Summary
Gender bias played a significant role in Kamala Harrisās defeat, with many votersāoften womenāexpressing doubts about whether āAmerica is ready for a female president.ā
Some said they ācouldnāt see her in the chair,ā or questioned if a woman could lead, with one even remarking, āyou donāt see women building skyscrapers.ā Though some voters were open to persuasion, this often became a red line.
Oliver Hall, a Harris campaign volunteer, found that economic concerns, particularly inflation, also drove voters to Donald Trump, despite low unemployment and wage growth touted by Democrats.
Harris was viewed in conflicting ways, seen as both too tough and too lenient on crime, as well as ineffective yet overly tied to Bidenās administration.
Ultimately, Hall believes that Trumpās unique appeal and influence overshadowed Harrisās campaign efforts.
I wouldnāt say 5 million people thinking this way would be out of the question thoughā¦ Would you? And are they polling the people who voted for Biden but didnāt show up this time? Because that data would be wildly valuable
It really wouldnāt shock me if a lot of the loss could be attributed to the fact that they couldnāt mail it in from the couch as easily this go around. I also think that people in this country are not as progressive socially as some of the most ardent people online like to pretend. Some simply didnāt want to vote for a womanā¦which is part of what the article says.
I got 2 ballots mailed to me, and just had to fill one out and send it in. Thereās no reason it couldnāt have been that easy for everyone. Anywhere that it was harder than that, Iād guess Republicans were behind it, but if it was Dems they should be kicked out of the party, if the party wanted to start leading the widely varied left.
No one on the actual left wouldnāt vote for a woman because sheās a womanā¦ These are mutually exclusive things