FOX 2 – To connect with voters, Democrats are using a new strategy this election year: turning to their mothers and their personal stories.
Every politician wants to connect with voters – that’s nothing new in the world of politics – but four Democrats are trying to do so in a different way.
Vice President Kamala Harris, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, former first lady Michelle Obama and Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin are all trying to connect with voters by talking about something they have in common with virtually every voter: their mothers.
“She taught us never to complain about injustice – but to do something about it,” Harris said during her speech at the Democratic National Convention. “And she also taught us never to do anything half-heartedly.”
Since running for governor, Whitmer has built a connection with voters who have to care for their mothers or other family members, something she and candidate Harris have in common.
“Caring for my mother, who was dying of brain cancer, was hard,” Whitmer said last week during the national convention. “She was caring for her mother, who was also battling cancer.”
Obama talked about what she learned on her mother’s lap.
“The woman who showed me the importance of hard work, humility and decency. The woman who set my moral compass high,” Obama said last week.
Slotkin tells voters that she is running because of her mother, who fought for better healthcare.
Pollster Bernie Porn says the strategy is aimed, among other things, at all the older voters who supported President Biden but are not so sure about Kamala Harris.
