Hamilton County voters haven’t supported a Democrat for president since Harry Truman in 1948, but at a debate watch party on Chattanooga’s Southside, you wouldn’t have known.
Hosted by city resident Tom Purdy, supporters of Kamala Harris gathered Tuesday in his home to watch the vice president’s televised debate with former President Donald Trump.
All of the nearly dozen in attendance considered themselves liberal or independent. About half were wearing Harris ’24 campaign shirts and various other apparel with liberal political messaging.
When the debate started, Purdy tuned into MSNBC, the news cable network of choice for many left-leaning voters.
“We won’t be watching Fox News,” Purdy said, deriding the conservative news network.