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In five elections, Democrats voted in the same numbers for 4 of the 5 candidates and WAY higher for the 5th. I'll let you figure out the common theme among the first 4 candidates.
As far as your points:
Yes she did.
Neither did Trump.
Trump said he'd do more.
So did Trump.
This is fair.
Circling back: if the difference isn't that much between her and Biden (per your argument), why did he get SO MANY MORE votes? 69M, 65M, 65M, 81M, 69M. Only one of those 5 numbers is votes for the white man.
Again I feel the need to preface this: I thought she was a decent pick. I was so confident I even told a friend I thought it'd be 60/40 in her favor months ago. I am NOT saying she sucks - I'm saying her campaign sucked. I'm also not saying that 0 people refused to vote for a woman - I'm saying it's not why she lost. Anyway,
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Let's be real - we voted Biden in 2020 not because we thought he was the best person for the job but because we believed he could beat Trump.... Which he barely did. And then he went on to have a pretty good run and got a lot done! Anyone who paid attention could see that the progress was slow but there was still progress happening.
But his team sucked at communicating. They quietly did their thing and barely promoted it. Maybe because even if they did...the news would focus on something more controversial instead. Either way, most people had no idea..and many of those that did didn't feel like it was enough.
The fact that we're having this conversation tells me that we're both at least somewhat knowledgeable on politics so of course we knew about the good work he was doing...of course we know the policies Harris/Walz wanted....but did the layman know that? Nope.
So this election rolls around and people see Biden 2.0, why would they want that again when they're been struggling for the past 4 years? Why weren't they getting addressed then? Non-voters didn't feel heard. Hell, I didn't feel heard. Grocery gouging is old news and the fix feels like a consolation prize at this point.
By far the biggest failing is that their "leftwing" campaign chose to reach right. It garnered a few voters and alienated a LOT more.