Harris didn’t lose the election so much as Trump won
1 day, 9 hours ago

Harris didn’t lose the election so much as Trump won

Live Mint  

As Republicans prepare to take control of the federal government, Democrats are assessing what went wrong in the 2024 election and what they need to change. First, pre-election surveys consistently showed that Ms. Harris’s ceiling was substantially higher than Mr. Trump’s, meaning a higher percentage of voters said they’d consider voting for her than him. Yes, Ms. Harris lost all seven swing states, but it’s more accurate to say that Mr. Trump won them with a message strong enough to overcome the Harris campaign’s edge in funds and organization. In the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, Ms. Harris fell short of Mr. Biden’s 2020 performance by only about 35,000 votes, while Mr. Trump improved on his 2020 performance by about 166,000. In Luzerne County, a microcosm of the working-class revolt against the contemporary Democratic Party, Ms. Harris fell only about 2,000 votes short of Mr. Biden’s 2020 performance.

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7 charts and maps show where Kamala Harris underperformed and lost the election
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1 month, 1 week ago

7 charts and maps show where Kamala Harris underperformed and lost the election

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Zooming in on the hotly contested battleground states where the election was much closer, Harris and Trump both gained votes compared with 2020 in Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada. Harris got fewer votes there compared with Biden in 2020, and Trump carried it with his largest margin of …

Key to Trump’s Win: Heavy Losses for Harris Across the Map
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Key to Trump’s Win: Heavy Losses for Harris Across the Map

New York Times  

Change in votes compared with 2020 2.5 million more votes for Trump 7.1 million fewer votes for Harris than Biden Key to Trump’s Win: Heavy Losses for Harris Across the Map It may seem like a clear story: Donald Trump won the election by winning the most votes. Change in votes by county partisanship, compared with 2020 Counties Harris Trump …

Trump’s defeat of Harris owes a lot to Democrats’ stupid orthodoxy on trans activism and identity politics
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s defeat of Harris owes a lot to Democrats’ stupid orthodoxy on trans activism and identity politics

Firstpost  

Democrats never figured out that labelling people as ‘right-wing bigots’ for not subscribing to this new religion is suicidal politics Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are seen in a combination of file photographs taken in Chandler, Arizona, US, October 10, 2024, and in Evans, Georgia, US, October 4, 2024. Exit poll figures show while Hillary Clinton won Hispanic voters by …

Trump’s defeat of Harris owes a lot to Democrats’ stupid orthodoxy on trans activism and identity politics
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s defeat of Harris owes a lot to Democrats’ stupid orthodoxy on trans activism and identity politics

Firstpost  

Democrats never figured out that labelling people as ‘right-wing bigots’ for not subscribing to this new religion is suicidal politics Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are seen in a combination of file photographs taken in Chandler, Arizona, US, October 10, 2024, and in Evans, Georgia, US, October 4, 2024. Exit poll figures show while Hillary Clinton won Hispanic voters by …

Trump’s win has been described as resounding. It was closer than you think
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s win has been described as resounding. It was closer than you think

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While media members and political experts are labeling Trump’s win sweeping, Harris lost the …

Why Kamala Harris Lost Michigan — And Another Democrat Won
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Why Kamala Harris Lost Michigan — And Another Democrat Won

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING EASTPOINTE, Mich. ― Election Day was less than a week away when I joined Edwin Woodson for some canvassing through a working-class neighborhood just north of the Detroit city line. Harris and her supporters did their best to remind voters that conservative agendas, like the right-wing Project 2025 blueprint for Trump’s second term, called for national restrictions …

Despite presidential headwinds, these Senate Democratic candidates won states Harris lost
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Despite presidential headwinds, these Senate Democratic candidates won states Harris lost

CNN  

CNN — Republicans flipped the Senate, but Democratic candidates often outran the top of the ticket, winning at least four battleground states that Vice President Kamala Harris lost. Harris lost all seven swing states to President-elect Donald Trump, while her party’s Senate candidates narrowly held Wisconsin, Nevada and open seats in Michigan and Arizona. Democratic Senate candidates in Michigan, Wisconsin …

Biden’s polling said Trump would win at least 400 electoral votes before president quit the race, Obama’s aide claims
2 months ago

Biden’s polling said Trump would win at least 400 electoral votes before president quit the race, Obama’s aide claims

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The Biden campaign’s own internal polling at the time when they were telling us …

US election divided by education: Trump won states with fewer graduates, Harris with more college degrees
2 months ago

US election divided by education: Trump won states with fewer graduates, Harris with more college degrees

Firstpost  

Voters without college degrees backed Trump by a 14-point margin, an increase from a two-point margin in 2020, while Harris maintained her 13-point lead among college-educated voters, which remained nearly the same as in 2020 US President-elect Donald Trump attends his campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, on November 5, 2024. Reuters Donald Trump’s victory …

Democrats who warned Harris launch their rebukes: ‘These guys didn’t get it at all’
2 months ago

Democrats who warned Harris launch their rebukes: ‘These guys didn’t get it at all’

Politico  

Prominent Democrats broadly agree that the vice president’s historic 107-day campaign was always going to be an uphill battle. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a powerful force behind Biden’s exit from the race, told the New York Times in an interview Thursday that “had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race.” She said she …

US election result: Where did Harris and her campaign go wrong?
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2 months ago

US election result: Where did Harris and her campaign go wrong?

Al Jazeera  

A late start, a failure to differentiate herself from Biden, and the loss of key voting groups made victory impossible. In Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state in the 2024 election, Harris lost 3 percentage points in Black support compared to 2020, with 89 percent versus Biden’s 92 percent. Harris’s support among Black voters fell by 15 percentage points — 77 …

Biden won big with young voters. This year, they swung toward Trump in a big way
2 months ago

Biden won big with young voters. This year, they swung toward Trump in a big way

NPR  

Biden won big with young voters. This year, they swung toward Trump in a big way toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images In past years, voters under 30 have proved essential on the margins, especially for Democrats, where even minimal shifts in support can decide an election. Young voters prioritized pocketbook issues After years of Trump hammering home his agenda, Harris …

Joe Biden gets blamed by Democrats for the resounding loss of Vice President Kamala Harris
2 months ago

Joe Biden gets blamed by Democrats for the resounding loss of Vice President Kamala Harris

The Hindu  

Joe Biden's name wasn't on the ballot, but history will likely remember Kamala Harris' resounding defeat as his loss too. As Democrats pick up the pieces following President-elect Donald Trump's decisive victory, some of the Vice President's backers are expressing frustration with Mr. Biden's decision to seek reelection until this summer — despite longstanding voter concerns about his age and …

Trump won the election but lost one state he eyed in 2024, here's the star he'll miss on his winning crown
2 months ago

Trump won the election but lost one state he eyed in 2024, here's the star he'll miss on his winning crown

Hindustan Times  

While Donald Trump made a historic comeback to the White House, he lost one thing he had seemingly eyed in 2024 – New York. Donald Trump won the election but lost one thing he eyed in 2024 – New York Kamala Harris won New York's presidential contest on Tuesday. Even though New York is Trump’s home state, he constantly struggled …

Explained: Why Kamala Harris's Historic White House Bid Fell Short
2 months ago

Explained: Why Kamala Harris's Historic White House Bid Fell Short

Deccan Chronicle  

In a meeting with one of America’s most powerful unions in September at its Washington headquarters, Vice President Kamala Harris said she’d protect union jobs and workers’ livelihoods better than Donald Trump. But Harris’ campaign ultimately failed to overcome deep-seated voter concerns about inflation and immigration – twin issues that opinion polls showed favored Trump. “The Harris campaign did not …

Biden praises Harris after poll defeat: She will remain a champion for Americans
2 months ago

Biden praises Harris after poll defeat: She will remain a champion for Americans

India Today  

US President Joe Biden broke his silence after his Vice President and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, was defeated in the presidential election by her Republican opponent, Donald Trump. In a statement issued by the White House on Wednesday evening, just hours after Trump was officially declared the 47th President of the US, Biden said Harris led a historic election campaign …

Opinion | Why Harris lost US polls: First-hand account from 2024 campaign trail
2 months ago

Opinion | Why Harris lost US polls: First-hand account from 2024 campaign trail

India Today  

Having travelled across the United States from the start of the primary season in the US presidential election, I’ve had a unique vantage point from which to witness both the campaign’s successes and struggles. Harris’s campaign aides admitted that this framing was a significant challenge; they acknowledged that their strategy of emphasising Biden’s achievements didn’t resonate well with voters who …

Biden won big with young voters. This year, they swung toward Trump in a big way
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2 months ago

Biden won big with young voters. This year, they swung toward Trump in a big way

NPR  

Biden won big with young voters. This year, they swung toward Trump in a big way toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images In past years, voters under 30 have proved essential on the margins, especially for Democrats, where even minimal shifts in support can decide an election. Young voters prioritized pocketbook issues After years of Trump hammering home his agenda, Harris …

Election results breakdown reveals how Trump won by a landslide - taking both the popular vote and the crucial electoral vote
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2 months ago

Election results breakdown reveals how Trump won by a landslide - taking both the popular vote and the crucial electoral vote

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump made gains with nearly every voting bloc he lost in the 2020 election and put together a coalition of multi-ethnic working-class voters to defeat Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris did worse than Joe Biden among black voters and women voters YOUNG VOTERS Trump made major gains among young voters – particularly among men, who made a dramatic shift to …

Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to win the presidency
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2 months ago

Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to win the presidency

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The president-elect, who is the second person to …

Can Kamala Harris still win? Pessimism turns to dismay at Harris HQ
2 months ago

Can Kamala Harris still win? Pessimism turns to dismay at Harris HQ

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Republican presidential nominee currently stands within four …

Kamala Harris' shocking blow in deep blue New York City as she suffers worst Dem results there since 1988
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2 months ago

Kamala Harris' shocking blow in deep blue New York City as she suffers worst Dem results there since 1988

Daily Mail  

Kamala Harris' election night flop appears to have affected her even in deep blue districts, including New York City. While that may seem like a dominating performance, it's the worst for a Democrat since 1988 While Democrats openly mocked Trump for holding a rally at Madison Square Garden nine days before the election, it appears the strategy has been somewhat …

US Election Results: Kamala Harris to address her supporters at 2.30am
2 months ago

US Election Results: Kamala Harris to address her supporters at 2.30am

Hindustan Times  

US Election Results: Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the presidential elections to her Republican rival Donald Trump, would address her supporters on Wednesday afternoon. Follow all Live updates of the US presidential election results here The race was very close, with some experts believing Kamala Harris, 60, held a slight lead over Donald Trump, 78, in key states like …

"Biden is the reason": Harris aide lays blame for election loss on president
2 months ago

"Biden is the reason": Harris aide lays blame for election loss on president

Salon  

The dust has not yet settled on the second election of Donald Trump, but some members of the Kamala Harris team have already found a reason for the vice president's stunning loss: Joe Biden. “We ran the best campaign we could, considering Joe Biden was president,” a Harris aide told Politico. “Joe Biden is the singular reason Kamala Harris and …

Why did Kamala Harris fail to secure majority in US Presidential elections | ANALYSIS
2 months ago

Why did Kamala Harris fail to secure majority in US Presidential elections | ANALYSIS

India TV News  

In a meeting with one of America's most powerful unions in September at its Washington headquarters, Vice President Kamala Harris said she'd protect union jobs and workers' livelihoods better than Donald Trump. Still, the Harris campaign believed her signature issues - reproductive rights and Trump's divisiveness - would energize a coalition of women, Black voters, young Americans, independents and "Never …

How Did Harris Lose the Swing State of Pennsylvania?
2 months ago

How Did Harris Lose the Swing State of Pennsylvania?

Bloomberg  

00:00 Pennsylvania, the big prize last night. And I think that's going to cause a lot of soul searching within the Democratic Party. And so it's kind of emblematic, I think, of what we've seen in a number of other Rust Belt states across this country. I think it's more just a sense among the Harris campaign that they had …

How Biden’s attempt to cling on to White House cost Harris the election
2 months ago

How Biden’s attempt to cling on to White House cost Harris the election

The Telegraph  

It was Joe Biden, not Kamala Harris, who lost this election. Even Donald Trump, who ahead of his historical election victory, centred his campaign on the outgoing administration’s failures. The outgoing president’s aborted attempt to cling onto the White House gave Ms Harris only 107 days between becoming the new Democratic nomination and election day. As a a former president, …

Democrats sink into despair after Trump win
2 months ago

Democrats sink into despair after Trump win

Politico  

“Really never fully took in that this could happen again,” said one former Democratic Party official, granted anonymity to speak candidly. “You will hear from her tomorrow.” Beyond Washington, Democrats were rapidly losing faith that Harris could keep the party’s bulwark intact. “Those of us that had hoped for a resounding repatriation of Trump, we’re left to hope for a …

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House
2 months ago

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House

China Daily  

A man walks down to the Exposition Building to vote during the 2024 US presidential election on Election Day in Portland, Maine, US, Nov 5, 2024. The US presidential election reached a climax on Tuesday as Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump vied for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. As …

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House
2 months ago

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House

China Daily  

By HENG WEILI in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-06 13:55 A man walks down to the Exposition Building to vote during the 2024 US presidential election on Election Day in Portland, Maine, US, Nov 5, 2024. The US presidential election reached a climax on Tuesday as Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump vied for …

What Went Wrong for Harris in the Swing States?
2 months ago

What Went Wrong for Harris in the Swing States?

Bloomberg  

00:00 Something you said at this time yesterday morning stayed with me. And it looks like right now, based on the vote tallies, that she will lose that race, making Mike Rogers, the first Republican senator in the state of Michigan, going back to the early 2000, 2001 and only the second Republican senator in the last 67 years. David, …

Why Kamala Harris lost the election
2 months ago

Why Kamala Harris lost the election

Politico  

But the momentum advisers insisted she’d built failed to materialize. “I don’t think any Democrat who wants to improve upon this situation should sugar coat this.” Even the advantages Harris’ team had long boasted about — its professional ground game versus Trump’s band of MAGA activists and billionaire rebels, along with Democrats’ perceived strength across the suburbs, were blunted. Across …

What the electoral map tells us about Kamala Harris’ loss
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2 months ago

What the electoral map tells us about Kamala Harris’ loss

Politico  

The vice president lagged behind President Joe Biden’s 2020 pace with rural Black voters in southern Virginia, eastern North Carolina and south Georgia. It was a function of diminished Democratic margins with voters of color but also Harris’ failure to hit Biden’s high marks in the suburbs and exurbs of Northern Virginia — which were supposed to be MAGA killing …

Dems rage against Biden’s ‘arrogance’ after Harris loss
2 months ago

Dems rage against Biden’s ‘arrogance’ after Harris loss

Politico  

According to interviews with nearly a dozen officials and party operatives, Biden squandered valuable months only to end in disaster on the debate stage. “People, for whatever reason, feel it was better four years ago — and I don’t think we could fight that,” said one longtime Democratic operative, pointing to the growing percentage of Latinos and Black voters who …

Democrats’ New York blues: Trump markedly improves his margin in the Empire State
2 months ago

Democrats’ New York blues: Trump markedly improves his margin in the Empire State

Politico  

Granted, with 7.9 million of the votes in, Trump lost New York state with 44 percent to Harris’ 56 percent. “This has been building for over a year and it’s not surprising that Jewish voters came out and did not give their vote in historically large numbers that they typically do.” Voters in New York City’s eastern suburbs in the …

How Biden would have fared against Trump if he had never dropped out
2 months ago

How Biden would have fared against Trump if he had never dropped out

The Independent  

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The Battle for Pennsylvania: A Legacy of Democracy and the Future of American Constitutionalism
2 months ago

The Battle for Pennsylvania: A Legacy of Democracy and the Future of American Constitutionalism

Hindustan Times  

The battle for the future of American constitutionalism and democracy and the imagination of what the US should represent in the world is being fought in the state where it all began: Pennsylvania. The next American president will preside over the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted on July 4, 1776, by delegates at the …

Trump wins key battleground states and claims victory in historic campaign
2 months ago

Trump wins key battleground states and claims victory in historic campaign

LA Times  

Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, at an election night party in West Palm Beach, Fla. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president.” As of 11:45 p.m. Pacific time, Trump had surged ahead with 267 electoral votes to Harris’ 224 electoral votes, according …

Trump Says Election ‘Ours to Lose’ as Candidates Mobilize Voters
2 months ago

Trump Says Election ‘Ours to Lose’ as Candidates Mobilize Voters

Live Mint  

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are spending their final day on the campaign trail with a furious barrage of events, looking to drum up excitement among supporters ahead of what’s on track to be one of the closest presidential elections in modern history. Aides have signaled that Harris will spend the time focusing on an affirmative case for her presidency …

New poll spells hope for Harris as she leads Trump in four key swing states
2 months ago

New poll spells hope for Harris as she leads Trump in four key swing states

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kamala Harris has now overtaken Donald Trump in four critical …

Unprecedented Election: Trump or Harris Set to Decide the Future of the Nation
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2 months ago

Unprecedented Election: Trump or Harris Set to Decide the Future of the Nation

Associated Press  

The 2024 presidential election has defied expectations, with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris emerging as the top contenders. Trump's comeback bid, fueled by anger over inflation and immigration, has captivated the nation. Harris, on the other hand, has risen from the shadows of political obscurity to become a formidable contender. The outcome of this election will have profound implications for …

Here’s Harris’ path to winning
2 months ago

Here’s Harris’ path to winning

Politico  

The vice president’s paid-media campaign, along with her allies’, has been laser-focused on two themes: positioning Harris as a middle-class champion, and protecting abortion rights. But the survey is a sign that she is stronger than it appears in the Blue Wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — where Democrats’ gubernatorial candidates all won decisively two years ago — …

Will Harris or Trump win next week? Questions still up in the air may be decisive
2 months, 1 week ago

Will Harris or Trump win next week? Questions still up in the air may be decisive

LA Times  

Supporters crowd a Harris rally in Phoenix on Thursday. But it was a different sort of welcome news: “Mom and Dad, we’ve decided we’re voting for Harris.” Multiply that by a few million, and you have the tension of the final week of what polls show is one of the closest presidential races in American history: Across the U.S., especially …

Harris, Schiff enjoy big leads in California, but Biden’s victory was bigger in 2020, poll finds
2 months, 1 week ago

Harris, Schiff enjoy big leads in California, but Biden’s victory was bigger in 2020, poll finds

LA Times  

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign event Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C., and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking a campaign event Oct. 19, 2024, in Atlanta. Anna Kelly, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, which is coordinating closely with the Trump campaign, said in a statement to …

What are Harris’ and Trump’s swing-state strategies for the final stretch?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

What are Harris’ and Trump’s swing-state strategies for the final stretch?

LA Times  

In the final stretch of an exceedingly tight presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are targeting people’s fears as they barnstorm across the country to eke out wins in seven battleground states where polls show razor-thin margins. “We have been inundated in ways that I couldn’t even imagine.” Dan Kanninen, the Harris campaign’s battleground states director, …

Poll of Latino voters finds growing support for Harris
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Poll of Latino voters finds growing support for Harris

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — A new poll released Monday by a civic engagement group found that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris continues to grow her support with Latinos in critical battleground states. In August, Harris had the support of about 60% of Latino voters compared to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s 29%, according to the poll. In the swing states of Arizona, …

Chaos at the ballot box: How election deniers could throw the 2024 race into turmoil
3 months, 1 week ago

Chaos at the ballot box: How election deniers could throw the 2024 race into turmoil

Raw Story  

It’s been a wild few months in the presidential race: President Joe Biden dropped out and Vice President Kamala Harris captured the Democratic nomination. “And I think that’s what’s important here.” Like last cycle, the two campaigns are pouring millions into Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. As in other swing states, North Carolina’s 16 Electoral College …

A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump
3 months, 2 weeks ago

A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump

NPR  

A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Biden had a young people problem. In a new poll from the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, Harris holds a 31-point lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters ages 18 to 29. The …

Harris surges ahead of Trump in latest national poll but swing states remain toss-up
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris surges ahead of Trump in latest national poll but swing states remain toss-up

The Independent  

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