CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump will return to the Charlotte area on Wednesday for a campaign event in Mint Hill, his campaign announced on Monday.
Trump's visit will come two days after his vice presidential running mate JD Vance's campaign stop in Charlotte. Vance is scheduled to speak at two events in Charlotte on Monday.
Trump is scheduled to speak at the Mosack Group on Allen Station Drive at 1 p.m. Doors open for the event at 10 a.m. Click here for ticket information.
Trump was most recently in North Carolina for a campaign rally in Wilmington last weekend. Trump also held a campaign rally in Charlotte earlier this summer. He and Vice President Kamala Harris have each held rallies across North Carolina as both campaigns spend considerable time and money rallying voters in the Tar Heel State.
Scott Huffmon, a political science professor at Winthrop University, said voters should get used to seeing candidates in North Carolina right up until Election Day.
"North Carolina is absolutely going to be a critical state for the 2024 presidential election," he said.
North Carolina, which used to lean Republican is now more purple. Even still, Democrats running for president have only won North Carolina once since 1980, when Barack Obama carried the state in 2008. Huffmon says rapidly changing demographics have put North Carolina in play compared to past elections.
A recent Siena College Research Institute Poll shows Harris and Trump are neck-and-neck. Because the numbers are so close, Huffmon said we can't rely solely on polling data.
"It doesn't tell you a whole lot, especially if one candidate seems to be one point ahead or two points ahead because that's within the margin of error," he explained. "A 2- to even 3-point difference between candidates in a single poll means that they are statistically tied. What you need to look for is a trend."