‘You win by going across the entire state’: Trump and Harris vie for North Carolina

The state, usually a Republican stronghold, is in play in a nail-bitingly tight contest for the presidency

Landon Simonini found himself standing in the middle of a Charlotte highway lane at 2.30 in the afternoon, stuck in an artificial traffic jam while drivers waited for Kamala Harris's plane to land and the motorcade to clear for the rally later that day.

He was out of his car, because why not? He wasn't going anywhere soon. His red Make America great again cap stood out among others cursing the traffic gods.