Article 6S080 Harris’s home town is hopeful she will make history: ‘she is going to win big’

Harris’s home town is hopeful she will make history: ‘she is going to win big’

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Gabrielle Canon in Oakland, California
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California's Bay Area rallies behind the vice-president and envisions how great' it would be for the diverse community

As the extremely divisive election over who will next lead the United States wrapped up, California's Bay Area was enveloped in a quiet calm. Far from the massive political rallies and the rousing rhetoric that has overtaken battleground states many voters here are decided; the communities to the east of San Francisco were among the counties that voted most strongly for Joe Biden in 2020, and they will show up again hoping to defeat Donald Trump.

Even so, some ballots in Oakland and Berkeley will be cast with an extra sense of pride. In the towns where Kamala Harris was born and raised, locals are hopeful their hometown hero will make history.

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