Former President Barack Obama will quickly start campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris. He’s set to embark on a blitz throughout the battleground states, with a number of occasions within the final month earlier than Election Day.
The previous president will kick off his marketing campaign efforts subsequent Thursday, Oct. 10, within the Pittsburgh space. It is unclear if Harris will seem with him.
Obama has been a staunch supporter of Harris since she joined the highest of the Democratic ticket, formally endorsing her simply days after President Biden exited the race. Obama vowed to do something he may to assist Harris defeat former President Donald Trump.
“Kamala Harris will not be targeted on her issues, she’ll be targeted on yours,” Obama stated in an tackle on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago in August. “A president, she will not simply cater to her personal supporters and punish those that refuse to kiss the ring or bend the knee. She’ll work on behalf of each American. That is who Kamala is.”
Harris and Obama have but to seem collectively this cycle, and whereas it isn’t but recognized if they are going to earlier than Election Day, their relationship stems again to when the previous president was in search of a Senate seat in Illinois. Harris additionally campaigned for Obama throughout his 2008 presidential run.
Obama’s first marketing campaign occasion will happen in one of the contested battleground states. In 2020, President Biden gained the Keystone state by lower than 81,000 votes, flipping a state that Trump gained in 2020.
Harris herself has visited Pennsylvania greater than 13 occasions in 2024, and 7 occasions since launching her presidential bid. Surrogates like her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, have additionally campaigned in Pennsylvania.
The newest CBS Information polling exhibits the presidential race stays a good contest, with Harris up 4 factors nationally over Trump, 52% to 48% amongst seemingly voters, and with a slight fringe of 51% to 49% within the battleground states.