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Tori Taylor, a Charlotte resident and president of the College Democrats of America writes for Huffington Post: "Young Americans sent a powerful message on November 6: do not underestimate us."

"We are constantly told that our generation is the future of our country, but this statement suggests that our voice does not matter now," she continued. "It puts our interests and needs on a shelf to be dealt with at a later date. We should come back in a few years, when we can really make a difference. The parties will listen then. This is where the Republicans went wrong, and it may cost them an entire generation of voters." Read her full op-ed here.

The 2012 Election will answer many questions about North Carolina politics. Does Pat McCrory have coattails? Just how red with the state's congressional delegation get? Will the "banjo ad" work?

Read below about seven burning questions for Tuesday below from the Observer's Tim Funk.

North Carolina’s early voting period began Thursday morning with solid crowds hitting the polls on the first day. About 350 sites across the state feature early voting until Nov. 3.

Among those who arrived to vote early was a group from Obama for America, which marched from the organization’s Charlotte headquarters on East Ninth Street to vote early. At mid-morning, dozens of people were still waiting in line outside the building.

A Democratic panel of women in Raleigh blasted Republicans gathered in Florida for "taking our country back in time."

Those words from state Rep. Deborah Ross defined an event Tuesday in which Democratic women said Republicans were pointed in the wrong direction on everything from healthcare to pay equity.

Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell, elected in 2010 as the first woman Democrat from her state, urged the women in the crowd to get active this year. "The 2008 election was historic," she said. "But the 2012 election is imperative."

Mitt Romney's campaign says it is airing a second TV ad in North Carolina this week, trying to counter President Barack Obama's attacks.

The 30-second commercial means three anti-Obama ads are airing at once, another sign of the state's battleground status. Romney's campaign debuted an ad Thursday to counter an Obama spot and Crossroads GPS, a conservative Super PAC, is also on TV.

President Barack Obama is appealing to women voters in his latest television ad airing in North Carolina.

The 30-second spot (dubbed "Troubled") hits Republican rival Mitt Romney for opposing Roe vs. Wade and funding for Planned Parenthood.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry told N.C. Republicans "you have America's future in your hands." Citing President Barack Obama's 14,000-vote edge in 2008, Perry called North Carolina the epicenter of the 2012 contest. And earlier Perry told reporters the state is "the pivotal state." 

Perry spoke for less than 10 minutes and hit the Republican highlights, blasting the Obama administration for everything from the "fast and furious" controversy and its fight against voter ID.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing Clay Aiken is the first "American Idol" contestant to appear as a guest on CBS's "Face the Nation." Clay, who is also a finalist on the current season of "The Celebrity Apprentice," was in-studio this morning on the Sunday morning news issues program to discuss gay marriage and the passing of North Carolina's constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

Host Bob Schieffer identified Clay as "American Idol singer and activist," and his first question to Clay was if he believed President Obama's recent statement supporting gay marriage "pretty much ensures" that he's going to lose North Carolina in the presidential election.

"I don't agree that it seals it up for him," Clay responded. "I think as people in North Carolina start to look at this amendment and realize what it's doing not just for same-sex couples but for straight couples as well, they're going to reject it."

President Barack Obama will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday as part of a nationwide tour to promote lower interest rates on student loans, the White House announced Friday.

He will also appear on a special broadcast of NBC’s Jimmy Fallon show taped on the campus featuring the musician Dave Matthews.

The Chapel Hill campus is the first of three universities on the tour designed to pressure Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling this summer. More than 7.4 million students hold loans with 3.4 percent interest. The White House believes there is still time for Congress to prevent the increase from taking effect July 1.

A new television advertisement takes aim at President Barack Obama's ties to big bankers, suggesting it contradicts his anti-Wall Street statements.

An independent Republican group called American Future Fund is airing the ads in nine swing states, according to Politico, to the tune of $4 million. North Carolina is one of the states, though its unclear where the ad is appearing and how often it will air in the state.