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Manhattan Moguls, Including Beyonce, Turn out for Hillary Clinton

Her presidential listening tour has taken a bit of a detour into tonier precincts.
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Beyonce attends the 'China: Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.

Beyonce attends the 'China: Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.

Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images

When Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign launched a month ago, the candidate and her aides stressed that the focus of the first few weeks of her bid would be on starting the arduous process of earning the support of voters in key states.

She billed herself as a champion of “everyday Americans” and took an ostentatiously downmarket approach to her campaign rollout, boarding a van instead of a plane, stopping at fast food restaurants, and hosting small roundtables.