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27 May: US News & World Report: Biden Scores $45M Commitment From Steyer-Backed Youth Voter Group
NextGen America, founded by billionaire activist Tom Steyer, is putting $45 million behind its endorsement of the former vice president.
By Susan Milligan
The endorsement by NextGen America, founded by former Democratic presidential contender and climate change activist Tom Steyer, is not unexpected, given the animus young voters as well as climate change activists have towards the sitting president...

Organizers intend to target 4.5 million voters aged 18-35 in battleground states with peer-to-peer text messaging, digital ads and direct mail...
The group will employ a full-time organizing staff of 150 in 11 battleground states. The ad buy will begin in June, with ads comparing Biden and Trump running in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. NextGen will also be ramping up its voter registration and vote-by-mail effort, particularly among young people of color, the group said.
Biden struggled to inspire young voters during the primaries, generally losing the voter group to another septuagenarian, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont...

“We can have a president who wants 100 percent clean energy, student debt forgiveness, and an assault weapons ban, or we can have a white supremacist who tells Americans to drink bleach,” NextGen America Executive Director Ben Wessel said in a statement...
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-05-27/biden-scores-45m-commitment-from-steyer-backed-youth-voter-group