Harris Tried to Win Over Republicans. Democratic Support Collapsed Instead
www.rollingstone.com
Kamala Harris did not pull Republicans from Trump, and the percentage of voters identifying as Democrat declined, according to exit polls.

Harris only received five percent of Republican votes — less than the six percent Joe Biden won in 2020 when he beat Trump, as well as the seven percent won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she lost to him. While Harris won independents and moderates, she did so by smaller margins than Biden did in 2020.

Meanwhile, Harris lost households earning under $100,000, while Democratic turnout collapsed. Votes are still being counted, but Harris is on pace to underperform Biden’s 2020 totals by millions of votes.

  • ClamDrinker@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    You can blame both, honestly. The US has always had the same political game as ever, people should be wise enough to understand how to play it. If you ever want to get to a more stable democracy that no longer has the stupid two party system that prevents any form of real representative democracy where you can actually have a selection of parties that represent you perfectly, the choice should be obvious.

    At least with Harris they could try to work with her and convince them to change their views for the future as they ruled. Trump will call you a left wing lunatic and slam the door in your face. Zero influence and no chance for progress (and even regression) vs some influence and some chance to progress.

      • ClamDrinker@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        Not that optimistically (And realistically, not common sense either apparently), but yes, it’s a potential path. And a peaceful one, among a multitude of bloody ones.

        • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          5 days ago

          I wish I had the same blind faith as you but I need some sign they will go against the corporations that are currently running the working class into the ground for profit.

          • ClamDrinker@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 days ago

            Not sure why you think I have blind faith? I’ve got blind faith in no one. Least of all the american voter lol.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      Half the country is white people who aren’t going to have a meaningfully different life experience under Trump. Saying “they have to” do anything is vastly over estimating how much they care. They believe both sides are just as bad and if they’re political at all they only trust the lowest politicians they can personally interact with.

      You are expecting a level of political education and activation that just isn’t there.

      • ClamDrinker@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        I’m not expecting anything, And I never said they had to do anything. Who would be expecting any kind of logical reasoning from US voters after this result. I said “If you want to” = “In order to get a desirable outcome, this is potentially the only way to do so.”, not “Everyone must do this because I say so”

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          11·
          6 days ago

          You don’t have to use the imperative tone to set up an imperative. You clearly lay out two choices, forgetting there’s always a third.

          • ClamDrinker@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 days ago

            Stop trying to force your interpretation on my words, it’s not what I said, period. I’m not limiting my scope to two choices. The US constitution does that for the matter of what party is in office. There are very obvious other choices, and most of them call for massive human suffering like civil war or political violence, which I’m not going to iterate on for obvious reasons. Nowhere do I deny the existence of those choices, I’m just presenting the obvious conclusion of trying to change the system in a peaceful manner.