How the Democrats Lost It

A 10-year obsession with ‘Trump’ caused the party to take its eyes off what the voters really wanted.

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[GoodBoyOskie]

They ignored all of our concerns and called us names. Why would we support someone who didn't support us?

[Muskeljudentum]

They called us fascists for being concerned with our wellbeing. Cheers to the most diverse turnout for a Republican

[robertcarter]

Obamaism is officially dead. Sick of his whiney bs.

[SeanA.Skeete-wdvi]

Abortion, everyone's "racist" and Trump being a "threat" to Democracy was never a "winning strategy." I surely "tuned" it out and excitedly casted my vote for the Trump-Vance ticket😊.

[stealthfighter]

They lost because America gave them a chance 4 years ago, and they blew it! Big time

[malav_patel]

For Democrats it was : Abortion
For Republicans it was : Economy, Immigration, Foreign Policy, Inflation, Taxes
Abortion is an issue. But the economy, taxes and inflation impact people daily. People will alway prioritize their own livelihoods first, every other issue would take a backseat compared to it. It's the same all over the world.

[makoyinmtl]

When your party lost all common sense and just became Woke in everything, that's when you realize you need to leave that party, They just went far too left and at the same time, alienated a huge chunk of people who deemed to stay in the middle. Add to the fact, you have a candidate who can perfectly mix and match Words Salad, but can not communicate well the most important policies.

[supergirlll]

I am happy that he won BOTH the electorate vote AND the popular vote.

[aarontoalet]

I'll tell you how they lost it: Americans woke up and realized abortion is not the most important issue.

[teekay_]

I read the article online and you're over-analyzing this. Harris not only didn't do the work in her life to be ready for the presidency, _she didn't even want to be president_ . She's one of those people who like the title and office, but not the work during her entire elected career.

Plus, when she talks, she's just repeating lines she's memorized. Even yesterday in her concession speech it was 18 hours late, and when she gave it, she made no mention of coming together, just another "we're gonna fight" thing that made her look small and petty.

Her political career is thankfully over. As is Mainstream Media who pushed her even though everyone saw she was a terrible candidate except for the die-hard Democrats.

[legion-st]

THe open borders really pissed a lot of people off ! THE WSJ IS OPEN BORDERS !!

[phuongha]

Too much Trump this and Trump that and no policies.

[DisHappah]

People complained and you called them racist got you here

[dylanaxelrod]

We are now unburdened by what has been

[DDCrp]

Ahhh… the tantrum comments are awfully quiet today. Breathe that sublimity in- folks

[sdoe-lt]

What happened to 18 million voters in 2020? That many people did not vote? Thats very interesting.

[antiguy]

the funny thing about obama is that i think that night at the dinner where he roasted trump while he was sitting in the audience and made that joke about him running for president, is where trump actually decided to run. this all probably happened because of him. lmao

[harambetidepod]

Keep calling Americans bitter irredeemable deplorable garbage

[corrion]

Hopefully those 30, 000 Haitians that got dumped in that poor town get encouraged to go home without their $30, 000 loaded EBT cards

[avi]

So in the country where it is almost a timeworn slogan - It's the Economy, Stoopid - one of the parties, which was in power, simply overlooked that factor??!!