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Former first lady Michelle Obama is hitting the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris — finally — after early voting began days ago in several states and with less than three weeks before election day.
Obama previously said she had no plans to stump for Harris, but apparently, she’s changed her mind and “will headline a rally in Atlanta alongside Hollywood elitists such as Jennifer Lopez, Tom Hanks, and Kerry Washington,” Townhall.com reported.
Professional basketball players, including Stephen Curry and Chris Paul, are also expected to attend. The Associated Press reported that she would focus on encouraging voters of color and first-time voters to participate in the November 5 election, the report continued.
As polls increasingly indicate a positive shift in favor of former President Donald Trump, the Harris campaign appears to be entering panic mode. The vice president’s last-minute efforts to campaign alongside prominent figures suggest she is concerned about a repeat of the 2016 election, where Trump won decisively against twice-failed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
“The rally is likely to help the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, in a closely contested state. Obama is one of the party’s best-known figures and gave a speech boosting Harris’ candidacy at the national convention in August,” the AP reported.
Townhall.com noted further:
Obama has been quietly working behind the scenes to boost voter turnout in battleground states but has yet to campaign for Harris publicly. NBC News pointed to Obama’s concerns following the two attempted assassination incidents against Trump.
During the Democratic National Convention in August, Obama urged her party members not to expect a win automatically and instead called on them to “Do something!” In 2016, Democrats were sure Clinton had the win in the bag and took a backseat to campaigning as the election grew closer. They also pulled out all the stops, including fireworks and a grand venue for a post-election celebration. However, to their surprise, Trump defeated Clinton greatly, humiliating the left.
According to sources, by the time polls close on Election Day, Obama “Will have made her voice heard.”
Polls indicate that Harris is struggling among men, black voters, and Hispanic voters, while Trump has improved his standing compared to the 2016 and 2020 elections. A Marquette University poll revealed that Trump and Harris are separated by just one point nationally. Although Harris has maintained a 47 percent favorability rating among voters since July, her unfavorability rating has risen by two percentage points to 52 percent, Townhall.com added.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, got another round of good news on Tuesday in the form of a stunning new survey showing him surging ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state of North Carolina.
The survey, which collected responses from 1,042 likely voters, revealed that 51 percent of North Carolinians intend to support Trump in the 2024 presidential race, while 46 percent favor Harris.
Rasmussen Reports and American Thinker, a conservative online magazine, conducted the poll between October 9 and October 14.
The survey indicates that Trump holds one of his largest leads in the Tar Heel State, just three weeks ahead of Election Day. North Carolina has the potential to become a tipping-point state in November, and overall polling has shown that the contest between Harris and Trump is one of the closest battles this election season.
According to the Rasmussen poll, voters identified the economy as the top issue influencing their choice for the Oval Office. The second most crucial issue was abortion, then border security.
When asked which issue is “the most important one for the next president to solve” among four options—abortion rights, illegal immigration, rising prices, and protecting our democracy—voters in the survey released Tuesday chose immigration as their primary concern (29 percent), followed by rising prices (24 percent), protecting democracy (23 percent), and abortion rights (22 percent), Newsweek reported, citing the data.
