The more and more determined Harris marketing campaign has launched a map within the wildly standard online game Fortnite in an effort to achieve younger voters.
The marketing campaign has been scuffling with younger males, who comprise the majority of Fortnite’s gamers.
squad up, go vote
: 7331-5536-6547 pic.twitter.com/DIKdV6QL4b— Official Staff Kamala (@TeamKamala) October 28, 2024
The Fortnite Kamala Harris Expertise https://t.co/Ujd4yp78i4 pic.twitter.com/nL1vSnzIjd
— SPOOCE (@spoocecimo) October 28, 2024
The map is known as “Freedom City USA” and the promotional supplies use the tagline “Combat for Freedom.”
The Hill reports:
The map is joined by political takeovers of a minimum of eight different Fortnite Inventive maps, which embrace political in-game signage, customized fashions and themed audio cues. In one in every of these cues, former President’s Trump’s notorious “they’re consuming the canines, consuming the cats” quote from the presidential debate will play when a participant collects a cat.
In a video posted on the social platform X, the Harris-Walz marketing campaign marketed the brand new map with a video set to rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s tune “Neva Play.” Megan Thee Stallion carried out at one in every of Harris’s first rallies in Atlanta in early August.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz played video games on the streaming platform Twitch on Sunday.
It is a TWITCH Public Service Announcement
Me versus @Tim_Walz.
Madden.
TOMORROW 3pm EST on https://t.co/u9zNReAauYYou prepared Gov? pic.twitter.com/4h9tEPyZNG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 26, 2024
This isn’t the primary time the Democrats have used the platform to attempt to win over youthful voters. The Harris marketing campaign additionally live-streamed the Democratic Nationwide Conference to Twitch in August.
A report from The Verge famous, “Ocasio-Cortez is already well-known for her large Amongst Us stream forward of the 2020 election and a stream in July 2023 the place she performed Pico Park and Gartic Telephone. (She’s a fan of League of Legends, too.) However whereas Walz is a recognized Dreamcast fan and a profitable highschool soccer coach, this would be the first time we’ll get to see him play video games stay on Twitch. Possibly sometime we’ll get to see him play Loopy Taxi.”
AOC and Tim Walz will probably be enjoying Madden on Twitch tomorrow.
That is silly as a result of NFL followers will probably be watching individuals play actual soccer tomorrow.— BrutalBrittany (@BrutalBrittany2) October 26, 2024
dragon age is simply too political! as a substitute i’ll be enjoying the kamala harris fortnite map earlier than ending the decision of obligation marketing campaign starring invoice clinton and george bush pic.twitter.com/e0f9D7aLVu
— Gene Park (@GenePark) October 28, 2024
Harris supporters have blamed her unpopularity with younger males on “misogyny.”
“She has an issue with males for a similar purpose Hillary Clinton did: as a result of misogyny exists, as do outdated concepts about who ought to maintain the presidency,” Democratic strategist Christy Setzer told The Hill. “In the meantime, Trump has doubled down on this ‘strongman’ machismo and dictator’s act, enjoying ‘It’s a Man’s World’ at his rallies.”