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Originally Posted by Traum
The Democrats should really retire Harris for the next round. She lost resoundingly to Trump, and I'd say that's enough of a signal that she should quit.
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While I don't think Harris was a great candidate I don't think that's what did her in - she had to carry the baggage of an unpopular President and deal with an electorate unhappy with inflation.
I thought this writeup was a good summary of some of the headwinds she was dealing with:
https://open.substack.com/pub/davech...m_medium=email
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Many people have real material grievances (e.g., housing, high cost of living) that to them is not being addressed by the Democratic leadership…They have been extremely dissatisfied by the leadership that, to them, is "not really interested in solving their economic problems." The appeal to identity politics and threat of fascism (the main campaign message of Harris) does not resonate with them. They have just completely lost faith in the Democratic Party, and the only alternative for them (because we are a two-party system) is the Republicans. One interviewee said, "They promised and then they sold us out" (rough translation). One woman who went door-to-door campaigning for Obama in 2008 and 2012 went 180 in 2016 and completely disdained Democrats. She said, “I almost lost my house. I'm in debt. I have lost trust in their ability to deliver.”
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I'm not sure she was any worse a candidate than Biden but I'm sure, given time, that the Democrats could have found a better candidate but even then I'm not sure they win. I think you'd need 3rd term Obama or a 20 years younger Bill Clinton to win.