Barack Obama: “None of the bills that have been voted on in Congress and none of the proposals coming out of the White House propose…”

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.

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.