COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KKTV) – The 2024 presidential election is entering its final 75 days. On November 5, voters will decide who the next president will be. Both local and state politicians tell 11 News how the Democratic National Convention will impact the election.
Rob Rogers tells 11 News he sees the convention as a passing of the torch from one generation to the next.
“I think people are realizing it’s more than that. I think it’s really a generational shift and we’re seeing that,” said Rob Rogers, vice chairman of the El Paso County Democrats.
For four days, Democratic delegates, politicians and supporters packed the United Center in Chicago. Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper is one of them and says he got to see a different side of the Democratic Party.
“I have never seen the Democratic Party so united,” Hickenlooper said.
Last month, 11 News spoke with Steven Pittz, a political science professor at UCCS, and he said things like the economy and cultural issues are the most important issues for voters this election cycle.
“It’s really about how people are doing economically. How well they’re doing with their kitchen table politics, how good their lives are and what kind of life most Americans think they lead,” Pittz said.
Both Hickenlooper and Rogers acknowledge that a lot has changed for the Democratic Party in the last month.
“There was great excitement when Vice President Harris made this announcement,” Rogers said.
“There is so little time to put together a national campaign. It had to be nearly perfect, and this is nearly perfect in every way,” Hickenlooper said.
Hickenlooper adds that he wants to see more young people vote and believes they will play a key role in November. Pittz says independent and undecided voters will play a key role.
“You start to see what both sides are going to do to court these voters and win them over to these issues,” Pittz said.
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