"There is no secret formula to attract young voters"
American politicians - especially the Democrats - have long been looking for the secret formula to attract younger voters. The New York Times' Michelle Cottle offers "a spoiler": There is no secret formula.
Young voters are more likely than older voters to change their opinion and are more difficult to convince and mobilize, writes Cottle in an analysis. They also shy away from voting for a candidate based on his personality. Instead, they are driven by individual issues and values.
Cottle highlights cuts to abortion rights in the US as an example of an issue that has sparked anger and protest among young voters.
"How much more satisfying is it to vote for an issue you're passionate about than for some politician with a fake smile who makes promises you're pretty sure will be broken?", she writes.
Another group that is important for Biden to win over to his side is immigrants. But despite the fact that challenger Donald Trump has expressed himself harshly and drastically on migration and immigration, he gets a relatively good rating among these voters, writes CNN's Harry Enten.
"Many voters - among them immigrants - are willing to look past Trump's rhetoric. They believe Trump is more likely than Biden to do what they think is right when it comes to immigration and border policy," he writes.
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Police action after fake alarm call against Bellows
An apparently fake alarm call about a burglary in progress prompted police last night to go to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, AP reports.
Bellows made the decision earlier this week to block Donald Trump from the state primary ballot, and the wake-up call came after Bellows' address went viral on social media.
- It was spread in anger and with violent intent by people who have threatened me, says Bellows to the news agency.
On the scene at Bellow's home, police were unable to find any signs of a break-in. Bellows and her husband were also not at home themselves at the time of the incident.
So-called "swatting", making fake emergency calls in the hope that a large police force will be sent to the home of a dissident, has become more common in the United States in recent months, according to the AP.
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