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
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In politics it’s the opposite of “devil you know”. It’s why Congress flips so much after a presidents first election.
People know Biden know, and the more people know Biden the less they like him.
I don’t think Harris will be great, but there is a chance she will be. That’s enough to get a lot more votes than Biden.
If she hits the ground running we could even gain seats in 2026 for once. But she can’t just “look into” shit to run down the clock. She needs a list of shit they can accomplish, and how many votes in Congress to accomplish each.
Be totally upfront about what we can do, and actually try to accomplish what we can do on day 1.
People will remember that come midterms.
Campaign finance reform to stop unlimited money into politics and voting rights protections would be a huge win. If election day was a national holiday, that’s something people would feel.
The former sounds like an impossible get, but it would be a huge huge win. The latter sounds like something that she could actually accomplish.
That’s funny, I see it the exact other way around. Since the Supreme Court declared monetary contributions are essentially a form of speech, campaign donations have been protected by the first amendment. This is difficult to overturn, since it’s a SC ruling based in the constitution itself. Any law trying to say otherwise could be declared unconstitutional and completely struck down by this even more extreme court.
Main workaround I see is mandating more thorough transparency to at least be able to track it all. There’s probably other strategies too though.
A federal holiday just takes a bill through congress. Won’t be an easy one, would be filibustered for sure. But possible.