Clinton Courts Millennials in Philadelphia
Millennial voters will be an important force in November’s presidential election. Now officially a bigger voting block than baby boomers, all the presidential candidates are keen to gain the interest of these younger Americans aged 18 – 35. What way they choose to go is the question on everyone’s minds right now. A Quinnipiac University poll released late last week showed that the numbers are close. A slight majority of millennials (31%) support Hillary Clinton, 29% are in favor of Libertarian Gary Johnson, 26% support Donald Trump, and 15% are for the Green Party’s Jill Stein. It’s a tight spot in an already-tight race, with Trump and Clinton splitting key battleground states in the polls and those same polls showing them neck-and-neck in popularity. All signs point to Pennsylvania, normally a Democratic stronghold, being one of those battleground states.
Clinton will try to connect with millennial voters at Temple University today in Philadelphia.
Towards that end, Hillary Clinton is back campaigning in Philadelphia today, this time with an eye towards millennials. She’s appearing at Temple University to court young voters and emphasize the importance of getting out and voting come November. Obviously, she’s hoping to court the same youthful base that helped swing the election for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. This is the second time that Clinton has set foot on the Temple campus this summer. Clinton and her vice-presidential pick, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine made an appearance at Liacouras Center arena on Temple’s campus on July 29 after the Democratic National Convention, at which she accepted her party’s nomination. Clinton was scheduled to give a speech at noon today in a much more intimate venue, Mitten Hall on North Broad Street.
From Clinton’s official campaign press office: “She will deliver a speech laying out the stakes of November’s election for millennial voters in Pennsylvania and across the country.” Beforehand, Clinton will attend a fundraiser at the home of Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen in Mt. Airy.
