American gen Z voters share how they feel about Kamala Harrisā€™s presidential bid, why they like or dislike her as a candidate and whether they think she could beat Donald Trump, as the vice-presidentĀ races towards winning the Democratic nominationĀ for Novemberā€™s election.

ā€˜I think sheā€™s just what we needā€™

ā€œI think [Kamala Harris] is the only one that makes sense. She will get the votes Biden couldnā€™t. She could get the Black, Asian, Latino, womenā€™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 sheā€™s just what we need.

ā€œI hope theĀ DemocratsĀ realize what an opportunity this is for them.ā€Ā Will, 22,Ā construction worker from Portland, Oregon

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    3 months ago

    Its her (relatively thin) track record. Bidenā€™s been wading through the blood of a hundred Palestinians a day for the last six months. Kamalaā€™s kept her hands relatively clean.

    i doubt this is a significant voter motivation across the youth. You think gen z voters are going to vote for someone who wasnā€™t biden just because of palestine? Only the disillusioned right wingers are voting for RFK jr, and even those people are fucking insane. They might not be happy voting for biden, but itā€™s not like you really have any other options, other than not voting, obviously, which is likely why we saw an increase amongst registered voters.

    its definitely going to get worse as it goes forward, but that happens for almost every president. There is nothing that changes that.

    I suppose kamala might shoot herself in the foot later on, but honestly, iā€™m not expecting her to do that, i imagine she knows how to read the room significantly.

    people are excited about joe stepping down because of his disastrous debate performance, and his apparent decline over time. Also heā€™s 80 something years old. Nobody wants an 80 year old president.