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Porn websites are the latest place to reach young male voters

Porn websites are the latest place to reach young male voters

  • The ad will appear on porn websites in swing states in an apparent effort to reach young male voters.
  • Organizers link Trump to Project 2025’s efforts to ban porn and jail its producers.
  • Democrats continue to work to link Trump to the conservative agenda, despite his efforts to distance themselves.

About a month shy Election Dayit seems no corner of America is free from politics – not even porn websites.

A coalition of seventeen porn film actors started on Monday “Hands Off My Porn,” a $100.00 advertising campaign that former President Donald Trump is associated with Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a future Republican administration, and its plan to ban pornography. The ad will appear on porn websites in the seven key battlefield states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.

In the latter part of the campaigns, the gender gap among voters is widening, with Vice President Kamala Harris leads among women and Trump among men. Young men are a particularly coveted voting bloc that both candidates are trying to break through targeted media appearances.

Porn websites are among the most popular pages on the Internet and young men are likely to visit them New York Times reported. The organizers of “Hands Off My Porn” cite data from the Survey on American Life showing that 44% of men between the ages of 18 and 29 had viewed porn in the past month. Among 30-49 year olds, this share rises to 57%.

Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a future Republican administration, but Democrats are making it difficult for him to do so. The latest advertising effort is one among many that ties the former president to the conservative plan, which some of his allies helped create.

The porn stars’ advertisement warns about this Project 2025 wants to ban pornography and jail its producers. And the website “Hands Off My Porn” makes this point clear: it calls the Project 2025 architects “crazy peopleand says that “Trump’s Allies” wants to rid the country of pornography.

“Since the fall of 2023, President Trump’s campaign has made it clear that only President Trump and the campaign, and NOT any other organization or former personnel, represent the policy for the second term,” Danielle Alvarez, senior adviser for the Trump campaign. BI in a statement when asked about the new ad.

The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.