Biden leans on young voters to flip North Carolina [Video]

North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton, 26, is the youngest state party chair in the country — and she’s taken on the job of campaigning for the oldest presidential candidate in history in a state that hasn’t been won by a Democrat since 2008.

“It’s going to be a fight,” Clayton said. “I don’t think, right now, anybody actually knows what is going to happen in November.”

Clayton, who often passes for a college student when she’s out canvassing, thinks that her youth has been an advantage in trying to register students at Appalachian State University, her alma mater. 

“[Students] respond best when they have someone that looks like them, talking to them about the issues that are important to them, too,” Clayton said.

North Carolina becomes a battleground

Though Donald Trump won North Carolina twice, 2020 was his narrowest victory in any state. He beat Joe Biden by 1.4 points, or around 75,000 …