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No, he said they voted for a racist, because they're idiotic misogynists.
I don't think most of them even realize what they voted for.
I've heard a lot of people blame misogyny for this election, but I'm really not sure how much that came into play, it may have for a small percentage, but that doesn't explain all the voters that just sat out. Kamala did what every losing Democrat has done, namely shunned the left and courted the right. I'm pretty sure that if Prez Rickard had run with her campaign strategy, especially courting a fucking Cheney, he would lose. And Prez NEVER loses an election, he's a literal comic book golden boy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez_(character)
Her policies were all pretty progressive though: childcare support, taxing the rich, supporting the middle class....short of pushing UBI or free higher education, I really don't know how much more she could have done without alienating center-democrats.
I mean. Sure....I get that she leaned into the center, but from her perspective (and likely at the advice of her staff) she believed that she already HAD the left and that her goal was to try and speak to centrists to come over to the Democrats side of the aisle "look, we have soo many people from the right even supporting us." I honestly don't know how she could have played it differently - it feels like it's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" sort of ordeal. Like, imagine that she pushed a solid progressive campaign and lost....I feel like everyone would have jumped down her throat about not branching out "why did you speak only to the solid, reliable liberals planning to vote you instead of going out to get the votes of others?". I don't know. That's my two cents. If I'm off base, just let me know I've been hoping for someone to break it down for me.