Poll: Trump, Clinton virtually tied in North Carolina

Hillary Clinton carries a single-point lead over Donald Trump in the battleground state of North Carolina, according to a new poll taken before the Republican presidential hopeful was rocked by the release of an audio tape in which he made lewd and sexually explicit remarks about women.

Forty-three percent of likely voters in the Tar Heel State support the former secretary of state in the High Point University poll released Monday, while 42 percent back Trump. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson secured 8 percent support, while 4 percent of respondents were still undecided just over a month before Election Day.