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That's about right. He didn't do much to gain voters and did much to drive them away.
Harris got 13.5 MILLION fewer votes than Biden got in 2020. Undoubtedly there was some ratfuckery that suppressed her number. But the GOP is absolutely not competent enough to suppress 5 million votes, and certainly not > 13 million, and not have anybody notice?!
Harris got a couple million more votes than Hillary got in 2016, which is about the growth in population. It was Biden's 2020 vote that was extraordinary.
Here's the thing. America is seriously Fed up these days. Many of us believe that Trump's superpower is F-ing things up and profiting from the chaos. But the result is that, while the public almost always says we are on the wrong track, regardless of which party is in charge, the "wrong track" sentiment is multiplied tenfold in today's climate of chaos. People knew the country was a huge mess under Trump, and they came out in huge numbers for our side in 2020, and even stayed with us to some degree through the 2022 midterms. Unfortunately, with all the gaslighting about inflation and borders, many people still believe the "wrong track" and that's what got Harris. Remember 2 weeks is a big ask of Americans, so they simply could not remember what it was like with Trump before. And this campaign strangely avoided talking specifically about that.
If it is any consolation, Republicans almost always create recessions with their lousy economic stewardship, so by the 2026 midterms the "wrong track" sentiment will probably work for us.
This video, more than anything else, explains what has just happened to us. That is to say, it didn't "just" happen. It has been growing for 30 years and now it is completely upon us.
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