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That 1.5% would probably be explained by Harris's very real flaws you're ignoring right now. Harris's campaign was a massive middle finger to the working class, so she didn't get votes. Trump was at least saying he'd do things for the working class, so he got votes.
Most voters demonstrably don't care about that. They care about what candidate will do for them and to that Harris said "haha nothing get fucked".
Yeah, so
Thanks for agreeing with me.
You are right on that count, however the comment you were replying to is right that Harris's campaign had serious flaws when it comes to connecting with the material needs of working-class and left voters.
Her position on Gaza, her position on fracking, her following campaign advice from her brother in law and advisors to the MIC, not pushing for higher minimum wage or universal healthcare, etc etc.
And she wasn't really a progressive candidate outside of her race and gender. She was a right leaning centrist running against a regressive. That doesn't make her progressive, just better than the other option.
So I would add DNC messaging and campaign strategy to your list of four things above. But to be clear, I think it's a combination of many factors, including everything that you mentioned.
No, the DNC fucked up bad, but their failure still proves point number 1 - if the DNC being fuckups is enough for a voter to vote for or allow fascism, they don't give a fuck about minorities.
Nah you're right.
The US was okay with seeing a black woman as vice president, but they were never going to let a black woman take over the master's house.
Ate some mushroom and remembered some things I had been forgetting.
You are acting like no minorities voted for Trump or stayed home.
And even in this post you admit that the DNC ran a bad campaign. So how is messaging not a major factor in how people voted? Or why they decided this election wasn't important to participate in?
And there's also a thing people do when they are in an abusive relationship with somebody, and I believe the country is in an abusive relationship with Trump, where they minimize.
I've seen a lot of that post-election, oh he didn't do that much damage his first four years we will be fine. Oh, you know he talks a lot but he doesn't do half of the things he says. Etc. etc.
I guess what I am saying is that we don't need to chalk up to malice what can be attributed to ignorance. Especially considering the propaganda bubble most Americans live in.