In battleground North Carolina, both parties struggle to turn out the youth vote

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton opened a pack of shiny stickers and passed them out to young volunteers getting ready to canvass for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

The stickers have a tie-dye color scheme that reads: “Donald Trump is weird.”

It’s a reference to how Harris’ running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, quickly became an internet darling not only by calling Republican nominee Trump and the GOP’s fixation on banning books and abortion simply “weird,” but also Walz’s enthusiasm for the new Charli XCX album “Brat.” The pop singer has backed the Harris campaign, in a social media post where Charli XCX said, “kamala IS brat.”

Clayton, a Gen Zer who at 26 is the youngest state party chair in the country, knows how critical the youth vote will be not only in this election, but future ones.


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