US Presidential election: Obama campaigns for Clinton in key state of Michigan

Barack Obama Washington US President Barack Obama on Monday said at one of his last campaign rallies in the key state of Michigan that the people who supported him in the 2008 and 2012 elections need to trust him again and go vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonObama who won the state in both his presidential election campaigns directed his remarks to young people African Americans and automobile workers three groups that the Clinton campaign needs to mobilise to be able to triumph in Tuesdays election over her Republican rival Donald Trump EFE news reportedMichigan whatever credibility Ive earned after eight years as President I am asking you to trust me on this one I already voted I voted for Hillary Clinton Because I am absolutely confident that when she is President this country will be in good hands Obama told an enthusiastic crowd in Ann ArborClinton was also scheduled to campaign on Monday in Michigan a traditionally Democratic state that her campaign team felt certain it would win until the polls began tightening recently although the former Secretary of State still maintains a 5point advantage over TrumpObamas visit shows the importance that the Democratic campaign assigns to its 16 electoral votes and its concerns that a significant portion of white working class voters could cast their ballots for TrumpThe President called upon voters not to be bamboozled adding that in his 70 years on Earth Trump has never shown any regard for working folks I dont think he knows working people except for the folks who clean up in his hotels and the folks who mow the fairway on his golf course He didnt care about working people then he wont now if he becomes PresidentObama said he was feeling a little sentimental because this is the last time he would be out campaigning for anyone for some time and he recalled his famous slogan Yes we canAmerica is not about what one person can do for you I didnt say Yes I can I said Yes we can I told you I wasnt a perfect man wouldnt be a perfect President but I said I will work alongside you he said emphasising that Trump had always been a selfserving and selfcentred businessmanThe President is also scheduled to campaign in New Hampshire on Monday later travelling on to Philadelphia where he will appear with First Lady Michelle Obama Clinton and her husband former President Bill Clinton her daughter Chelsea Clinton along with singers Bruce Springsteen and Bon JoviMeanwhile Clinton made her first campaign stop of the day in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania a key state that does not have early voting where she asked people attending her rally to vote thinking about their future