POLL: Why did Kamala lose?

[Aardvark86]

Setting aside the why's for the moment, you really do have to wonder what she does next. Obviously damaged goods from the perspective of national office, gave up a senate seat she could probably have held for decades, and now second or third in line behind Newsome (or Schiff?) when it comes to anything that goes through California.

I guess some DC law/lobbying shop could hire her, but that's a risky long term play with her party out of control. Perhaps the brookings institution or kennedy school - I don't get the sense that 'think tanks' of any sort really require much to park in their space for a while.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

This. This is why she lost.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Went center-right on the border and foreign affairs, "I'll have a Republican in my cabinet" promise, etc.

Center right on the border? Are you effing high? Before or after they let 10s of millions pour in.
A secure border and well vetted legal immigration isn't "center right". It's common sense the vast majority agree with. Last night proved this.
Let the Dems go further left then Biden Harris did on the border and we'll see the results. It'll be an even worse bloodbath.

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Setting aside the why's for the moment, you really do have to wonder what she does next. Obviously damaged goods from the perspective of national office, gave up a senate seat she could probably have held for decades, and now second or third in line behind Newsome (or Schiff?) when it comes to anything that goes through California.

I guess some DC law/lobbying shop could hire her, but that's a risky long term play with her party out of control. Perhaps the brookings institution or kennedy school - I don't get the sense that 'think tanks' of any sort really require much to park in their space for a while.

This is easy.

MSNBC will have an hour time slot for her. MSNBC has teleprompters. NBC let Hoda Kotb drink wine on the air.

I think we know where she is going.

 

[WDSMHAWK]

Center right on the border? Are you effing high? Before or after they let 10s of millions pour in.
A secure border and well vetted legal immigration isn't "center right". It's common sense the vast majority agree with. Last night proved this.
Let the Dems go further left then Biden Harris did on the border and we'll see the results. It'll be an even worse bloodbath.

Obama & Biden went left in 08, 12, 20 and won in blowouts. Hillary and Kamala went to the center in 16 & 24 and lost in blowouts (EC wise). Seems simple to me.

 

[Crafty Beaver]

An unAmerican electorate that cares nothing about our nation or its future.

OMG. Absolutely tone deaf.

 

[mro1978]

All of the above.
She also only ran on two things: Abortion and "vote for me because I'm (not) a black woman"

 

[Crafty Beaver]

The border issue is a great microcosm of why people are fed up with the Dems.

The right screamed about it for years, with the predominant response from the left being that wanting to secure the border was a policy desire rooted in racism. Six months from the election, seeing that the issue is polling horrifically for them, the D's come to the table with a proposal. Trump gives them the finger (because he's Trump) and tells them to pound sand. When pressed, Kamala takes no responsibility for the problem & suggests only that the Biden Admin inherited the problem.

The Left simply assumes the electorate are ignorant, but too many finally began seeing through the charade.

 

[jonesy5960]

Two dudes named Obama & Biden ran in 08, 12, 20 and won in blowouts. Two women named Hillary and Kamala ran in 16 & 24 and lost in blowouts (EC wise). Seems simple to me.

FIFY... Seems simple to me too.

 

[funksouljon]

Biden was unpopular and she didn't separate from him
People wanted overall change and she didn't represent change from Biden
Vast majority of the population does not support the ongoing transgender / gender "politics"
She poorly expressed how she was going to resolve the day to day financial strain on families
She didn't have a plan to resolve the immigration issues
Trump has been messaging to people for a decade, and many people like his message
Many people in the US don't support what the US was founded on and she didn't address that (give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses)
The Dem party has lost the blue collar folks for a decade and they are the majority of the population


off the top of my head

Edited - people have short memories and have forgotten how bad it was with Trump as president. But that is a bit more on how he won vs why she lost.

 

[Dauminator]

I saw this referenced elsewhere and I think it's a curious thing to consider. I don't really follow politics or campaigns, but history and statistics interest me, so here I am.

Here are the total votes for the past six elections (why six?, because I wanted to look at the trend and 25 years seems like long enough):
Taken from presidency.ucsb, except last night's, which is just the AP reported number and more rough.

2004 | 122.3M | 55.7% of eligible voters
2008 | 131.4M | 57.1%
2012 | 129.1M | 53.8%
2016 | 136.8M | 54.8%
2020 | 158.5M | 62.8%
2024 | 141.4M | 57.9%

Why did 7/8% more eligible people vote in 2020?

 

[Dauminator]

Many people in the US don't support what the US was founded on and she didn't address that (give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses)

The poem you quoted was written in 1883.

What the founders wrote in 1776 was this:
Transcript of the Declaration of Independence

 

[funksouljon]

The poem you quoted was written in 1883.

What the founders wrote in 1776 was this:
Transcript of the Declaration of Independence

I didn't say it was in the constitution/declaration. I implied the US was founded on the concept of immigration. Many people no longer want that.

And we even have monuments that are dedicated to how open arms we used to be. Many monuments of "whites only" have been removed over the last decade.

 

[doughuddl2]

Tell yourself whatever lies you need to.
America decided a decade ago that guns we’re more important than the lives of their kids, why would anyone be surprised that they now choose their bigotires over their wives and daughters.

You are something. Joe Biden thought it was more important to hire 87,000 IRS agents and pay off college loans than to spend money on protecting kids.

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

There was a good listen on NPR this morning about how lack of cultural understanding is driving some to vote different. Apparently most who identify as Latino cannot stand terminology like Latinx that's been used by some.

 

[thewop]

For the first year of Covid, Trump was president and Mitch controlled Congress but yes, let’s blame the Dems.

As you know, power was given to states to handle it. Which ones came through best? Yep, red ones. Who wanted everyone masked all the time? Yep, dems. When did the firings begins for refusing vaccines? Right again, under dems...

So yeah, they get blamed. To this day if you see someone in a mask, you already know which way they vote.

 

[naturalbornhawk]

What issues stand out as the main reasons you think she lost? Where do D’s need to improve for 2026/2028?

1st, 2nd amendment rights in addition to border policies, inflation, and her terrible performance in the most recent interviews that actually applied pressure.