Obama, who gives way to Dems in Ohio, says "the stakes are higher" in this election

Former President Barack Obama said Thursday night that "the threat to our democracy does not come from a single person in the White House," when he won elections against local Democrats in a gathering in Ohio.

The 44th president, addressing a crowd in a gym, said that in the current political climate, "the stakes are more important" and he stressed that "the consequences of the presence of a d & # 39; Between us are much more dangerous ".

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In campaigning for the governor candidate Richard Cordray, Obama has labeled the candidate "friend" and "one of the first to have approved my candidacy for the presidency".

Obama has not feared current political events. He said Democratic voters had "parade" and "mobilized" and "voted to make history", but even when the party won seats, "there was a step backwards".

Obama, a former senator from Illinois, then spoke of the Republican Party, claiming that even those who won "do not seem happy".

"You could think that the Republicans – they won the presidency, they won the House, they won the Senate – they are still crazy, which is interesting," he said.

Obama said what the country sees is not "conservative," saying to the jubilant crowd, "None of this is normal, what we see." It's radical . "

His appearance Thursday is one of those he has made across the country, aimed at strengthening the efforts of Democrats to win seats in national elections and in the House of Representatives.

On Saturday, Obama told Southern California that the mid-term elections gave Americans "a chance to restore some reason in our politics," and told the crowd: "

The Republican Governor John Kasich, elected in 2014, is limited in time and the Democrats hope to regain control of the office. Dems are out of power at all levels of the Ohio government.

Cordray – appointed by Obama as the first director of the Office of Consumer Financial Protection -, held this position from 2012 to 2017 – face Republic Attorney General Mike DeWine in one of the governors competitions the most watched of the season.

Associated Press contributed to this report.