Democrats Still Don’t Get Why Trump Won
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many Democrats are certain that what cost Kamala Harris the 2024 election was bigotry in the “flyover states.” And that misunderstanding is only going to lock them out of power longer.
Kamala Harris speaks to reporters as she walks out of a meeting after certifying the Electoral College vote for the 2024 Presidential election at the US Capitol on January 6, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
If you want to know why seventy-seven million people voted for Donald Trump, don’t assume. Just ask them. As the election postmortems attest, there’s no single reason Trump won, but one common explanation stands out for its presumptuousness and ubiquity among progressives: bigotry.
This Democratic consultant’s election night hot take is typical of the genre:
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