First lady Jill Biden campaigns in Triangle for Kamala Harris
First lady Jill Biden greeted supporters in Carrboro, such as Abby Gondeck, who's a UNC student but flew to her home state Pennsylvania to vote for the first time. The crowd applauded when she was introduced as a first-time voter to Biden.
"Oh my goodness, just like shaking your hand," Gondeck said. "My grandmother loves her. I'm going to go leave and call her right now, and I'm sure she's going to lose her mind when I send her a picture. But it was surreal."
Gondeck was among the people who packed the room at the Women for Harris phone bank launch where Biden went around and talked to people one-on-one after thanking the crowd for their support.
The visit comes as the Harris campaign has specifically focused on women in this election.
According to the final ABC News/Ipsos poll before Election Day, released on Sunday, Harris had an 11-point advantage among women, 53% to 42%, while Trump had a 5-point advantage among men, 50% to 45%.
For Gondeck, she said she's seen firsthand how Harris is appealing to young women voters such as herself on campus.
"I live with six other girls right now, and like our wall is smothered in Harris posters," Gondeck said. "My apartment building is primarily women ... and one of these (Harris-Walz) shirts, like the amount of smiles I get from young women, it's just very revealing, I think, to how she's making herself known."
Meagen Voss, who's a volunteer with the Harris-Walz campaign, echoed Gondeck.
"My feeling is that women are pumped up," Voss said. "This is an election cycle that matters to them and that they're going to show up (to the polls) in force."
