By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris might sit down with common podcaster Joe Rogan for an interview within the remaining stretch of the U.S. presidential marketing campaign, three sources with information of the matter mentioned on Monday.
Harris marketing campaign officers met with Rogan’s staff this week however an look has not been confirmed but, two of the sources mentioned.
Rogan, who runs the preferred podcast in the US, has a extremely coveted and devoted following that leans younger, male and numbers within the tens of hundreds of thousands.
The interview will provide Harris a chance to make her case to his followers, as she works to shore up assist with male voters and Black males specifically. Quite a few public polls counsel Republican nominee Donald Trump might overperform amongst younger males of all races.
On Monday, the vp launched a brand new set of coverage proposals to enchantment to Black male voters and her marketing campaign is ramping up outreach to the usually Democratic voting group.
Her marketing campaign additionally introduced she is going to sit for an interview with Fox Information, whose day-to-day programming is heavy on conservative punditry that usually explicitly helps Trump.
On Monday, Trump additionally indicated he plans to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast earlier than Election Day on Nov.5.
Trump and Rogan have sparred prior to now. As lately as August, Trump took a shot at Rogan on social media platform Fact Social however later referred to as him a “good guy.”
In 2022, Rogan mentioned he isn’t a Trump supporter and in August mentioned he most popular Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for president. Kennedy has since dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Trump.
The looks might provide a shot within the arm for Harris and Trump as polls present an extremely tight race between the 2 candidates that’s anticipated to return all the way down to the ends in seven swing states.
In March, Spotify (NYSE:) mentioned that “The Joe Rogan Experience” had 14.5 million followers, virtually triple the platform’s second hottest program. He additionally has over 19 million followers on Instagram and 17 million followers on YouTube.
A ballot by YouGov final yr discovered that 81% of his listeners are male and 56% are below 35 years outdated, feeding the notion that he has a direct line to a cohort that polling suggests tends to assist Trump over Harris.
Rogan reached a brand new cope with Spotify earlier this yr, estimated to be value as a lot as $250 million.
