“Don’t take it for granted,” he said. “Complacency is the only thing keeping it from being a happy day on November 5th.”

He even mildly scolded the audience for not raising enough hands when asked who voted early. He said he wants Republicans to “end up with a mandate” on Nov. 5 — something that’s especially relevant in his race, where he hasn’t topped 50 percent in the polls.

Inside the Democratic rally at the Frederick Douglass Family Center, volunteers abound with clipboards containing large QR codes that lead to volunteer signups. One volunteer even went from person to person in a crowd of at least 100.

This was a rally in the traditional sense, with cheers and applause after most sentences and loud music between each speaker. Like the Republicans, they painted their competition as extreme and themselves as the holders of common sense. And they urged those in attendance to find people in their lives who could stand on the sidelines and get them to vote.