President Barack Obama will visit Capital University for a “Get Out the Early Vote” event on Tuesday, Nov. 1, in the Capital Center Field House. Doors open at 2:30 p.m., and he is set to speak at 5:30 p.m. Capital’s Big Band will perform prior to the speech.
The president’s visit was organized through Hillary for America and is part of his larger effort to campaign for the Democratic nominee. Since the beginning of the month, he has made at least one appearance a week on behalf of Clinton. He recently campaigned for her in Nevada and California.
On Wednesday, Obama will head to North Carolina for a similar event in Raleigh, and on Thursday, he will campaign for Clinton in Miami and Jacksonville, Florida.
While the final stretch through battleground states may seem typical of presidential campaigns, it may also hint at some worries in the Clinton camp.
Secretary Clinton and Donald Trump are neck-and-neck in Ohio, with no poll having either candidate ahead by more than two points. In 2012, Obama carried the state with 2,827,710 votes to Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s 2,661,433. Both Obama and Romney visited Capital during the 2012 election.
On Tuesday, the president will likely speak to the concerns of Ohioans, millennial issues and the virtues of early voting, a process which Democrats typically dominate.
The rigor with which Obama has been campaigning for Clinton and other democratic candidates in this election is historic. According to NPR, he is the first sitting president in nearly a century to campaign strongly for his chosen successor. He is likely to continue his efforts right up to election day.
Parking for the event will be limited, and sections of Main Street, Pleasant Avenue and Mound Street will be closed. Attendees will enter through a security checkpoint at the Capital Center’s main doors. Traffic will likely be affected until after 8 p.m.
