Donald Trump carries a slim lead over Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, where Mitt Romney narrowly defeated President Obama in 2012, according to a new Emerson College poll.

The Republican presidential nominee is up 45 to 43 percent over Clinton among likely voters in the Tar Heel State, with only 2 percent of voters still undecided in the final 70 days before the November election.

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