Barack Obama: “I don't think it's accurate to say race relations have gotten worse.”

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

This race is going to be close. It could determine which party controls the Senate and whether Ohioans can count on the people in Washington to be fighting for you.

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.