Two states will elect new governors in November, and former President Barack Obama will campaign for the Democrats in both races:
Obama will first drop in on campaign workers in Newark, New Jersey, for a private “canvass kickoff” for Democratic candidate Phil Murphy, who is running against Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. The former president will then head to Richmond, Virginia, to rally support for Democrat Ralph Northam in his campaign against Republican Ed Gillespie. [...]
Obama’s popularity is still undeniable. In an August NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 51 percent of Americans said they have a favorable opinion of Obama, while 35 percent had a negative opinion. In the same poll, 36 percent said they had a positive opinion of Trump and 52 percent had a negative opinion.
In Richmond, thousands of people lined up on Tuesday to get tickets to Obama’s rally.
We can’t know how many rally attendees will close their eyes and pretend he’s still living in the White House, but probably a lot of them. What’s important, though, is that people who have a favorable opinion of Obama and an unfavorable opinion of Trump turn out and vote on November 7, 2017, and again on November 6, 2018.
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