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I think you are being too kind to Harris and her staff. Everything you wrote is true, in my opinion, except that she had all this information just like we did.
She could have tried to run a campaign that focused on improving life of the average American, by busting up real estate speculation, by raising the minimum wage to match the cost of living, major things like that. I don't know if that would have been enough, because we all watched her do nothing on those issues for the last 4 years, but she could have tried it. Or she could have spoken out against Biden on Israel. That would have been an interesting thing to see. I think she didn't do any of those things because she doesn't believe in them.
So she ran an honest campaign, and it wasn't good enough. We all appreciate her honesty, but it would be better to have a candidate who shares more values with the average voter.
Honestly, without getting inside her head there's no way to know how much she personally agrees on those issues. But there is a lot of influence from a campaign's staff. She may very well have felt boxed into those stances. Or she really was a 1-1 with Biden on them. At the end of the day they were not what Americans were looking for.
Who was a better candidate this year? You have to choose one. If you say Kamala, then everything you just said dosent matter.
Harris ran on far better policies than trump (who is a felon btw).
Most people know that, but still voted for him over culture war bullshit. Stop this nonsense
No. Humans aren't deterministic machines that perfectly weigh available information and rationally decide on the best course of action. It's not enough to have better policies, you also have to appeal to your voters emotionally.
Harris didn't do this, she instead decided to effectively spit into her voters faces by moving right on several issues while not giving hope that current issues will be resolved. People are hurting financially - one candidate said "I'll fix it", while the other said "there is no issue, nothing will change".
It doesn't matter that her policies were better. She could have campaigned differently and gotten far more votes. It's as much her fault as it is the voters.