{"id":240,"date":"2023-11-19T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T10:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/LeFachicette\/?p=240"},"modified":"2023-11-19T10:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T10:11:05","slug":"le-fashecette-bidens-team-weighs-joining-tiktok-to-court-young-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatistandfor.co\/LeFachicette\/le-fashecette-bidens-team-weighs-joining-tiktok-to-court-young-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s team weighs joining TikTok to court young voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Annelise Capossela\/AxiosPresident Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign privately has been weighing whether to join the social media platform TikTok to try to reach more young voters, according to two people familiar with the conversations.<strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>Most Republicans have avoided TikTok over data security concerns because it&#8217;s owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, but Democrats are increasingly split about using the popular app for short-form videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding from same topic <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in July found 59% of Americans believe TikTok is either a minor or major threat to national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Even so, TikTok has been one of America&#8217;s most-downloaded apps since 2018, and its executives told Axios earlier this year that the app had more than 150 million monthly active users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Between the lines: <\/strong>Whitmer posts TikTok videos under the handle &#8220;biggretchwhitmer&#8221; in a nod to the &#8220;Big Gretch&#8221; moniker she&#8217;s known as in Democratic circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shapiro invited dozens of Pennsylvania content creators and influencers to cover the reopening of the collapsed I-95 bridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some lesser-known Democrats<\/strong> also have found large audiences on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rep. Jeff Jackson of North Carolina, now running to be the state&#8217;s attorney general, has 2.5 million TikTok followers \u2014 far more than Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s 942,100.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some Democratic state parties, such as Wisconsin&#8217;s, also have joined TikTok.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zoom out:<\/strong> In recent polling, young voters have indicated they&#8217;re less enthusiastic about Biden&#8217;s re-election bid than they were when he ran in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biden is effectively tied with Republican frontrunner Donald Trump among voters aged 18-29 in six politically divided swing states that will be crucial to deciding the 2024 election, according to a New York Times\/Siena College poll earlier this month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biden was not on TikTok<\/strong> in 2020, but more Americans are relying on it for political content today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>32% of adults under 30 said they regularly get news from TikTok \u2014 a 255% increase since 2020, according to a recent Pew survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The intrigue: <\/strong>Biden&#8217;s campaign is considering TikTok&#8217;s merits as a campaign tool at the same time his administration is trying to regulate it and has banned it on government devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Earlier this year, the social media company brought on David Plouffe and Jim Messina \u2014 veterans of Barack Obama&#8217;s presidential campaigns \u2014 to help defend it in Washington.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The other side: <\/strong>Many Republicans argue that TikTok is a Chinese influence operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GOP presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are campaigning on banning the platform in the United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Montana&#8217;s Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, signed a bill this year banning TikTok inside the state. 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