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You have people who argue that Harris' personal unpopularity, including her lack of public speaking acumen, terrible approval rating and poor performance in interviews, was what lost the election for the Dems – in effect, that her presence at the top of the ticket was the dealbreaker.
You have people who argue that the campaign's failure to break away from Biden in a clear way – especially after that answer on The View – lost Harris an otherwise winnable election.
You have people who argue that the lack of a competitive primary made Americans feel that this was a coronation, losing Dems the election.
You have people who argue that campaigning with unpopular never-Trump conservatives lost Dems the election.
You have people who argue that the problem wasn't necessarily with Harris' campaign but with the Democrats' economic messaging – they were unable to communicate their economic victories, and if they had done so they would have won.
You have people who argue that the actual economic policies of the Democrats are genuinely unpopular and no amount of messaging changes can fix that short of a total platform overhaul.
You have people who argue that the perception of Dems as wealthy coastal elites lost them the election.
You have people who argue that specifically a focus on trans issues and culture war issues in general sunk the Dems.
You have people who argue that the campaign didn't focus on trans issues, but that a PAST focus on trans issues (see: the prison sex changes soundbite) sunk the Dems.
You have people who argue that the pro-immigration stances of the Dems lost them the election.
You have people who argue that there is a general cultural shift towards conservative iconography right now (country music, small town idealisation, etc.) indicated that there is a guttural instinctual disgust towards Democrats which lost them the election.
You have people who argue that the Democrats weren't left-wing enough and that the culture was actually more amenable to left-wing talking points that the Democrats didn't bring up as much (free Palestine, class war, etc.)
You have people who argue that the election was unwinnable because of the right wing media apparatus surrounding Republicans and that we essentially live in an unwinnable conservative propaganda-based dystopia now because of it.
You have people who argue that most Americans are just dumb, hateful people and Harris lost because she wasn't able to stir up hate like Trump did.
Three aspects worry me about this particularly:
You have people who argue that Harris' personal unpopularity, including her lack of public speaking acumen, terrible approval rating and poor performance in interviews, was what lost the election for the Dems – in effect, that her presence at the top of the ticket was the dealbreaker.
You have people who argue that the campaign's failure to break away from Biden in a clear way – especially after that answer on The View – lost Harris an otherwise winnable election.
You have people who argue that the lack of a competitive primary made Americans feel that this was a coronation, losing Dems the election.
You have people who argue that campaigning with unpopular never-Trump conservatives lost Dems the election.
You have people who argue that the problem wasn't necessarily with Harris' campaign but with the Democrats' economic messaging – they were unable to communicate their economic victories, and if they had done so they would have won.
You have people who argue that the actual economic policies of the Democrats are genuinely unpopular and no amount of messaging changes can fix that short of a total platform overhaul.
You have people who argue that the perception of Dems as wealthy coastal elites lost them the election.
You have people who argue that specifically a focus on trans issues and culture war issues in general sunk the Dems.
You have people who argue that the campaign didn't focus on trans issues, but that a PAST focus on trans issues (see: the prison sex changes soundbite) sunk the Dems.
You have people who argue that the pro-immigration stances of the Dems lost them the election.
You have people who argue that there is a general cultural shift towards conservative iconography right now (country music, small town idealisation, etc.) indicated that there is a guttural instinctual disgust towards Democrats which lost them the election.
You have people who argue that the Democrats weren't left-wing enough and that the culture was actually more amenable to left-wing talking points that the Democrats didn't bring up as much (free Palestine, class war, etc.)
You have people who argue that the election was unwinnable because of the right wing media apparatus surrounding Republicans and that we essentially live in an unwinnable conservative propaganda-based dystopia now because of it.
You have people who argue that most Americans are just dumb, hateful people and Harris lost because she wasn't able to stir up hate like Trump did.
Three aspects worry me about this particularly: