Hillary Clinton: Gotta catch ‘em all

Presidential campaigns are using Pokémon Go to connect with younger voters. ERIC SCHWARTZBERG/STAFF

Presidential campaigns are using Pokémon Go to connect with younger voters. ERIC SCHWARTZBERG/STAFF
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By Melisa Lyons
July 15, 2016
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Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has caught the Pokémon Go bug and is using that to its advantage - to catch the attention of younger voters.

Catch them all

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Clinton has announced that while she is in Cleveland, she will be campaigning at the PokéStop in Madison Park this coming Saturday.

The event will begin at 1 p.m. and is scheduled for one hour. The event page from Clinton’s website states:

Join us as we go to the Pokéstop in Madison Park and put up a lure module, get free pokémon, & battle each other while you register voters and learn more about Sec. Hillary Clinton!!! Kids welcome! 

Clinton isn’t the only presidential candidate to use this new app to entice millennial voters.

Republican Donald Trump has published the following video depicting “Crooked Hillary” being caught with a pokéball. An explainer box appears stating “Crooked Hillary” is “often found lying to the American people, rigging the system, and Sharing TOP SECRET emails.” The video has been watched over 7 million times and the comments range somewhere in the 40 thousands.

CROOKED HILLARY NO!

Posted by Donald J. Trump on Thursday, July 14, 2016
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