Human Nature

[Ivan Denisovich]

I think a lot of things factored into Trump's second election.  One is that he has riled up the like-minded with all the zeal of a revivalist preacher.  They also were angry that he was beaten by Biden and bought into the whole the election was rigged narrative.

Of course. Decisions like this can't be reduced to "human nature".

If he did excited his base then he acted like a politician should. It's one of their roles to propose vision that will catch people attention. It's something that many politicians seem to forgot - you have to sell your vision, not rely on it's alleged goodness.

It was not a great move to wait till three months before the election for Biden to step down and Harris to be expected to ramp things up enough to win.  She didn't lose by much but when you take the devout MAGAts and then add the idea of a woman of color as president...it wasn't going to go as well as hoped by those of us who see the man behind the curtain.

There are still people pissed about Obama being elected...a black man was one thing but a woman of color...MAGA forbid.

I think the Dems were caught flat-footed and didn't have a clue how to promote Kamala when that was suddenly a thing.

The Dems need to get their act together if there is any hope of getting power back.  Even then, it will take a long time to attempt to undo the clusterfuck that we are living with and through now.

I agree that changing candidate mid campaign was not well thought. I don't think that Biden should be candidate at all as he was too old and Harris when looked on from afar also wasn't someone that I would care about. As far as I am concerned democrats should show that they care about working class, otherwise they're fucked. Obviously it might not be a correct diagnosis but fighting for better world and losing is far better than merely losing (and not significantly changing how US work I would count as losing).