Obama, Springsteen and Perry help Democrats shore up Georgia votes

Trump has gained some ground with black voters, who will play a big role in this crucial swing state.

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“You need to remind folks who were still on the side lines the election is about more than policies, it’s about values and it is about caring,” Obama told the crowd.

Obama was preceded by actor Samuel L Jackson, director Spike Lee, and director and actor Tyler Perry, as well as Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock and rocker Bruce Springsteen.

Opinion polling shows that while Democrats are still expected to win large majorities of black voters, Harris has lost some ground with the demographic.

Some 70% of black men said they were backing Harris in this election, compared to 85% who backed her predecessor Joe Biden in the 2020 election, an October New York Times/Siena College poll suggested.

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