President Obama Sets Florida Rally to Support Hillary Clinton

ORLANDO, FL — Florida residents who would like to see President Barack Obama in person before he leaves office early next year will get their chance later this week. Obama has announced a Friday rally on behalf of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

Obama’s Oct. 28 Clinton campaign event takes place at the University of Central Florida’s CFE Arena. Doors to the event open at 3 p.m. with the rally set to begin at 5 p.m. at the 12777 Gemini Blvd. N. venue.

Obama is expected to encourage attendees to take advantage of early voting. The pre-Election Day early voting window opened in most Florida counties on Monday, Oct. 24. In addition to encouraging people to get out and vote, Obama will also discuss Clinton’s plans for the economy, her campaign wrote in a media release.

As Nov. 8 draws closer, Clinton and her allies have been on a flurry of visits to Florida. The battleground state’s 29 electoral votes remain hotly contested, but Clinton does have a lead in most recent polls over Republican Donald Trump.

As of Tuesday, Clinton was up by 3.8 percentage points in Florida, according to RealClear Politics. Her lead in the website’s national polling average had dropped one percentage point from Monday to 5.1 points on Tuesday.

Clinton is also campaigning personally in the Sunshine State this week. She staged a Tuesday rally in Coconut Creek and is scheduled to appear at Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park on Wednesday.

Tickets for Obama’s Orlando rally are available on the Clinton campaign website.

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