Barack Obama Joins Kamala Harris' Campaign

Former President Barack Obama has said he wants to do everything he can to ensure Kamala Harris is elected the next president of the United States.

Source: epa

As Harris' campaign team announced, Obama will make his first appearance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania next Thursday, and will hold more rallies in the coming weeks, especially in hotly contested states.

The states send a total of 538 electors to the Electoral College. To win the election, a candidate must have at least 270 voters. Besides Pennsylvania, which sends 19 electors, six other states are also paying attention: Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.

In a speech at the party convention in Chicago, Obama hailed the 59-year-old vice president as his political successor. His newly coined slogan was “Yes, she can!” (Literally: “Yes, she can do it!”) chants were repeated by the crowd in the hall. Obama's euphoric “Yes, we can!” during the 2008 election campaign. This slogan is a variant of his claim.

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