Since it was published in August, Kamala Harris’ Twitch channel broadcast rallies and speeches from Flint, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and other locations in the United States where the presidential candidate and her deputy spoke to the American electorate. However, Harris’ Twitch channel is about to broadcast from a place a little more distant and difficult to reach than the ones just mentioned. The next rally of Tim Walz will be broadcast from Azeroth, the planet of Warcraft.
Unfortunately it won’t be a real gameplay played by the vice-president (it would have been interesting, it must be said). It will be a live audio broadcast of Walz’s speech in Arizona which will accompany Twitch streamer Preheat while playing World of Warcraft. Preheat will also comment on the rally. Preheat has more than 50,000 subscribers on Twitch.
Gamers are a part of the US electorate
Of course, you will wonder exactly why all this is happening. The answer is actually simple: it’s about a way for Harris to increase his visibility in front of a specific segment of American voters (young men, mostly).
The Washington Post also reports, for example, that Harris is seeking the “gamer vote” with various campaigns, such as a fundraiser “Geeks and Nerds for Harris“.
Even the direct opponent, Donald Trumphas his own Twitch channel, which however was banned once for breaking Twitch’s anti-hate rules, even though Twitch later removed the ban from Donald Trump because he is a candidate for US president. Trump is also not particularly interested in associating himself with video games, having previously accused them of being the cause of the “violent culture” of some Americans.
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