US election: What went wrong for Kamala Harris? | BBC News

Donald Trump is likely to win the 2024 US presidential election after picking up three key battleground states.

The Republican candidate declared victory at his campaign watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Trump thanked voters and said: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate”.

So, what went wrong for Kamala Harris? And what could a second Trump presidency look like?



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[Saxony]

You can feel their disappointment with the results. It is palpable.

[Chrisflye]

The biggest reason was they focused on abortion when there were other priorities such as inflation, economy and border.

[CosmicTuxedo]

They lost Tulsi, RFK, The Election, The Senate, and popular vote. Embarrassing.

[eb]

Love so many experts who knew what went wrong after the result

[Bazingawow]

You can't talk about democracy when nobody voted for your candidate to be there.

[VS]

What went wrong, for 4 years she didnt do anything.

[segelnzhang]

Because playing identity politics is useless now, more people care about theirs livelihood.

[Customking]

YOU, THE MEDIA, THAT’S WHAT WAS WRONG, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED

[TheNerd-Y]

I'll tell you what happened...the mainstream media keeps treating ppl like idiots by spreading propaganda and bias down our throats. It's about time mainstream media starts showing us some respect

[nte]

Your audience is not interested in the personal opinion of your news anchors, dear bbc. Nothing went wrong. The Americans voted. Broadcast that information without the flavour of your highly important personal opinions.

[Michaelcollins]

"She only had a couple of months to run" 😂😂 yet it took her ages to adress the nation for the first time and was silent most of her "run" 😂

[NexusOfTheUniverse]

And the bbc said they were neck and that.

[avinashramlogan]

Simple answer, she was the vice president and has not performed. Failure.

[manonthemoon]

What went wrong? What about: What went right?

[ManchesterDev]

BBC journalists not looking happy with the result.😭Where is your impartiality BBC?

[rosstennant]

The BBC hasn't been this upset since jim'll fix it got cancelled

[artmonkeyarmy]

What went wrong!? How about the post apocalyptic crime and drug infested streets of San Francisco and LA after years of Biden/Harris? Why not take a stroll downtown or along the boarder and see Harris' "achievements" there. How many formerly great cities have been destroyed by them via their actions/inactions and policies? And now New York too! I used to live there and loved it. I would not even visit now. They weren't done yet and you wanted more? Insane.

[geejaybee]

What went wrong is that she was the most vacuous, empty headed nominee ever to run as a Democrat whose only platform was Trump is a fascist and I'm a black woman.

[Percival]

Where is Eminem, Beyonce, Card b and Jennifer Lopez

[jamiejosh]

Dismissing the voices of concerned working class people as simply racist….. insulting people who might vote for you isn’t a good idea