Michelle Obama doing her first public campaign event of this US election.
Former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama gestures during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024.Michelle Obama, in her first public campaign event of this US election, will join Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Michigan on Saturday, while Republican candidate Donald Trump holds his own rally in the battleground state.
In Michigan, Harris and Trump are battling for voters that include a large Arab American and Muslim population concerned about Israel’s war in Gaza, and union workers worried about how electric vehicles could reshape the US auto industry, which is headquartered in Detroit, the state’s largest city. Harris is leading Trump nationally by a marginal 46% to 43%, a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. In Michigan, Harris leads by even less – 47.6% to 47.1%, according to opinion poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight.
So far, 19.5% of registered voters in Michigan, or nearly 1.42 million people, have voted, Michigan’s State Department said on Friday. Only 10 900 were in-person early votes, while the rest were returned absentee ballots.Michelle Obama, the popular wife of former President Barack Obama, is the latest example of the Democrats leaning on star power in the final days of the election cycle.
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