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In reply to the discussion: KY-SEN: Booker takes statewide lead in votes counted. [View all]JonLP24
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She regularly has been tentative to express any explicit policy or stance, going for an anti-McConnell campaign rather than a pro-McGrath, Byerman said.
Will Powers, 19, agreed that he had no idea what McGrath stood for, but rattled off some of the things she opposes, including Medicare for All and tuition-free college. Its hard to understand McGrath as a candidate beyond what she isnt in favor of, he said.
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I dont feel the campaign has done a good job reaching out to young voters, said Johnson. I dont think theres anything wrong with reaching out to older, more moderate voters. I just dont think that should be the only demographic you talk to. Johnson observed that the McGrath campaign events shes seen publicized are often in the middle of the day, rendering them inaccessible for working people or student voters.
For many people outside of Kentucky, they only know her name. They dont even know there is a primary, one Kentucky Democratic strategist, who spoke on background to maintain anonymity because of their position, told Teen Vogue. I think in general at the state and federal level, the Democratic Party needs to do much more investing in the people that already agree with them. Democrats who dont vote or people that are not registered but agree with Democratic values.
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Meanwhile, Powers, who moved to California for college, recalled introducing himself in class and a professor retorting, You need to get that Mitch thing figured out in Kentucky. Theres this perception we all enabled Mitch, we all are complicit in his wrongdoings, but whats truly enabled Mitch is the Democratic Party and the coastal elites ignoring our struggles in Kentucky until its an election year, Powers told Teen Vogue. Even more so now that the DSCC is endorsing her, it feels like these rednecks in Kentucky cant be trusted to make their own choices, so we will make it for them. People outside the state, Powers claimed, view McGrath as a savior, and while Powers said hell vote for her in the general if shes the nominee, he doesnt think shell win.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.teenvogue.com/story/mcgrath-mcconnell-kentucky-young-voters/amp