Donald Trump has put his family at the front and center of his campaign, and Tuesday night, after Trump officially became the Republican presidential nominee, the nation heard from his youngest daughter, 22-year-old Tiffany. Tiffany, who was raised mainly by Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples (and is their only child together), recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her speech, which focused on her relationship with her father, was rife with platitudes ("Whatever he does, he gives his all and does it well. His desire for excellence is contagious"), and the New Republic described it as a "bad college essay." But to several young Republican women looking on at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, it was a successful speech that humanized a larger-than-life candidate.

"She made him seem like a normal dad who took care of his children and cared about him. She made him a very real person and not just a billionaire," said Kendal Jessup, a 31-year-old delegate from Texas.

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Anna-Marie Hyatt, a 21-year-old from Kentucky whose mother is a delegate, could relate to Tiffany. "I'm in college also, I've taken public speaking and for her to get up in front of TV cameras and just the whole convention — I thought she did a great job."

"I've never really kept up with her and seen what she does," Hyatt added. "I think it's awesome that she's out there supporting her dad and would stand up in front of all of these people just to show her support and try and get younger voters to vote for him."

Elizabeth Baldwin, 17, who attended with her 83-year-old grandmother (a volunteer at the RNC also named Elizabeth), said that she never knew much about Tiffany but had a good impression. "I knew she was young and that she just graduated so I thought she did a good job."

Jessup, the delegate from Texas, likened Tiffany's speech to the one delivered by Melania, Trump's wife, on Monday night, saying that Melania made her husband "likable" and "humanized" him. "I thought [Melania] nailed her speech," she said.

When I asked about allegations that Melania plagiarized chunks of that speech from Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC remarks, Jessup shrugged it off. "If it was plagiarized, I think a speechwriter made some bad decisions," she said. "It came down, to me, on delivery. And I feel like she delivered great words that seemed so genuine and I didn't see that from Michelle Obama. So when Michelle delivered a similar speech, it always seemed choreographed to me — like she had practiced the speech. With Melania, everything she said was genuine and something she really, truly believed in."

Independently, all of the women agreed on this point — that Melania's speech was delivered well, and it didn't matter whether the words were truly hers or not. "It didn't affect me either way," Hyatt said of the controversy. Hyatt added, "I'm sure that she felt the same way, or she wouldn't have said it."

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Trump has generated controversy throughout the campaign for making offensive comments about minority groups and women, and has a 70 percent unfavorability rating among women. But the Republicans I talked to said that being flanked by powerful and attractive women like Melania, Ivanka and, now, Tiffany, softens his image and broadens his appeal. Hyatt said that, though she'd vote for Trump regardless, their support helps him get "the women vote." Baldwin echoed this sentiment, saying, "I feel like they do help, because they're all very powerful and they're all different ages, which helps speak to different age groups."

Speaking admiringly of the Trump women, the elder Baldwin said, "I think they'll bring dignity to the White House." When I asked what Trump might bring, she said, "He's going to be honest and help us."

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