Almost 40,000 people registered to vote in the 48 hours afterĀ President BidenĀ announced heĀ was suspendingĀ his reelection campaignĀ and endorsingĀ Vice President Harris,Ā Vote.org said.

Vote.orgĀ said 38,500 new voters registered, representing the largest number of registrations in a 48-hour period this election cycle.

Of the new voter registrations, 83 percent were from people aged 18-34, according to the voting registration nonprofit group.

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    3 months ago

    kudos to everyone who thought Biden stepping down was a bad idea but admit they were wrong now. i understand why some people thought it would lead to uncertainty and chaos, might look weak, etc. itā€™s an understandable concern.

    and now itā€™s in the past. if you can see that itā€™s helping your side by energizing people who might have checked out before, itā€™s severely hurting the other side who only had prepared attacks on biden and have nothing to say but whine that this isnā€™t fair, and most importantly her willingness to talk about project 2025 unlike biden is raising awareness and distaste for the republicansā€¦ and think ā€œhey this went better than I expected and Iā€™m glad that it happenedā€ā€¦ then I salute you. i hope this inspires you to talk to more people and get more people to vote.

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      ā€œhey this went better than I expected and Iā€™m glad that it happenedā€ you just described me exactly lol. I figured Biden dropping out would be bad for our democracy and Trump would be more likely to win.

      A day after he dropped out I knew I was wrong given the absolute excitement from pretty much everyone except Republicans, happy it happened now.

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      3 months ago

      This is me. I thought it was a bad idea and Iā€™m happy to admit I was wrong and am throwing my full weight behind Harris.

      The momentum and energy here is undeniable. This latest dig on trump is exactly the fire we need.