Barack Won’t Be the Only Obama Campaigning for Kamala Harris in Michigan This Month

In the home stretch of the campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris will join the former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama on the trail for major get-out-the-vote events in battleground states Georgia and Michigan. This will be the first time that Democratic presidential nominee Harris has hit the trail with either President Barack Obama or Michelle Obama in the campaign, and Michelle Obama’s first time on the trail for the Harris-Walz campaign. Campaign advisers see these major joint events as massive opportunities to harness voter enthusiasm to get out the vote before Election Day. Oct. 26 is the first day of early voting statewide in Michigan, and Michelle Obama and Vice President Harris will seek to mobilize voters to cast their ballots as soon as that day. A Georgia visit will happen two days earlier on Oct. 24 with Barack Obama and Harris. Early voting has also begun in Georgia, and President Obama and Harris will encourage supporters to go vote. Barack Obama will also be in Michigan on Oct. 22 independently campaigning for Harris. These major surrogate rallies also serve to capture grassroots enthusiasm and turn it into significant volunteer engagement to turn out the vote. For...