The final polls of the 2016 election cycle show that every race at the top of the ballot in North Carolina is too close to call.

With Election Day on Tuesday, voters in North Carolina may very well be choosing who the next President of the United States is and which party controls the US Senate. That is in addition to making a selection in one of the most expensive and contentious gubernatorial races in the country.

And with less than 24 hours until polls open on Election Day, there is no clear leader in any of those races.

Quinnipiac University released its final survey of likely North Carolina voters on Monday morning with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by two points at 47/45, which is within the poll’s margin of error. Meanwhile, the final poll from the New York Times Upshot and Siena College shows a dead heat with Clinton and Trump both receiving support from 44 percent of respondents.

The NYT summarizes the importance of North Carolina in the presidential election by saying that Trump “has few credible paths to the presidency without North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes.”

Down the ballot, it is an equally tight race for the United States Senate seat up for election. Republican incumbent Richard Burr holds a one-point lead over Democratic challenger Deborah Ross at 46/45, according to the NYT/Siena survey. The Quinnipiac poll shows the race tied at 47 percent.

At the state level, the race for governor has been watched by many eyes across the nation after North Carolina has been in the spotlight throughout 2016 following the passage of House Bill 2 in March. The law requires transgender individuals to use the restroom in government-owned buildings that matches their birth certificate rather than their gender identity. The law also prohibited municipalities from raising the minimum wage or passing discrimination protections that went beyond the state law.

Republican incumbent Governor Pat McCrory trails Democratic challenger Attorney General Roy Cooper in both surveys, but Cooper’s lead is within the margin of error in each poll. Quinnipiac puts Cooper up three points at 50/47, while the NYT/Siena survey has Cooper up 47/46.

The races have been tightening in recent surveys. Some analysts have attributed McCrory’s recovery in the surveys to his handling of the aftermath of flooding from Hurricane Matthew.

The Democratic candidates will likely enter Election Day with a large lead, based on the survey responses from those who said they had already voted and the record-setting turnout across North Carolina during early voting, but it is unclear whether Democrats have built a buffer to hold off a Republican comeback on Election Day.

Polls are open across North Carolina from 6:30 in the morning until 7:30 Tuesday night for Election Day.

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