Obama adds NC stop to final-week blitz for Clinton

President Obama is adding a stop in North Carolina during his final-week blitz for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign announced Monday.

{mosads}Obama will headline rallies in Fayetteville and Charlotte on Friday, four days before voters head to the polls on Nov. 8. He’ll also urge Tar Heel State residents to cast early ballots ahead of the Saturday state deadline.

Polls show a tight race in North Carolina, where Clinton is leading Republican nominee Donald Trump by 3 percentage points, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.

Clinton is relying on the president to help her win in North Carolina. Obama is aiming his pitch at young people and African-Americans, who were crucial to his victory in the state in 2008.

Obama is spending two days in the campaign’s final week in North Carolina stumping for Clinton. On Wednesday, he’s headlining a get-out-the-vote event on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

It’s part of Obama’s aggressive push to ensure Clinton succeeds him in the White House. He is spending four days on the road this week stumping for his former secretary of State. In addition to his North Carolina stops, he’s campaigning for her in Ohio and Florida.