DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Two presidents, one goal: turn star power into votes.

President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama campaigned in Michigan over the weekend, hoping to rev up their respective parties’ bases and send more voters to the polls.

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Trump spoke in Port Huron on Sunday, backing Republican gubernatorial candidate John James and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers. His appearance marked the first visit to the city by a sitting president.

On Saturday, Obama rallied Democrats in Detroit for gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson and U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

While neither Trump nor Obama is on the Nov. 3 ballot, both are using their clout to help elect candidates who are.

“So I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot,” Trump told the crowd.

Later in his remarks, he urged, “You must get out and vote and you have to vote Republican.”

Meanwhile, Obama shared the stage with a former critic. After Obama’s reelection in 2012, El-Sayed wrote an essay arguing that the president had failed to deliver the “hope and change” central to his campaign.

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“This leader has perpetuated war, violated our civil liberties, deported more people from our shores than any other president before him,” El-Sayed wrote.

Earlier this month, El-Sayed attributed those past criticisms to being younger and angry, saying he had since gained an appreciation for how difficult change can be.

Obama acknowledged their disagreements Saturday while urging voters to support the Democratic ticket.

“It starts with you electing Jocelyn Benson governor. It starts with you sending Abdul El-Sayed to the United States Senate,” Obama said.

With early in-person voting underway across Michigan, the question now is whether the weekend’s rally enthusiasm will translate into votes.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.