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Republican Mark Robinson鈥檚 campaign for governor in North Carolina has been put in doubt after CNN published a report claiming he posted racist and explicit messages on a pornography website鈥檚 message board more than a decade ago.

Does the scandal present a risk to Donald Trump of losing the crucial state in November?

Plus, we answer your questions on the electoral college voting system.

And, with October just around the corner, Anthony and Miles speculate on what could emerge as this election鈥檚 鈥極ctober Surprise鈥欌��

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* Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
* Miles Taylor, former chief of staff at the Department for 麻豆约拍land Security

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