The former president of the United States Bill Clinton (1993-2001) campaigned this Sunday and Monday for the vice president Kamala Harris in the state of Georgiafocusing on mobilizing the African American vote through church visits, fish fry festivals, and even a stop at a McDonald’s.
Clintonwhich continues to enjoy great popularity in the black community of the South of EUthese last two days became the secret weapon of Harrisgaining the attention of the local press before early voting begins this Tuesday in Georgia.
At an event Sunday in a rural area of southern Georgia, Clinton He explained the reason why he has decided to focus on more intimate meetings instead of big speeches.
Why does Clinton support Kamala Harris?
“When I offered to help Kamala HarrisI told them: send someone else to the big places, someone who needs the television coverage. Send me to the countryside, I know that’s where I belong,” he said. Clintonwho before becoming president served as governor of Arkansas.
In that way, Clinton began on Sunday with a religious service in Albanya symbolic place for its role in the fight for civil rights, and then headed to Fort Valleyan area that is mainly rural about two hours south of Atlantato participate in a fried fish festival.
Additionally, he made an appearance in a McDonald’swhere he was seen chatting with employees and posing for a photo with a woman who initially mistook him for the president, Joe Biden. “Are Joe?”, the woman asked Clintonbefore realizing her mistake and running around the counter to take a photo with him.
During his 1992 campaign, Clinton He distinguished himself by his penchant for making stops at McDonald’s.
“They will end up regretting it all their lives”
This Monday, Clinton participated in another event in a parking lot in the city of Columbusin which he urged voters to go to the polls to choose a future that benefits their children and grandchildren. “If they decide they have better things to do, they will end up regretting it all their lives,” he said, drawing shouts of approval from the audience.
These small meetings are part of the strategy of Harris to mobilize Democratic and independent voters in more conservative areas.
The objective of the campaign Georgia and other pivotal states is not to convert those conservative areas into Democrats, but to reduce the advantage that the former president will obtain Donald Trump in those counties, seeking that the total of the state favors the vice president.
Trumpfor his part, plans to counter his rival’s strategy with at least three speeches in Georgia this week and next.
Georgia, key state
In the 2020 elections, Biden won Georgia in front of Trump. That was the first time a Democrat carried the state from his own Clinton in 1992. Four years later, Clinton lost the state to the Republican Bob Dolebut won re-election.
Clinton He is seen by Democrats as someone who can mobilize both rural voters and African-American voters. However, the former president is especially popular with the older generations who lived during his Presidency and is a much less well-known figure among young people.
Surveys show that, although Harris leads in support of African American voters, younger generations, especially men, in some cases favor Trumpas reflected in the latest survey of the New York Times y Siena College. EFE
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