{"id":2024942,"date":"2023-09-07T17:16:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-embarks-on-college-tour-to-get-young-voters-excited-about-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:18:21","slug":"kamala-harris-embarks-on-college-tour-to-get-young-voters-excited-about-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-embarks-on-college-tour-to-get-young-voters-excited-about-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris tours colleges to energize youth for Biden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-embarks-on-college-tour-to-get-young-voters-excited-about-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Kamala Harris Takes the Fight \u200dfor Our Freedoms College Tour on the Road<\/h2>\n<p>Kamala Harris, the vice president of the \u2064United States, is hitting the road once again. This \u200bmonth, she \u200bwill embark on a 14-date college tour aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-opposition-to-tiktok-ban-emerges-among-democratic-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Growing opposition to TikTok ban emerges among Democratic lawmakers\">engaging young voters<\/a> and championing Democratic positions on crucial issues such as abortion, gun control, \u2063LGBT rights, and climate change.<\/p>\n<h3>A Message \u200bto \u2062Young Leaders<\/h3>\n<p>In a statement announcing the tour, Harris emphasized the importance of this generation in\u2063 shaping our future. She said, &#8220;It is young leaders throughout America who know what the \u2063solutions look like and\u200c are organizing in their communities to make them a\u200d reality. My message to students \u200cis clear: We \u2064are counting on you, we need you,\u2064 you are\u2064 everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The tour, named the Fight\u2063 for Our Freedoms College Tour, will focus on a range\u2064 of pressing issues, including reproductive freedom, gun safety, climate\u2062 action, voting rights, LGBT equality, and book bans.<\/p>\n<p>Going on tour has become a habit for \u2064Harris, \u2064who recently concluded the Biden administration&#8217;s Summer of Action, \u200da \u200d17-state tour. Last fall, she also\u2064 made a series of \u200cstops addressing abortion-related issues. Like her previous tours, this one will prioritize engaging \u2063young voters,\u200c black\u2063 and Hispanic voters, and those without\u200d a four-year \u2064degree through\u2062 a community college \u2062stop.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto Democratic strategist Brad Bannon, Harris is fulfilling a traditional role of vice presidents by targeting the party&#8217;s political \u2062base. He explained, &#8220;The political base for\u200b Democrats is young \u200dvoters, African Americans, Hispanics, young \u200cwomen. I think you&#8217;ll see the president using\u2063 most\u2064 of his time courting swing \u200dvoters, while \u200bthe vice president will go after the base.\u200d That&#8217;s \u2063traditionally the function vice presidents have served.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Focus on Reproductive Freedom<\/h3>\n<p>Last fall, Harris took\u200d the lead on the administration&#8217;s\u2063 abortion messaging after the \u200bSupreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.\u200d She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-embarks-on-college-tour-to-get-young-voters-excited-about-biden\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris tours colleges to energize youth for Biden.\">delivered pro-abortion \u2063rights speeches<\/a> and participated in focus groups in over a dozen states, contributing to her party&#8217;s better-than-expected performance in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>With Democrats signaling their intention to prioritize the issue in 2024, &#8220;reproductive freedom&#8221; tops\u200c Harris&#8217;s\u2063 list of topics\u200d for the college tour. Despite setbacks on abortion in 2022, Republicans \u2062remain\u200b committed to their stance, prompting \u2064Harris to counter their views and portray them as extreme.<\/p>\n<h3>Proving Herself to Base \u200dVoters<\/h3>\n<p>While Harris is targeting traditional base voters for her party, she faces the challenge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-flips-iowa-state-house-seat-held-by-democrats-for-decades\/\" title=\"Republican Flips Iowa State House Seat Held By Democrats For Decades\">low approval ratings<\/a>. A recent Economist\/YouGov poll revealed that only 36% of \u2062respondents approved of her, compared to 55% who\u200c disapproved. Among young voters aged \u206318 to 29, 36%\u2064 approved and 46% disapproved, with a significant number having no\u200c opinion either \u200bway.<\/p>\n<p>Some GOP \u2064presidential candidates, such as Nikki Haley, have made Harris&#8217;s unpopularity\u2063 a campaign issue. Haley has criticized Harris&#8217;s competence and positioned herself \u2063as a more moderate voice on abortion to appeal to swing voters. Countering this\u2064 narrative and\u200c highlighting Republican \u2062extremism will likely be \u200cpriorities \u2064for Harris\u200c during her tour.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Harris&#8217;s office has announced six stops \u200bat colleges in competitive states for \u200bnext year, including Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Nevada. The\u2064 tour will begin with visits \u2062to historically black colleges and universities, followed by stops at a state flagship,\u200c a \u2062community\u200c college, and\u200c a traditional four-year \u200duniversity. Additional stops are expected to\u2062 be announced in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from\u200b The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris plans to tour colleges, engaging young voters and promoting Democratic stances on abortion, gun control, LGBT rights, and climate change. NYC public schools face an influx of immigrant students, causing worry and frustration among staff. 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