
AI-generated summary
The Democratic Party is aiming for victory in the midterm elections by relying on former President Obama's popularity. Obama's popularity and appeals to voters are being used as a countermeasure against President Trump's fervent MAGA supporters.
[Washington Current Affairs] In the run-up to the US midterm elections in November, the opposition Democratic Party is pinning its hopes on former President Obama's ability to gather votes. While the ruling Republican Party is working hard to cultivate President Trump's enthusiastic MAGA supporters, the Democratic Party is hoping to rely on Obama's name recognition and popularity to increase voters' motivation to vote and lead to victory in battleground districts.
"The heroes of the civil rights movement marched and even died to win the right to vote. We want you to exercise that right." Mr. Obama said this in a video on the 8th calling for support for Mr. Ossoff, the incumbent Democratic Party running for Senate in the southern state of Georgia, urging people to vote.
He has also expressed support for former state senator Jackson and others in the eastern state of Maine, a battleground state in the Senate race. According to US media, he recorded more than 20 videos supporting candidates in the Senate and gubernatorial races. He plans to start campaigning in the future, and is scheduled to give a speech in support of Senate candidate El-Sayed in the midwestern state of Michigan on the 24th.
Although it has been nearly 10 years since he left office, Mr. Obama's popularity remains strong. According to a poll released this summer by CNN Television, 57% of the public had a favorable impression of Mr. Obama. In a September survey conducted by NBC Television, 43% of people said they were ``likely to support'' the candidate that Mr. Obama had announced his support for. For Trump, it was only 30%.
The fact that the Democratic Party still relies on Mr. Obama is a reflection of the current situation in which there is no next-generation leader who can be seen by the masses as they look ahead to the 2028 presidential election. Within the party, there is a deepening conflict between centrists and radical leftists, and there is no clear direction other than to be anti-Trump to regain the support of voters.
Still, with Trump's slumping approval ratings, there is a growing expectation that Democrats will regain the majority in the House of Representatives. According to CBS Television, at a fundraising rally on the 7th, Obama emphasized that democracy is under threat if the Trump administration is not stopped. ``This is a chance for us,'' he said, expressing his desire to take back the Senate.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Democrats regain House majority
Likely · Within weeks
Obama gives speech to support Senate candidate El-Sayed in Michigan
Very likely · Within days

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