Harris says ‘I love your generation’ as she seeks to rally youth vote in Michigan

Democratic presidential candidate campaigns in university city of Ann Arbor as polls show state on knife-edge

Appearing together in the home town of Michigan’s largest university, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sought on Tuesday to burnish their credentials with young voters and soothe Democrats who had grown nervous as the apparent deadlock in the race to keep Donald Trump out of the White House has dragged on.

Much of the rhetoric at the evening rally in Ann Arbor, a city synonymous with the University of Michigan and its nearly 53,000-strong student body, was aimed squarely at the first-time voters who have traditionally been a treasure trove of votes for Democrats. Speaking at a city park just south of the university campus, Harris offered comfort to a generation where many view their challenges as existential.

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Harris says ‘I love your generation’ as she seeks to rally youth vote in Michigan

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