Barack Obama has returned to the podium to rally voters in California.

Speaking at a political rally in Anaheim, the former president shared the story of how he was kicked out of Disneyland for smoking in the theme park with his friends.

As he recalled smoking on a park gondola the crowd erupted with applause, leading Obama to shake his finger and give a sly grin to the audience saying: 'No no no, cigarettes people.'

'This is a true story everybody, I was booted from the Magic Kingdom!' he said to the laughing crowd, adding his entourage was escorted out by two officers.

Barack Obama spoke at a political rally in Anaheim on Saturday to urge voters to take back the House in California

In his speech he recalled the time he was kicked out of Disneyland for smoking with his friends at the theme park

He shook his finger at the crowd and assured with a laugh that it was just 'cigarettes' that he got in trouble for

After sharing his little anecdote he focused his speech on fear versus hope citing the slogan Take It Back, rallying voters to take back the House in California.

He made his poignant speech in Anaheim, Orange County, which is a Republican stronghold in the West Coast state, ahead of midterm elections.

'Today what I really want to do is highlight the extraordinary collection of candidates who have decided to step up and bring out the best in our country,' he said highlighting the Democratic candidates.

He spent time talking about each candidate: Josh Harder, TJ Cox, Katie Hill, Gil Cisneros, Katie Porter, Harley Rouda and Mike Levin.

He added: 'This is a government for and by the people' and talked about the cycle of anger sweeping Washington.

'The only way we reverse that cycle of anger and division is when each of us citizens step up and say we’re going to take it upon ourselves to do things different,' he said.

He focused his speech on fear versus hope in a speech with the slogan Take It Back, rallying voters to take back the House from California

In his speech he recalled the time he was kicked out of Disneyland for smoking with his friends at the theme park

He highlighted the Democratic congressional candidates running in California including TJ Cos, far left, Gil Cisneros, second left, Katie Porter, third right, Harley Rouda, second right, and Mike Levin, far right

The crowds cheered and tried to shake hands with the former president as he rallied for California's Democratic candidates in Anaheim, California

He was bombarded by fans snapping pictures and holding 'TakeItBack' signs at the rally on Saturday

'We’re going to fight for the things that we believe in. We’re going to fight for the idea that every child in America should get decent education. We’re going to fight for the idea that anybody out there who's going to work hard will get the living wage. We’re going to work hard to the idea that women should be the paid the same as men for doing the same work,' he added.

His speech was positive and focused on Democrats today, appealing to Republicans and Independents and the values of past presidents like Abraham Lincoln, saying for many the current administration 'isn't what they believe'.

'If we don't step up, things are going to get worse. In two months we have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics,' he said.

'The biggest threat to our democracy, I said yesterday: It's not one individual; it's not one big super PAC billionaire — it's apathy, it's indifference. It's us not doing what we're supposed to do,' he added.

He asked the crowd 'Are you ready to go to work?' and roused a thunderous applause.

'This is a government for everybody, it's not for sale, that's what we believe in. They stepped up, they're fired up, they're ready to go,' repeating a slogan from his 2008 campaign.

Obama did not mention Trump in his speech unlike yesterday where he ripped into the president as he spoke in Champaign, Illinois.

Obama called for the 'restoration of honesty and decency and lawfulness in our government' in his Friday speech in Champaign, Illinois and ripped into President Donald Trump

In his Friday speech he threw jabs at Trump saying: 'You should still be concerned with our current course'

Speaking in his home state, Obama called Trump a 'symptom' of a societal problem where powerful forces manufacture and capitalize on 'resentments'.

'You should still be concerned with our current course. You should still want to see a restoration of honesty and decency and lawfulness in our government,' the former president said.

'It should not be a Democratic or Republican, it should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the attorney general or the FBI to use the criminal justice system as a cudgel to punish our political opponents,' Obama said, citing the political spotlight on Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Trump dismissed Obama's words from Friday saying: 'I'm sorry, I watched it, but I fell asleep ... I found he's very good – very good for sleeping.'