USA 2024 presidential election

LatinX voters abandoned the Democrats.

All the naysayers denigrating Trump and his supporters really are so disconnected from reality. It was obvious to me for some time he was going to win and I said as much here (and it wasn’t popular and took plenty of heat)- he offered voters hope and a vision of how he’d improve their standards of living and safety….Harris said she would continue on as per joe Biden. When over 75% of people believe the country is on the wrong track this is an obvious losing message. Stevie wonder could see.
This pre election analysis seems to be more about what some people “wanted” to believe rather than a rational immersion of reality

all her celebrity surrogates are absolute cringe and need to be dropped for all future campaigns. They really did more harm than good to her - it underscored her disconnect from the public

They’re already suffering so they weren’t going to continue with more of the same and expect a different outcome. That would be bizarrely illogical and the definition of insanity. Trump swept the boards with this voting cohort and many more besides- the real question was what were the CURRENT Democratic administration doing for working people? Besides taking down to them and calling them racists. The results speak for themselves

That was a rare moment of honesty from her tbh- she wouldn’t do anything differently as she was clueless and had no vision beyond tired and jaded Obama style hollow slogans and aspirations. The electorate in America has moved well beyond that aul guff and want brass tax

Agreed.

There seems to be a belief that the Democrats are just too honourable or something. It all reminds me of Jeremy Corbyn's claim to have won the argument despite having (disastrously) lost the election.

There are also a number of issues that haven't been examined yet. Indeed there seems to be some reluctance to consider some of them at all. Much easier to call the other side Nazis and dumbfks than to seriously consider that they might have actual reasons.

'Kamala Harris is focused more on cultural issues like transgender issues rather than helping the middle class' (+17).This suggests that Harris was weighed down heavily by the Biden administration, particularly by inflation and their track record on immigration. Harris was also weighed down by voters’ belief that she focused on liberal cultural issues. In fact, this was the most frequent criticism among swing voters who broke for Trump (+28)."

I've said before that the Democrats (and the left in most of Europe) have painted themselves into a corner over the transgender question.

If they don't learn their lesson, things will get worse for them, not better. The claim that "Sure it's only a tiny number of people, only rightwing bigots could possibly object" when women are being raped (and/or having their sentences prolonged for daring to object) in "women's" prisons in America, may have worked initially when most people had no knowledge of the subject and just couldn't believe the authorities would be so callous, but that is changing as more and more incidents copme to light - and it is not going down well with ordinary people. Same with women and girls being punished for daring to query males playing in female sports.

Because of the generally unreliable nature of exit polls, we will never know for certain why Harris did so badly. It is clear she did not get out the vote that Biden did in 2020. Some of that might be down to policy issues but some if it is just plain misogyny . Perhaps some was also racist.

Religion seems to have also played a part in it will almost all Christian denominations, including catholic, tending towards Trump in higher numbers than Harris. I assume because of her view on abortion.

And of course the cost of living. And if the macro-economic data shows a healthy economy then there is surely a problem of wealth distribution, because many see the rich getting richer and themselves getting poorer. Of course theirs is a narrow perspective, but it is on that perspective that they are turning out to vote.

It is also worth noting that the Republicans are doing much better in the House and Senates elections too , whatever that might tell us about the motivations of the electorate

She lost because she was a hollow husk of a candidate with no message or vision as to how she’d improve people’s lives.
Nothing to do with misogyny and if it was “racism” then why was a black man (Obama) elected- twice?
As for “not progressive enough” I think you must be on another planet- that’s partly why she didn’t get elected and the likes of Warren or Saunders would never get elected. America is a conservative country where people care about working hard and striving for the American dream. The democrats either adapt to reality or accept they’re going to be out of power for a long time

might be true on paper but it’s definitely not people’s feeling or indeed experience when they go to buy anything. Telling people the economy is in great shape when they’re just about getting by is a losing message from the start.