WASHINGTON (News First) – A week before the election, Vice President Kamala Harris gave one last speech to those whose vote for President could still be swayed her way. News First’s Matt Bailey reports outside of the White House in Washington.
Bailey spoke with supporters waiting in line about why they’re voting for Harris and what they hope to hear from her last night.
“She is supporting women’s rights and women’s rights are as equal as anybody else’s,” one supporter says.
“She cares about the population of color, like the people of color in the country, and she wants to fight for us to not go back to those horrible times,” another adds.
Robin Rogers travels to rallies across the country selling blinged-out, unofficial campaign merch. Rogers said she stepped up for Harris after President Joe Biden stepped aside.
“You lose the momentum you have to make, you have to be able to pivot, and that’s exactly what they did. I think it was a great pivot. Everybody’s so friendly, everybody’s so nice. I’ve been to quite a few of these rallies and it’s just the energy is electric,” Rogers says.
Now, despite the party atmosphere going on behind me, I did happen to run into a realist. His name is Sam and he’s a Harris supporter who says that her campaign’s message has gotten away from its hopeful beginnings.
“I’m hoping she centers in on her messaging and goes back to the messaging that she used when she first launched her campaign because I think it was a lot more effective at resonating with voters than their current messaging,” Sam states. “She started a campaign that was emphasized a lot on hope, on freedom, and it’s good to see that they have freedom plastered all over their set today. I think they’ve leaned a little bit too far into the Trump is a threat to democracy thing, which I agree with, but I don’t think it resonates with voters as well as the bread and butter issues.”
With polls neck and neck this close to election day, we will find out on Tuesday, November 5th, whether this final message resonates with undecided voters.
