And that’s part of what is powering what people familiar with Obama’s plans told CNN will be the most active closing weeks of an election the former president’s had since his own last campaign. More rallies are coming every week.

Former President Barack Obama held a get-out-the-vote rally for Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party tried to harness the enthusiasm for one of its biggest stars.

Former President Barack Obama will be in Las Vegas on Oct. 19 to rally voters to vote for the Harris/Walz ticket and other Democrats on the ballot, ahead of the upcoming early voting period.

A recent poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 7 in 10 Black voters had a favorable view of Harris and preferred her leadership to that of Trump on several major policy issues including the economy, health care, abortion, immigration and the war between Israel and Hamas.

The former president’s remarks that some Black men are not “feeling the idea” of a female president were blunt and urgent, but also potentially alienating for a vital group of Democratic voters.

Former President Obama wants to ward off GOP efforts to make inroads with disillusioned Black male voters. But his approach is raising some eyebrows.