One-time Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders urged a crowd in Kalamazoo to vote for his former rival for the Democratic nomination next week. Sanders spoke at a get out the vote rally Wednesday on the Western Michigan University campus for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Sanders told the audience that the work of transforming the county has to continue after next week’s election.
"In America today while the middle class shrinks, while 43-million people live in poverty, some in extreme poverty, the wealthiest people and the largest corporations have never had it so good."
Sanders who won Michigan’s Democratic Presidential primary in March, told the audience that too much news coverage this election cycle has focused on the candidates’ personalities.
“What our job is to understand, in the deeper sense. That democracy and this election. It’s not about Hillary Clinton and it is not about Donald Trump. It’s about you and your kids and your parents. It is about the American people.”
Sanders says on issues like climate change, college affordability and campaign finance reform, Clinton’s position is superior to Trump’s.
Sanders’ visit is part of a flurry of campaign activity in Michigan leading up to Tuesday’s election. Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence is scheduled to be in Portage Thursday. Hillary Clinton will appear at a get out the vote rally Friday in Detroit.
The election prediction website FiveThirtyEight, gives Clinton a 79% chance of winning Michigan. The Real Clear Politics average of recent polls shows Clinton with a 5.7% lead over Trump in Michigan.
