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Biden and Trump Vie for the Youth Vote?
Typically a reliable Democratic Party voting bloc, 18–34s may be wavering this election cycle.
“How Turning Point, once spurned by the RNC, is become Trump’s force multiplier’ in battleground states,” warned Natalie Allison for POLITICO over the weekend. “The organization has become a powerful ally of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.”
It’s the first time any major political news outlet has taken a serious look at Turning Point USA and the success the organization has had over the last three years at college campuses across the U.S.
Democratic Party analysts and media progressives may not like what they read.
“When Donald Trump takes the stage in Detroit on Saturday, it will mark the second time in two weeks that he has headlined an event organized by Turning Point Action — a group known for its growing political heft as well as its pugilistic founder, Charlie Kirk,” Allison noted.
“Once spurned by top officials at the Republican National Committee, Turning Point’s stature has rapidly grown from a controversial student movement into one of the most active organizations in conservative politics,” she added.
“Now, Turning Point is pouring tens of millions of dollars into an ambitious get-out-the-vote operation in three battleground states, making…