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I kinda get what you mean, am I’m really weirded out by how obsessed the US is with ethnic groups, like “black vote”, “white vote” etc, because most countries don’t focus on race like that.

But data wise, Trump barely increased his vote share in white men over last election, but significantly increased in black men, so I think that’s why some data analysts are pointing it out as an interesting shift in the electorate. However to suggest it’s any ethnic group’s “fault” someone won is just stupid. And if you’re gonna do that, try gen-X white men living in the countryside.

I'm all for not scapegoating any minority, since what's notable about the Black vote is roughly the same as for Latin American, younger demographics, and so on: it isn't that they are "to blame," it's that the support increased over 2016 or 2020.

So while it's a good reminder not to scapegoat, we definitely still need to talk and think about how different demographics (who will absolutely lose rights and opportunities under Trump) looked at Trump and decided to say, "more, please," if we're ever going to get out of this mess.

Or maybe the DNC refuses to speak to, let alone execute an agenda regarding the needs of the working class, election after election. Of course they'd be trounced after effectively revealing themselves as controlled opposition.

My forlorn hope is a massive repudiation of the DNC establishment in the next round of primaries.

Armed revolution in the face of predator drones with hellfires and 5th generation multi-role fighter aircraft is a fool's errand for suicidal rubes.

Turnout was a much bigger problem than where the votes went. The Democrats lost not against the Republicans so much as against their voter base. Turnout tends to be the biggest predictor for who wins US elections as the Republicans tend to have more dedicated/consistent voters

No one is blaming minorities for the rise of Trump, they're pointing out that since Trump expanded his margins across all demographics, Kamala Harris' failure can't be easily explained away by racism or misogyny, and there must be a deeper frustration among many of the groups that make up the Democrats' coalition like black and Latino Americans. Also, I rarely hear Democrats make this point; they seem to mainly blame wokeness.

Edit: OK, when I say "Democrats," I mean actual Democrats — people who are in leadership positions in the party. I am not talking about unhinged liberals that are reveling in Trump's anti-Gaza cabinet picks because they blame Muslims for their loss. Actual Democratic party members are much quieter about the collapse of the demographics that make up the Obama Coalition.

Funny that this is just more divisive rhetoric enabling right-wing talking points . It's almost like it's not a matter of minorities, but of socioeconomic class and education disparities leading to people across the board voting against their own interests because they don't know how to parse truth from bullshit.

The sooner black WORKERS, latino WORKERS, white WORKERS all rally under the same banner that points the finger at the rich who controls the vast majority of resources in not just this country but globally, we'll just keep fighting over increasingly fewer breadcrumbs.

Well, anyone who voted for Trump is part of the reason Trump was voted, independent of skin colour. And I think voting for Trump is beyond stupid, even if you are a staunch conservative. Why is that racism?

The moderate wing feels entitled to those votes.

And for whatever reason they keep doubling down on refusing to do voter outreach and listening to what Dem voters want. Current leadership will never back away from the strategy of:

What are ya gonna do, vote R?

Because it's obviously not working. As long as we allow the DNC to prioritize rewarding donor bundlers with leadership positions, it'll never change.

The only metric is bringing money in, so whoever pays the most gets to determine the party platform.

Which wouldn't suck so much if the DNC was the furthest right option. When that's how the furtherest left option acts, turnout will always be abysmal and even when we "win" we still lose and billionaires always win.

Every election cycle, the Democrats and media start to fret about the black vote. Will black women turn out? Will black men vote correctly? And this cycle culminated in the Obamas going on a "pull your pants up and vote" tour to boost turnout.

Now I'm not black, but I recognize double standards and condescension. I wouldn't want to be treated that way.

After the election, Latinos have been targeted by progressive rage and lashing out. I've seen people that I used to respect say that they deserve to be deported because of their vote.

53% of white women also voted for Trump in 2024. They also swung the vote in 2016.

But really, the DNC just fucked up, plain and simple. They're run by a quorum of dinosaurs all Group Thinking their soggy old brains to failure after failure.

Instead the base should focus their anger on the democratic party itself. Give us something to fight for or keep losing

Whether or not people are literally blaming minorities, Democrats have acted as if they are owed the votes of minorities and the working class which meant they felt no incentive to actually try and appeal to them or do more than token gestures.

I'm not surprised they lost the minority vote. They've been asking for it for a while.

Oh look, disingenuous twisting of the discourse. Big fucking surprise.