On Thursday evening, Obama hit the campaign trail in the highly contested battleground state of Pennsylvania to headline a rally for the Democratic Harris-Walz ticket. Obama secured the state during both of his terms, and Trump narrowly won it in 2016. The state flipped to President Joe Biden in 2020.

Vice President Kamala Harris is dispatching top surrogates to address growing concerns that her lagging appeal to male voters – and outright misogyny – has put a ceiling on her electoral performance.