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✅ Did you know? Eight to nine percent of voters who participated in Pennsylvania’s 2024 presidential primary were first-time voters, a demographic that is largely comprised of Generation Z voters.L2 data)
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1. Why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate
“Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), the Minnesota Democratic Party affiliate, tells the story of how Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz got his start in politics. In 2004, Mr. Walz was a high school teacher in Mankato, a southern town of 45,000.
In the presidential election that year, he decided to take his class to a George W. Bush event. Unknowingly, his students came up with a plan to irritate the then-president…” (Economist)
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“On Tuesday morning, information began to leak out: Vice President Kamala Harris had chosen Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. According to reports, it’s Walz and another rising star in the Democratic Party: Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.
Shapiro was an early favorite in the vice presidential race. Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes are crucial to a Democratic victory in November, and Shapiro is popular in his home state…” (Mother Jones)
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3. Why Kamala Harris chose Pennsylvania for her first campaign rally with Vice President Tim Walz
“… Pennsylvania has 19 Electoral College votes. Mr. Biden won the state in 2020, and Mr. Trump won in 2016 after voters chose Democratic candidates in the previous six presidential elections.
John Kennedy, a political science professor at West Chester University, said Pennsylvania is a “turnaround state” and is “key” for either candidate to win the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the presidency.
The latest CBS News statewide estimates show Harris and Trump each with 50 percent support among likely voters in Pennsylvania…” (CBS Philadelphia)
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4. What do you mean
1 Olympic Thing
“Vashti Cunningham, Joe Kovacs, Valarie Allman, Curtis Thompson and Sam Mattis will leave it all at the Stade de France over the next few days for a chance to win Olympic gold.
The five athletes are among the 120 members representing the formidable Team USA track and field team competing in the track and field events at the 2024 Paris Olympics…” (NBC Philadelphia)
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