American gen Z voters share how they feel about Kamala Harris’s presidential bid, why they like or dislike her as a candidate and whether they think she could beat Donald Trump, as the vice-president races towards winning the Democratic nomination for November’s election.

‘I think she’s just what we need’

“I think [Kamala Harris] is the only one that makes sense. She will get the votes Biden couldn’t. She could get the Black, Asian, Latino, women’s, LGBTQ+ and youth votes. She stands more for progress and equality than an old white dude and if she wins it will be historic. The Democrats need a bold move and I think she’s just what we need.

“I hope the Democrats realize what an opportunity this is for them.” Will, 22, construction worker from Portland, Oregon

  • @Ensign_Crab
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    06 months ago

    If more people had thought they were being listened to, perhaps they would have.

    • @[email protected]
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      16 months ago

      If you want politicians to listen to you, try voting in the primaries.

      People need to educate themselves. Look at how Jerry Falwell and his ‘Moral Majority’ took over the GOP. They had one simple trck; if the local Republican clubhouse got 20 people at the regular meeting Falwell’s folks would show up with fifty. They got the little jobs, like county clerk and sheriff, and then the bigger state positions and finally were in a position to control who got the white House.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        06 months ago

        If you want politicians to listen to you, try voting in the primaries.

        Please don’t gloat that the primaries have had a preordained winner for every presidential race since 2012. Particularly not when the most recent preordained winner had to step down, to the acclaim of the vast bulk of the party.

        • @[email protected]
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          16 months ago

          and BotH Sides aRe ThE SAme, right?

          If you’re going to tell people not to vote, try coming up with an actual alternative action.

          • @Ensign_Crab
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            16 months ago

            I did not say that people should not vote, or that both sides are the same. You lost the argument and you’re strawmanning. The shitty preordained candidate you wanted stepped down. We have a better candidate now.

            • @[email protected]
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              06 months ago

              You said that the primaries were fixed.

              If I misunderstood you, it’s because you weren’t clear.

              • @Ensign_Crab
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                16 months ago

                You made false accusations about me and are now trying to act like it’s my fault.

                • @[email protected]
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                  06 months ago

                  How is it not your fault?

                  It’s your job to write clearly. If someone makes an honest mistake, it’s the fault of the speaker.

                  Also, you claimed the primaries were rigged without giving any actual proof; by your own logic you’re the one making false accusations.

                  • @Ensign_Crab
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                    16 months ago

                    If someone makes an honest mistake

                    What you did was neither honest nor a mistake.