Hillary Clinton hopes to catch young voters at Pokémon Go campaign event

[riversedge]

I hope all have some fun and get lots to register



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Hillary Clinton hopes to catch young voters at Pokémon Go campaign event

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 14, 2016 at 2:31 pm





(Photos via Shutterstock/Pokémon)


When it comes to swing states, Hillary Clinton is determined to catch ’em all. The presumptive democratic nominee is hosting a campaign event at a PokéStop in Lakewood, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland, where the Republican National Convention will be held next week.

Here’s a message to trainers from the Clinton campaign site:

“Put up a lure module, get free pokemon, & battle each other while you register voters and learn more about Sec. Hillary Clinton!!!”

For those who’ve avoided the Internet, city streets,....................

Clinton ....................

Still, using the insanely popular Pokémon Go game makes a lot of sense for a campaign desperate to invigorate young voters, who are slow to rally behind Clinton like they did for Bernie Sanders. She may be the first, but she certainly won’t be the last candidate to use the app to reach young people. Businesses and marketers are also starting to eye the game, as a tool that offers unprecedented access to the coveted millennial demographic.

[kacekwl]

1. Maybe if we could

make voting a game people would pay attention.

[JRLeft]

2. Some people just don't like her, but at least she's trying.

[cyberpunk]

3. It already is a game.

Team based PvP where only the high-level players reap rewards.

[seabeyond]

4. Good for her. I know nothing about this, but two men walked off a cliff in Calif because of this.

They survived but had to be rescued. Anyway, good Clinton jumping into the fun of this.

[Blue_Adept]

5. It's always the fools that catch the news

21 million daily players, but half a dozen idiots make the rest of us look like idiots.

[seabeyond]

6. Lol. True that. My oldest explained how it could happen. Since all about looking at the phone,

I can better understand. But falling off cliffs taking selfies is just wrong.

[Blue_Adept]

8. No different than doing it stargazing or birdwatching

[seabeyond]

10. I have not read about people falling off cliffs stargazing or birdwatching. Though not saying it

isn't happening. I do know it is happening with selfies and now pokieman.

[Blue_Adept]

11. Exactly.

Selfies and pokemon go are things that some folks feel superior about so they mock it.

same with comic books years ago or things like star wars.

they'd just mock people for it and laugh.

You don't hear about the other things because they're just everyday things. much like the selfies and pokemon are.

[XemaSab]

12. People get swept off jetties birdwatching

Aside from that, there's generally some situational awareness in birding.

[Arkana]

7. She just needs to avoid answering any questions about it.

Her first Pokemon Go joke was cringeworthy.

If she just goes "I'm a grandmother, I know nothing about Pokemon" it'd be better.

[seabeyond]

9. You may be right. I do not know. I am old and don't care, though not a grandma yet. Nt