Watch Live Replay: President Obama Stumps for Hillary Clinton in Ann Arbor, Michigan

ANN ARBOR, MI — President Obama will campaign for Hillary Clinton in a get-out-the-vote rally at the University of Michigan Monday. Both Clinton and her Republican rival, New York businessman, casino owner and reality television star Donald Trump, are focusing on Michigan in a pre-Election Day sprint.

The rally at Ray L. Fisher Stadium (U-M baseball stadium), 1114 S. State St. in Ann Arbor, takes place from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Obama is expected to arrive around 11 a.m. For free tickets, go here.

Obama has been blitzing swing states like Michigan in what may be a scavenger hunt for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Michigan has 16 of them, and the race has tightened in what had been considered safe territory for Clinton. Obama won the state in 2012 and 2008, as every Democratic presidential nominee has since Bill Clinton carried the state in 1992.

The Clinton campaign is counting on Obama’s week-long barnstorming tour — it is unparalleled in modern history for an outgoing president to be the central surrogate for the party’s nominee — to bring more votes to its column, ABC News reported.

With a 58 percent approval rating, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, he’s as popular now as he was in the early days of his presidency, and the Clinton campaign is banking on that bringing in votes.

“There’s a reason that Secretary Clinton’s team has asked President Obama to maintain such an aggressive travel schedule,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told ABC News. “They believe that he is a particularly effective messenger in making the case for Secretary Clinton to the American people.”

For Obama, the final campaign blitz of his presidency is also a chance to secure his legacy. In an interview with American radio host Tom Joyner, Obama said everything his administration has accomplished “is dependent on me being able to pass the baton to someone who believes in the same things I believe in.”

“So if you really care about my presidency and what we’ve accomplished, then you are going to go and vote,” he said.

The former secretary of state, senator and first lady still has a 5-point lead over Trump in Michigan, 47.7 percent to 42.7 percent, according to a Real Clear Politics polling average. In early October, some polls showed her with an 11 percent advantage over likely Michigan voters.

Nationally, the race remains a toss-up. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday showed Clinton leading Trump, 44 percent to 40 percent, in a four-way race that includes Libertarian Gary Johnson (6 percent) and the Green Party’s Jill Stein (2 percent). In October, Clinton had an 11-point lead in that poll.

Candidate Schedules

Clinton campaigned in Detroit Friday and on Monday will be in the Grand Rapids area at the Michigan Democratic Party get-out-the-vote rally at Grand Valley State University in Allendale. For free tickets, go here. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, campaigned in Lansing Sunday.

Trump and his campaign are also barnstorming the state. Trump planned to be in Michigan Sunday, and he and running mate Mike Pence planned to wrap up the campaign in Michigan Monday at a late-night rally in Grand Rapids. The 11 p.m. Eastern Time rally will be held at DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Ave. NW. Pence will fly into Traverse City Monday for a 1 p.m. Eastern Time rally at AvFlight Traverse City, 1220 Airport Access Road. Tickets are available on Trump’s website.

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