To their credit, the Washington Post did a pretty good write up on why Kamala Lost

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Some Harris allies were also alarmed when O’Malley Dillon appeared to try to engage on transition efforts. A campaign aide disputed that, arguing O’Malley Dillon only discussed necessary coordination between the campaign and transition teams.

Another group has begun to question a key assumption of many party strategists during the Biden years — that the central force in American politics was the backlash to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the rejection of MAGA politics.

“It’s very simple: If you try to win elections by talking to the elites of this country, you’re going to get your ass kicked — there are not enough Beyonces, Oprahs or Hollywood elites to elect anyone,” said Chris Kofinis, former chief of staff to Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia). “Trump is not the disease. He is the symptom. The disease is political, cultural, and economic elites who keep telling the public what they should think, feel and believe — and guess what they told them on Tuesday: Go to hell.”


More broadly, many Democrats view their defeat — with Trump making inroads with Latinos, first-time voters, and lower- and middle-income households, according to preliminary exit polls — not just as a series of tactical campaign blunders, but as evidence of a shattered party with a brand in shambles.
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Harris lost because We/They/Them/Us, NB, GQ, GF and Trans Kids was allowed to stay in focus while He/Me/Her/She/Him was allowed to feel like they were taking a back seat on the social ladder. As Bill Maher said, the Democrats were more focused on a signature block that included pronouns.

More Democrats WERE unhappy that Biden stepped down and gave the race to Harris - whom, I think ran a very campaign - but her tax breaks for new businesses and new homeowner grants sounded good but never really addressed the cost of groceries and I think MORE emphasis on why costs are so high and how the Right-wing media was lying to people along with exactly how the country would save money if she was elected would have gone a long way. Since that WAS the main reason exit polls showed why people voted for Trump.

Me Good, Trump Bad may be true, but wasn't a winning message.

And making it worse, the Democrats are eating each other right now, much like the Republicans did after the Red Wave failed the first time
 
Harris has to run nearly a perfect campaign. She was held to a standard that was unobtainable, while trump was held to no standard at all. The misinformation train was running at full blast and no amount of fact checking could stop it. And yes, Russia was definitely feeding that misinformation train. And I fear for Ukraine, because once Trump gives Russia what they want, it's only a matter of time before fascist Putin makes his next move.

But I also agree that the Dems got away from their blue collar, every man core that they have traditionally stood for. And the party became feeding the elite donors and base.

Harris ran a good campaign. She would have likely made a good president. And Trump's policies will make the country worse, but his supporters won't acknowledge it because he will lie to them and say he's fixing things, and his cult is loyal to it's leader
 
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Harris has to run nearly a perfect campaign. She was held to a standard that was unobtainable, while trump was helping to no standard at all. The misinformation train was running at full blast and no amount of fact checking could stop it. And yes, Russia was definitely feeding that misinformation train. And I fear for Ukraine, because once Trump gives Russia what they want, it's only a matter of time before fascist Putin makes his next move.

But I also agree that the Dems got away from their blue collar, every man core that they have traditionally stood for. And the party became feeding the elite donors and base.

Harris ran a good campaign. She would have likely made a good president. And Trump's policies will make the country worse, but his supporters won't acknowledge it because he will lie to them and say he's fixing things, and his cult is loyal to it's leader
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Disagree, that is what they want people to think and believe. The American People just voted for the next great depression, and they can't undo it.
 
Blondie said:
Disagree, that is what they want people to think and believe. The American People just voted for the next great depression, and they can't undo it.
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America is about to get what it deserves. Matt Gaetz the DA? Dr. Oz in charge of Medicare/Medicaid? Kennedy in charge of all things medical? WTF? And no one can stop him.
 
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America is about to get what it deserves. Matt Gaetz the DA? Dr. Oz in charge of Medicare/Medicaid? Kennedy in charge of all things medical? WTF? And no one can stop him.
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And his detractors are all going to root for his good health because his VP is exponential levels worse.
 
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I can't believe he made the Betsy DeVos choice look..... More.... Acceptable?
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He did?? How so?? This is a joke. At least DeVos already had her hand in on the financial side of education. What is Linda gonna do, have civics class turned into WWF class?
 
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He did?? How so?? This is a joke. At least DeVos already had her hand in on the financial side of education. What is Linda gonna do, have civics class turned into WWF class?
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New Economics; How to get rich by grifting the public. Something Trump and the McMahons are pros at
 
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New Economics; How to get rich by grafting the public. Something Trump and the McMahons are pros at
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They have turned our government into a reality/wrestling show/match. I don't even know if we will ever have a shred of normalcy again.
 
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They have turned our government into a reality/wrestling show/match. I don't even know if we will ever have a shred of normalcy again.
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I have a plan, when I retire, to move so deep into the woods, Bigfoot stops by for a beer and never come out unless I have to
 
Democrats haven’t been about blue collar average joe types since 1st election of Clinton.

It’s now the party of elites and those that tell the blue collar average Joe peeps how to live.

The tell people what to buy, drive, eat, wear, heat their homes and how to think and what definitely not to say.

They are the party of big Hollywood with the private jets and massive homes full of self important virtue and righteousness.

Your carbon footprint is what matters .

How many polls broke it down into college educated or not? That’s insulting and elitism

The average person does not watch News channels. They get news from social media and talking about shit whole slugging down beer.

Biden won only because of the nightmare that was Covid. The Dems got a gift… then they shoved green climate policy down americas throat although it (climate) doesn’t crack the top ten of concern lists of Americans.

Arrogance lost it
 
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