Harris campaign begins to conduct outreach to youth organizations to win over young voters
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team began conducting outreach to several youth grassroots organizations shortly after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team began conducting outreach to several youth grassroots organizations shortly after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race. Voters of Tomorrow, a youth voting grassroots organization, said it spoke with Harris’ campaign after members reached out shortly after Biden’s Sunday announcement. “Vice President Harris herself clearly cares about the youth vote,” said Santiago Mayer, the group’s executive director. “We’re incredibly excited to get on the ground. Start knocking on doors, start having conversations, remind young voters about what the stakes are this election, and make sure that come November, we elect Vice President Harris to be Madam President Harris.” Some of Harris’ campaign staff, including Eve Levenson, the national youth engagement director, are expected to attend this week’s Voters of Tomorrow Summit in Atlanta, where hundreds of youth activists, content creators and grassroots organizations are set to discuss the November election. Several youth organizers told CNN that there is renewed energy among Democratic Party members regarding Harris’ nomination. CNN’s latest polling on matchups between Biden or Harris against Trump suggests Harris outperforms Biden among young voters but still doesn’t generate the level of support that Democratic presidential candidates have had in recent elections. “The prospect of potentially having our first woman president is really exciting to a lot of young people who have grown up never really seeing that idea come true,” Katy Gates, the president of the College Democrats of Georgia, told CNN.
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Israeli officials notified the US that the country was going to carry out an operation in Lebanon on Tuesday but did not give any details about what they were planning, according to three sources familiar with the matter, including in a call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant early Tuesday morning.