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Skip to ArticleSet weatherBack To Main MenuCloseQuick Look-Change your current location »Current -Mostly SunnyTonightLow -Mostly SunnyTomorrowHigh -Mostly SunnyView full weather reportAll Access + the daily online newspaper – Start today for $1PoliticsNew Harris vs. Trump poll shows toss-up in this critical swing statePublished: Oct. 03, 2024, 2:49 p.m.In this combination of photos taken in Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Aug. 19, 2024, in York. (AP Photo)APBy Lauren Sforza | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comCan Vice President Harris flip the swing state of North Carolina blue? A new poll from High Point University found that the race is still too close to call between Harris and former President Trump, who narrowly won the state against President Biden in 2020. The poll found that both Harris and Trump received 48 percent of support in the state among likely voters.Biden nearly clinched North Carolina in 2020, which would have made him the first Democrat to win the state since former President Barack Obama did in 2008. Trump held the state by about 1.3 percentage points in 2020. North Carolina is seen as a must-win state for Trump. A recent analysis from Politico explained that Trump only needs to win Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia to secure a second term to the White House.Meanwhile, the Democrat candidate in the gubernatorial race is running away with it. Democrat Josh Stein earned 51 percent of support among likely voters while Republican Mark Robinson receives 34 percent of support, according to the poll.The poll was conducted Sept. 20-29 among 1,001 respondents, including 589 likely voters. The credibility interval is plus or minus 4.9 percentage points among likely voters.Robinson’s lack of support comes after a CNN report revealed he made disturbing posts on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago. Robinson, who was endorsed by Trump, has railed against the report and denied CNN’s reporting. The Harris campaign has capitalized on CNN’s report, releasing an ad last week featuring Robinson’s ties to Trump. Virtually every message that Harris’ campaign delivered to North Carolina voters this week featured Robinson, who has been abandoned by many Republican officials — and his own staff— in the wake of a CNN report that detailed explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website. The Republican Governors Association stopped running ads on his behalf this week, and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who serves on the RGA’s executive committee, told the National Review on Wednesday that he would no longer be supporting Robinson.Still, Trump has refused so far to rescind his endorsement. That’s even as Robinson, a regular presence during Trump’s recent North Carolina appearances, has become he-who-must-not-be-named at recent events.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Stories by Lauren SforzaLiz Cheney shames Trump for his ‘devotion to Putin’Trump’s favorite pollster trolls him with a loaded questionVoters elected Trump to fix the economy: New polling reveals what they thinkOur journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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Polls are just driving me crazy at the moment.