North Carolina was another battleground state the Obama campaign targeted aggressively. That was a state where 56 percent of the population voted for President George W. Bush in 2004. The Takeaway checks in with Rob Christensen of the Raleigh News and Observer, who can also talk about the radical changes that happened in this state's Senate race.

Rob Christensen, reporter for Raleigh News and Observer, checks in from Cary, North Carolina, and Dan Moulthrop, host of WCPN's "Sound Ideas," report about the fierce competition for the voters in swing state Ohio.