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BumRushDaShow

(142,424 posts)
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 06:30 AM Oct 29

Harris brings in Maggie Rogers as she tries to fire up college-age voters in battleground Michigan

Source: AP

Updated 10:29 PM EDT, October 28, 2024


ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris worked to fire up college-age supporters at a rally and concert in battleground Michigan on Monday featuring singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers, who told the crowd that doing something like voting is “greater than fear” at a time when “the future feels so uncertain.”

Michigan had the highest youth voter turnout rate nationwide in 2022, with long lines stretching outside polling locations on college campuses. Democrats hope they can recreate that enthusiasm this year, with rallies such as the one Harris held in Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan, featuring Rogers.

“You can vote early now through Sunday, Nov. 3, and we need you to vote early, Michigan, because we have just eight days to go,” the Democratic presidential nominee said at an outdoor rally in 50-degree weather. “Eight days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime.” “And we will win,” she said. “We have an opportunity to turn the page and chart a new and joyful way forward.”

Thousands packed into Burns Park for the event featuring Rogers, who sang “Love You for a Long Time” and some of her other hits. The event also reunited Harris with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The two had not appeared together since a campaign bus tour of Georgia in August.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-computer-chips-hemlock-michigan-06baf9a980e62ffc699e399b5cd42ba6

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Harris brings in Maggie Rogers as she tries to fire up college-age voters in battleground Michigan (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 29 OP
"tries to fire up"? DownriverDem Oct 29 #1
Well the hope is BumRushDaShow Oct 29 #2
YEP...my daughter is a Senior at Michigan State democratsruletheday Oct 29 #5
Never heard of her. rockfordfile Oct 29 #3
Apparently she's popular with the youngs, and that's all that matters in this context. LauraInLA Oct 29 #4

BumRushDaShow

(142,424 posts)
2. Well the hope is
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 10:13 AM
Oct 29

that this "translates" into actual showing up and VOTING (whether they can do it "early", "by mail", or "in person" on election day).

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