina
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e4f5e71cb3c24e6a92e30bb5a736383a/trumps-shrinking-trade-appeal-evident-north-carolina
By THOMAS BEAUMONT
Aug. 22, 2016 3:24 AM EDT
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton "owes the state of North Carolina a very big apology," Donald Trump thundered, condemning the loss of manufacturing jobs due to free-trade deals supported by the Democratic presidential nominee.
The attack line drew no more than polite applause at his event last week in Charlotte.
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Voters are flowing into the state at a firehose rate — young, educated and many who take high-paying jobs when they arrive. They're coming from everywhere and quickly diluting North
"Clinton is winning," said North Carolina Republican pollster Michael Luethy. "Particularly because folks who have moved to the state in the last five years are very different voters. ............
...............An NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll found Clinton up 9 points in North Carolina in early August. But it also showed that she's substantially outpacing Trump in the state's economic boom regions. She had more than 50 percent support in the Charlotte area and led Trump by more than 2-to-1 in the Triangle region of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.........................
