Results North Carolina Today November 8 2016

North Carolina is considered one of the key swing states in this election campaign, polls have shown Clinton with a slight advantage here, although it is a state that Donald Trump seemingly must win.

In 2008 President Barack Obama won the state by just 0.3% and then in 2012 Romney triumphed by a mere 2.0%.

Without any doubt there will be a great deal of attention and importance placed upon North Carolina when the first results start coming in later tonight.

You can follow the latest state by state on this site, as soon as the first results start coming in they will be published here.

Exit Polls North Carolina Today 8 November 2016

According to current projections, North Carolina is a must win for Donald Trump, it boasts a notoriously devided electorate who handed Barack Obama victory in 2008 by the narrowest of margins (A mere 0.3%) and then turned Republican in 2012, with Romney winning by just 2.0%.

The state has 15 electoral votes up for grabs and is of course winner take all, so just a few votes really could make the difference here.

As soon as the first results are in, they will be published here, you can follow all the latest developments on election day right here in this site.

Hurricane Matthew Update Path Today October 6 2016

Hurricane Matthew is currently battering the Bahamas after bringing a trail of destruction throughout the Carribean. Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba have all been hit by the massive storm, the most powerful in the region for many years.

The storm is expected to turn westwards and strike Florida later tonight, with eastern coastal regions the most impacted by the storm, which could intensify to once again be a category 4 event.

Residents are avised to remain aprised of the latest forecasts and to not take any chances, a category 3 or 4 event is extremely dangerous and is not to be taken lightly, it represents a danger to life and property.

Preparations are also underway in Georgia and South Carolina as the current forecasts show that the storm will head after striking Florida, more than 2 million people have been evacuated from coastal areas and many schools are closed.

When will Hurricane Matthew Hit North Carolina ?

After battering Haiti, Hurricane Matthew is not taking aim at Cuba, The Bahamas and even the United States.

It had long been thought that there was no danger of the storm impacting the country and some US coastal regions would merely be effected by the outer bands with heavy rain.

This all changed on Monday evening when forecasters sharply changed their predictions, indicating that Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina are now all in danger of receiving an impact, a state of emergency has been issued and these states are preparing themselves for the worst.

Matthew has been very unpredictable so it is best to remain updated with the forecast every few hours, it is currently thought that it could impact Florida as a category 3 storm, which is something that authorities are taking very seriously.

Poll Trump vs Clinton 5 October 2016

New polling is showing that the recent presidential debate may have benefitted Hillary Clinton, with CBS News, CNN and Economist/YouGov polls all showing her with a healthy lead over Donald Trump.

CBS News (9/28-10/2) 1217 LV, Margin of Error 4.0%

Hillary Clinton  49%
Donald Trump  43%

CNN/ORC (9/28-10/2) 1213 LV, Margin of Error 3.0%

Hillary Clinton  51%
Donald Trump  45%

Economist/YouGov (10/1-10/3) 911 RV, Margin of Error 3.9%

Hillary Clinton   48%
Donald Trump   43%

The site RealClearPolitics takes these latest polls into account in addition to 7 previous ones, giving an average as follows.

RealClearPolitics Average (9/22-10/3)

Hillary Clinton   48.1%
Donald Trump   44.3%

Video Keith Lamont Scott Shooting : North Carolina

At least 12 officers were injured on Tuesday night after a black man in Charlotte, North Carolina was shot dead by police. This sparked angry protests with hundreds of people taking to the streets chanting slogans such as "no justice, no peace" and "hands up don`t shoot".

Keith Lamont Scott, a 43 year old African American man, was armed, according to the police, although his family dispute this and say that he merely had a book. The officer that shot Scott, was also african american.

See the video here