Both Harris and Trump make final push for NC voters | Live Blog

First lady Jill Biden greeted supporters in Carrboro, such as Abby Gondeck, who's a UNC student but flew to her home state Pennsylvania to vote for the first time. The crowd applauded when she was introduced as a first-time voter to Biden.

"Oh my goodness, just like shaking your hand," Gondeck said. "My grandmother loves her. I'm going to go leave and call her right now, and I'm sure she's going to lose her mind when I send her a picture. But it was surreal."

First lady Jill Biden greeted supporters in Carrboro.

Gondeck was among the people who packed the room at the Women for Harris phone bank launch where Biden went around and talked to people one-on-one after thanking the crowd for their support.

The visit comes as the Harris campaign has specifically focused on women in this election.

According to the final ABC News/Ipsos poll before Election Day, released on Sunday, Harris had an 11-point advantage among women, 53% to 42%, while Trump had a 5-point advantage among men, 50% to 45%.

Dr. Sarah Treul talks about the importance of women voters in this election

For Gondeck, she said she's seen firsthand how Harris is appealing to young women voters such as herself on campus.

"I live with six other girls right now, and like our wall is smothered in Harris posters," Gondeck said. "My apartment building is primarily women ... and one of these (Harris-Walz) shirts, like the amount of smiles I get from young women, it's just very revealing, I think, to how she's making herself known."

Meagen Voss, who's a volunteer with the Harris-Walz campaign, echoed Gondeck.

"My feeling is that women are pumped up," Voss said. "This is an election cycle that matters to them and that they're going to show up (to the polls) in force."

North Carolina Central University associate professor of political science Dr. Jarvis Hall spoke with ABC11 about the demographics of early voting in North Carolina.

Early voting in the Tar Heel state saw 4.5 million ballots cast. That's nearly 57% of registered voters and nearly 1 million more than voted early in 2020.

However, the early returns showed lower than expected turnout among Black, Hispanic and Latino voters.

Watch Dr. Jarvis Hall's full interview:

North Carolina Central University associate professor of political science Dr. Jarvis Hall spoke with ABC11 about the demographics of early voting in North Carolina.

University of North Carolina Political Science professor Sarah Treul spoke with ABC11 about early voting in North Carolina and the role women voters will play in this election.

Early voting in the Tar Heel state saw 4.5 million ballots cast. That's nearly 57% of registered voters and nearly 1 million more than voted early in 2020.

Women make up 51 percent of registered voters in North Carlina. Of those registered female voters, 60% have already voted. For men, that number is just 56%.

Both candidates have been trying to convince NC women that they're the right person to lead the country for the next four years.

Watch Dr. Sarah Treul's full interview:

Dr. Sarah Treul talks about the importance of women voters in this election

Former president Donald Trump was back in North Carolina a day before Election Day and his campaign looks to rally any last-minute support for the Republican ticket on Tuesday.

Early voting ended in NC on Saturday.

Trump has made numerous trips to the battleground state over the last few days.

On Sunday he visited Kinston. It was his 62nd straight day he had a rally and he has a few more left before Tuesday.

Recent polling shows both Trump and Harris neck and neck going into November 5.