This story was written by Teen Vogue’s 2024 Student Correspondents, a team of college students and recent graduates covering the election cycle from key battleground states.
The 107-day Harris-Walz presidential campaign — the shortest in modern American history — came to an abrupt end with the reelection of Donald Trump. Trump won every swing state, while Harris performed significantly below average in key blue strongholds that her predecessor, President Joe Biden, had clinched with wide margins. It was a swift demise for a campaign that was defined by a Gen Z-focused internet presence and a bold prioritization of abortion access. Despite intensive outreach on college campuses and a popular TikTok following, the concerns young people had about Harris’s planned policy on the war in Gaza and centrist positions on immigration and climate change cast a shadow over the course of her campaign.
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