Kamala Harris' Twitch account streamed Tim Waltz rally alongside live WoW gameplay

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October 10, 2024, 2:16 AM

• •Kamala Harris' Twitch channel launched in August in an effort to reach young people.
• •On October 9, the channel streamed live gameplay for the first time, along with a live feed of Vice Presidential nominee Tim Waltz's speech in Arizona.
• •Harris isn't the first politician to use Twitch to reach voters. Joe Biden's administration streamed his inauguration on the website, while Donald Trump's camp had been streaming rallies and speeches on the platform since 2019.

Kamala Harris' campaign launched a Twitch account in an effort to reach young people and some of the "hardest-to-reach voters" out there. On the evening of October 9, though, the channel streamed live gameplay for the first time — along with a live feed of Vice Presidential nominee Tim Waltz's speech in Arizona. The campaign is hoping to reach young male votes that make up most of Twitch's userbase by streaming the rally alongside WoW gameplay.

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