Former President Bill Clinton urged Democrats to get out the vote at a rally Wednesday in Flint.
As The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Jake Neher reports, he’s just the latest political heavyweight to try to fire up Michigan voters ahead of the November election.
Democrats and Republicans are counting on their parties’ bases to turn out big in the midterm election. They hope political celebrities like Bill Clinton will give them a boost in that department.
“We don’t win these races and we get this gridlock because too many people don’t vote at midterm,” he says.
Clinton’s wife and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a visit in Rochester last week. Republicans have brought in their own possible 2016 presidential contenders such as Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, and Mitt Romney.
President Barack Obama will make a campaign stop for Democrats in the final week before the election.