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Harris only received five percent of Republican votes — less than the six percent Joe Biden won in 2020 when he beat Trump, as well as the seven percent won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she lost to him. While Harris won independents and moderates, she did so by smaller margins than Biden did in 2020.

Meanwhile, Harris lost households earning under $100,000, while Democratic turnout collapsed. Votes are still being counted, but Harris is on pace to underperform Biden’s 2020 totals by millions of votes.

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[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Biden got people excited about student debt relief.

This is not why Biden got elected. Trump so badly mishandled Covid that everyone left of center demanded change.

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The failure to realize Covid is the only reason Biden won cost the Democrats. In the swing states 2024 Trump beats 2020 Biden by vote count.

[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I don't think you can point to one specific thing that got Biden elected. Covid mismanagement was a huge part of it, but student debt relief and other progressive proposals that Bernie pushed the campaign into played a big part as well. Even with Covid, I think there's a good chance that Biden would have lost if he'd run the same kind of centrist campaign that Harris and Clinton ran.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

agreed. Biden won because people voted against Trump. Every other time Biden ran, and there were many, he couldnt even win his home state. He was and is a joke of a politician, and his legacy is a Trump win becaus he was so unpopular.

"Never underestimate Joe Bidens ability to fuck everything up" --Barrack Obama.

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

everyone left of center demanded change.

I think you mean "everyone left of FASCISM" because liberals are center-right at best. Center left is Social Democracy (Bernie Sanders and AOC)

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