“I’ve never seen people as anxious,” former Representative David Price, a North Carolina Democrat who spent more than a quarter century in the House, told me. He said that while North Carolinians are used to swing-state intensity, “this time has been different. This is no-holds-barred.”

The winner will take the state's 16 electoral votes. Voters in North Carolina head to the polls on Election Day to cast their votes in a critical presidential swing state that also is home to the nation's marquee gubernatorial race. The winner in the ...

The state is one of a handful of competitive presidential battlegrounds that will likely determine the race for the White House.