Almost 40,000 people registered to vote in the 48 hours after President Biden announced he was suspending his reelection campaign and endorsing Vice President Harris, Vote.org said.

Vote.org said 38,500 new voters registered, representing the largest number of registrations in a 48-hour period this election cycle.

Of the new voter registrations, 83 percent were from people aged 18-34, according to the voting registration nonprofit group.

  • The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net
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    I agree with you, but Kamala will probably still be the most left leaning president the USA ever had by quite a bit (AFAIK), and has a good chance to start shifting the Overton Window; if only by showing the Democratic Party that choosing more left leaning candidates actually gives them better chances of winning.

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      3 months ago

      Kamala will probably still be the most left leaning president the USA ever had by quite a bit

      Maybe in the last 50 years. FDR was closer to an actual socialist than any politician who’s had that label applied to them in America since. Kennedy was far enough left that he got shot for it. Kamala could have a chance to do some real good but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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      Kamala will probably still be the most left leaning president the USA ever had by quite a bit

      Please stop this. She’s an acceptable compromise candidate, which is better than what Biden was. Overselling her is just going to lead to disappointment and bitterness when the ad copy doesn’t match reality.