Trump follows Biden and joins TikTok to reach young voters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : A Republican digital strategist told the New York Times that Trump is already outpacing Biden's engagement "from an organic standpoint" on the app, since there are many TikTok creators who do "pro-Trump content for him for free."
54% : But political strategists see the platform as an essential tool for reaching younger voters in an increasingly contentious presidential election campaign.
39% : Younger voters are feeling disillusioned by politics in general, as Semafor reported, but Trump could spin that in his favor, as voters mistrustful of institutions tend to lean to Trump, Vox wrote.
35% : Trump in particular has changed his rhetoric on TikTok, "a sign that both campaigns see TikTok, with its 170 million users in the United States, as a messaging tool worth pursuing regardless of the controversy surrounding the app.
17% : The US government wants to force China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's US assets or face a ban, but Trump and Biden joining the app is "a major win" as it fights back, Politico reported, while some creators criticized the "core hypocrisy" of it all.
13% : Trump tried to ban TikTok in office, while Biden signed legislation in 2022 to block most government employees from using TikTok on their work devices.

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