Why she deserved to lose: Gaza genocide
Why she actually lost: voters inappropriately blaming democrats for the high inflation in 2021-2023
- (it wasn’t really Biden’s fault or the democrats’ fault, it was a global issue and pretty much every country has dealt with high inflation in the last few years. The US’s inflation has been about average internationally, maybe even a bit lower than average.)
Why this sucks:
- since Gaza protest voters weren’t actually a difference maker, there’s not as much opportunity for us to agitate about it as we would’ve liked. Liberals will probably be dismissive of the argument that Harris lost because of her position about Gaza, and they’ll be right; it just doesn’t really hold up.
- the liberal smugness about ignorant voters that we’re surely going to see in the next few weeks is… actually kind of correct.
Let me know if you think I’m wrong about any of this. I’d kind of like to be wrong, honestly.
I think you’re correct in the causes. Still, if Biden and the Democrats were actually willing to wield their power the way Republicans are, they could have significantly improved how people feel about the economy. Even the perception that Dems are trying would’ve been big. They would rather lose than go against their own interests, though, and they did.
The other thing is that Kamala was one of the worst candidates in decades and despite what libs were hoping, being “not Trump” isn’t good enough to win. Biden had the Obama VP bonus and still only barely won.
Unironically, Hilary would have won.
I do not want to consider whether this is true
I kind of thought that her having to watch that vacant zero breeze her way into becoming the first female president would be the best schadenfreude but maybe her having to watch Harris faceplant the layup and know she could have won it this time is better.