Team Harris ‘Flooded’ Swing State Campuses To Secure College Voting Bloc — Failure Could Cost Them The Election
Michigan’s state university system was key to keeping the state blue in 2020. In 2024, with the polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump running neck-and-neck, turning out state schools’ student body to the polls has taken on a new level of urgency for Democrats.
Democrats have been furiously campaigning in the state, particularly on Michigan State University’s (MSU) campus just east of the state’s capital. Many are warning of the “dangers” of a second term under Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump and pleading with students to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Recent polling shows Trump closing in on Harris’ lead in Michigan, which has the power to shift the election. If Trump secures the battleground state of Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina, a win in Michigan is enough to put him back in the White House.
“We know that Gen-Z has the power to keep Michigan blue,” Stella Camerlengo, communications director for the Michigan Federation of College Democrats, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “We saw it in 2020 with young people having the largest turnout in Michigan, and we hope to see it again in 2024. Because the election is so close and we are in a swing state, we have flooded our campuses with Harris Campaign surrogates, voter registration efforts, and holding other events to make sure young people are voting blue this fall.”
Students have historically been one of the most reliable demographics for Democrats, however, increasing tensions on campus over the conflict in Gaza may be weakening their support for the party. Muslim Michiganders have already engaged in a concerted effort to deny Harris the vote. (Read more from “Are Elected Republicans Ready To Respond To Potential Post-Election Chaos?” HERE)
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