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Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Harris was a very impressive candidate.

    Say what?

    You are totally out of touch if you think that. And given that she lost the election in a massive modern day landslide, perhaps you need to revise your thought process.

    She did not connect or resonate with the people who mattered. She shed millions of votes from Biden's 2020 result.

    She will go down as the modern day Dukakis.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Give you refuse to even engage in the possabilty that you are wrong, here are some content to read which details exactly what I am alluding to.

    It is a fact that the GOP under Trump is the working class party. You may have the opinion that he doesnt do all that much for them, but at the end of the day, you cannot dispute the raw numbers, of non college educated people who voted for Trump.

    https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/04/new-republican-party-working-class-coalition-00122822

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/06/trump-coalition-republicans-realignment/

    https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/gop-cements-gains-as-the-working-class-party-across-racial-lines-cd7e3ba5



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 699 ✭✭✭DangerMouse27


    It will be fascinating to get some long view analysis of this in a couple of months, because I think the early reading of this is extraordinarily narrow-minded and clouded in sadness for the events in their own minds eye.

    There will absolutely be the best female candidate, statistically, it will inevitably happen.

    Blaming misogyny though. I think that's a stretch.

    In regards to the lionising of Harris that people are having. Her own campaign team tried to keep her away from media interviews. She absolutely crushed Trump in the debate and then disengaged from the media. Her 60 Minutes interview was quite likely the moment that began the withdrawal of 50/50 votes to what we saw.

    The Dem strategy of attacking Tony Hinchcliffe (a roaster) probably backfired.

    That said. I dont think Harris herself did badly. I think that she was managed very badly.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    VP in a successful administration

    Then why did she lose badly?

    It's nonsense to suggest there was no evidence that Harris may win. 

    There was, but you didn't want to see it not contemplate it.

    There was and still is a complete denial of reality but some still, even days after the election result should have sunk in a bit.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    We are talking about the election, and its result, not the next Donald Trump presidency, which will have its own dedicated thread I imagine.

    By all means create one.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭thegame983


    Harris' campaign was going well until she opened her mouth and regurgitated the usual identity politics bile that the Democrats have sharting out for the last 10 years.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,950 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    The "garbage" saga will be one that will be a memorable down the line. From a strength to a weakness in seemingly no time at all.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Ok I've calmed down, sorry mods, and accepted the fact that Trump is now president in waiting, might as well just get over it and enjoy it for the entertainment factor. But the Dems really only have themselves to blame, much like the MSM and political parties here they have pushed a progressive agenda too far while seemingly treating the plebs with disdain.

    🙈🙉🙊



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,505 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    She will go down as the modern day Dukakis

    Next level hyperbole, she will lose it roughly at the same electoral college result that Biden beat Trump.

    The only one that comes close to Dukakis is Obamas victory over McCain.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,505 ✭✭✭✭Boggles




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Joe Rogan endorsed Bernie Sanders previously, but the Democrats didn't like it one bit.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51241462

    Only pure of heart need apply apparently.

    Tells you all there is to know about a certain cult within that party.

    Harris had a chance to go on Joe Rogan. Entirely her fault she didnt. You should blame her and her handlers for that, not Joe Rogan.

    Also, Elon didn't 'literally' pay people to vote. Be precise in your language.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    PA, WI and MI were NEVER swing states until Trump came along. That is the point.

    Biden won those states very narrowly. Remember 'Sranton Joe'?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    I agree with you.

    Its just @Overheal makes the moot point that there was a 2024 Democratic primary, but in reality there wasn't as Biden didnt step down and the party machine rowed in behind him.

    Technically there may have been a primary but we knew the result from the get go.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,061 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    I see someone has learned how to embed Simpson meme images. A new world has opened up.

    I'm not saying she was successful. I'm saying she was a very viable candidate.

    And Harris will forever be known as the person who lost to Trump in this election, that is a fact, but as I've already said, people voted for Trump knowing who and what he is and that is on them, not on Harris.

    Trump didn't run an impressive campaign by an sstretch of the imagination and his negative record speaks for itself and yet more people want him than a mixed race woman.

    In 2016, I didn't blame a wide spread culture of ingrained racism or mysogny or ignorance for Hillarys defeat, this time, I feel it has to be part of the conversation because of Trumps negatives, his lack of positives, and what Harris had in the same respects.

    You take the names and the genders out of this conversation and assess the merits of each candidate, there can only be one winner.

    But in reality, they choose the lesser (objectively the case) candidate. Why do you think they did?

    And no, I'm not saying everyone is racist, exist or ignorant, I'm saying enough of these people voted to mean Trump will be President for the next 4 years. Am I wrong? Tell me how?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,950 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Even the results in Nevada should be concerning to some Dems.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,725 ✭✭✭✭Overheal




  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,650 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    They were swing states back before the electoral map started to ossify in the 90s. But equally Georgia was not in play for the Democrats til Trump and the Az, Co have become far more blue in general.

    These realignments happen, it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Trump specifically.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Agree with a lot of this.

    There is a lot of Kool-Aid drinking by Harris supporters.

    They are shocked that she didnt walk it, but I was saying for ages how bad she came across.

    The Democratic primaries will be interesting. Will they go for another corporate Democratic machine candidate like Harris, and Clinton, or will someone emerge from the shadows and challenge the status quo like Sanders did?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    And Harris will forever be known as the person who lost to Trump in this election, that is a fact, but as I've already said, people voted for Trump knowing who and what he is and that is on them, not on Harris.

    Right so now we blame the electorate for not knowing how lucky they had it, with Harris as their pick..

    You take the names and the genders out of this conversation and assess the merits of each candidate, there can only be one winner.

    The person who didnt win?

    But in reality, they choose the lesser (objectively the case) candidate. Why do you think they did?

    Because they thought Harris would be a worse president, obviously. They are obviously sooooo stupid.

    And no, I'm not saying everyone is racist, exist or ignorant, I'm saying enough of these people voted to mean Trump will be President for the next 4 years. Am I wrong? Tell me how?

    Yes, you are wrong, and I shared linked to give an insight into how wrong you are.



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,901 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    It worked the other way, too. Florida and Ohio were swing states not too many elections ago, now they are pretty solidly Republican.

    I agree that it would be unreasonable to think that the Democrats should have had a competitive primary once Biden had decided to run again, the mistake was in his running again. Once that decision had been made, though, and then his dropping out mid campaign, I’m not sure what sort of options were available.

    With no scheduled elections (we do have them throughout the year) in most jurisdictions in the two month timeframe available before name deadlines, there was no option for an emergency primary, unless it were done at Democratic Party expense. Thus having the candidate selected by party delegates did seem to be the most reasonable option. The question, though, is how much leeway those delegates had. The selection of Harris seemed to me to be surprisingly quick, I was expecting some form of internal debate/campaigning. I got the impression that the Party (ethereal concept) told folks “get in line behind Harris, or else”. Not even the appearance of consideration to alternatives.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,313 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    "No tax on tips"

    A simple clear message that resonated with many working class people in the Las Vegas hospitality sector.

    Trump said it, Harris copied it as it was so popular.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,694 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    You didn't ever need to look at the polls to come to the correct assessment.

    When the extremely biased media weren't even saying that Harris was edging it you knew they knew she was behind.

    The news media knew full well that Trump was ahead all along, just like they did in 2016 and then feigned being shocked at the result.

    So much for a left wing news media you can trust.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,665 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    They seem to think they can just pack up and go. No need to apply for a visa or anything like that. I'm sure those plans will go by the wayside when they realise that other countries don't just let people in without a lengthy immigration process, a job, proof of funds etc.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,650 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    The delegates would have been Biden delegates right? I think it was already game over when Biden endorsed her - his delegates would have been massively predisposed towards Harris after that.

    I don't really think anyone would have genuinely decided such a contested convention would have added some democratic legitimacy. The argument would simply be that it was a backroom deal by a closed set of elites. I mean the delegates have no particular insight or qualification to be making the selection anyway.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,725 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Speaking of the Party, here's a new photo of Nancy Pelosi after the result

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    A picture that could launch a thousand books.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,590 ✭✭✭Cody montana




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,950 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    That's a good point. Telling the general public about your opponent's unsuitability, while trying to swipe some of their policy. Not the best look.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 699 ✭✭✭DangerMouse27


    Your wrong, because you assume that black men, and Latinos are misogynistic or otherwise. Trump won these votes.

    If you can't understand what has happened, your in a Rory Stewart bubble that utterly fails to see what affects ordinary Americans.

    You still hold firm that she was a viable candidate without presenting any evidence to back up your claim. I make the argument that it was her team/strategy that let her down.



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