Kamala Harris is in a strong position to defeat Donald Trump because to the consistent backing of women, but her campaign is focusing all of its energy on winning over men, who could decide the race.
In its last weeks of the campaign, Harris’s campaign is spending tens of millions of dollars on television ads during college football games, soccer matches, and major league baseball games in the top battleground states and beyond in an effort to chip away at Trump’s lead. Male voters are among the most alluring targets for these ads.
Among White men in Minnesota, it is one of Governor Tim Walz’s top priorities.
This is “not about the historic nature of this,” Democratic running mate Walz told rallygoers, referring to Kamala Harris. “All she does is squat and get the job done.”
The magnitude of the gender disparity might influence the November election, despite the fact that Harris and Walz hardly broach the subject of gender or the historic significance of her candidacy. The campaign is aiming to “find the gettable men” and “blow the ceiling off turnout among women,” according to one consultant who spoke to HEADLINESFOREVER.
Male voters, naturally, do not constitute a homogeneous group.
On the one hand, Trump is trying to increase his lead among White men, while on the other hand, he is trying to win over young Black and Latino voters. Harris is aiming to boost participation from Black and Latino males of all ages, while also attempting to narrow the Republican lead among White working-class men.
Both efforts are focusing on 36-year-old Anthony Hernandez.
An undecided North Carolina voter named Hernandez remarked, “They both have their qualities, they both have their flaws” when asked about Obama and Trump. “The idea of the first female president is thrilling; it would be incredible!” In addition, President Trump is a powerful figure. He is quite effective.
A nursing home cook named Hernandez took a moment out of her Wednesday morning to strike up a conversation in Hendersonville, a hamlet nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. This is a state that Trump won twice, but Democrats are fighting for this year. He expressed his eagerness to vote in November’s presidential election, which would be his third, adding that he was considering the reproductive rights platforms of Harris and Trump this time around.
The prior president, who Hernandez backed in 2016, had “power over women’s rights,” which Hernandez found “really cool” (Hernandez, 2016). “It seems to me that women are the ones who should be responsible for that.”
Even while he wasn’t sure abortion rights would be his defining issue, he took Harris much more seriously after her impressive performance in the Trump debate. Before the election, he promised to research both candidates well.
Walz sees charming men
Although Harris was buoyed by the enthusiasm and support of many women throughout her meteoric climb to the top of the Democratic ticket, her advisors have seen that more males are receptive to being swayed in the last stages of the contest, following Joe Biden’s withdrawal.
In his defense of abortion rights, Walz frequently invokes his roles as a father, husband, and former high school coach.
“Make the case on this”—Walz urged his Wisconsin audience at a weekend stop—by reaching out to their neighbors. Would you like JD Vance to make decisions regarding the health of your wife and daughter? On the other hand, would you be content to let them and their doctor handle it?
Tobey Pierce, who came to see Walz at a rally here Tuesday night, found his voice in his frequent reaction against abortion rights, urging people to “mind your own damn business,” a midwestern Golden Rule.
According to Pierce, “none of your damn business” is now his motto. “The entire topic of abortion and reproductive rights can be beautifully discussed in this manner.”
Pierce, a former consultant, now volunteers as a Democratic canvasser. Even among Republicans, he says he meets some who are open to his message and others who aren’t.
“Decency is going to be the deciding factor this year,” Pierce declared. “Who would you like to have a beer with?’ It used to be that way.” I feel like the nation is in a different place now.
During a rain-soaked Walz rally, Kevin Miller and Alex Vigil made it clear that they share the belief that Democrats could gain ground in North Carolina if Trump is exhausted. They provided anecdotal evidence to support their claim.
The hardware store employee Vigil noticed a significant decrease in the number of Trump flags in their parking lot. “Man, I’ve noticed a noticeable shift among my staff members. Some of them were previously on Trump’s side, but now they’re all about rejecting him.”
As a soldier, Vigil expressed his expectation that the Democratic ticket’s increased male support is reflected in the fact that Harris and Walz wore camouflage hats. Miller said, however, that he continues to think that many people in his state gave the Democrats a hard time.
The rural sections of North Carolina likely still have this problem, according to Miller. “They simply do not have faith in anything that comes from the opposite side, but I’m holding out hope that it will be unexpected and that there will be more men than we anticipate.”