What happens to the Democratic Party now? (4 Viewers)

[Heathen]

I’m sure much of us are having 2016 flashbacks this morning with a sick feeling to our stomachs..

2 of the last 3 elections Democrats have lost to a far right demagogue

Harris didn’t get close in many states to even Biden’s performance. We could very well lose the Presidency, Senate AND House depending on results the next few days…..

What went wrong?
What could’ve been done better?
What can we change in the future to ensure voters are motivated like they were when Obama was elected?

Democrats have no choice but to admit there’s a huge problem with some aspect of their platform— and to do a deep introspection of what’s going wrong..

 

[J-DONK]

Good point. Ultimately she is just not a great politician. She admittedly sucks at thinking on her feet, and even her campaign "highlights" are heavily scripted and almost robotic. It's not a great contrast with Trump, who is very authentic (in addition to being very stupid.)

You have to be a good bullshitter, and she's not. I wish it wasn't that way but it's reality.

The democratic party needs some of those old school slick Louisiana politicians now more than ever.

I don't think candidate quality had anything to do with her loss.

Trump was god awful this campaign.

I think Haley could have won by even bigger margins truthfully.

This is going to have a be a ground up rework. The Obama coalition is dead. Whatever comes next will need to be different.

Also, whatever the Trump campaign did to add voters to their 2020 totals in swing states will have to be copied. They had zero ground game, and still got that turnout.

 

[porculator]

I don't think candidate quality had anything to do with her loss.

Trump was god awful this campaign.

I think Haley could have won by even bigger margins truthfully.

This is going to have a be a ground up rework. The Obama coalition is dead. Whatever comes next will need to be different.

Also, whatever the Trump campaign did to add voters to their 2020 totals in swing states will have to be copied. They had zero ground game, and still got that turnout.

Candidate quality didn't lose it alone but it didn't help. And it relates to your bolded point. Trump didn't add voters, the democrats lost them. Voter turnout was down. Honestly I think this has more to do with 2020 being an aberration in terms of voting options, but it also has to do with democratic leaning voters just being uninspired to go stand in line for hours to vote.

 

[J-DONK]

Candidate quality didn't lose it alone but it didn't help. And it relates to your bolded point. Trump didn't add voters, the democrats lost them. Voter turnout was down. Honestly I think this has more to do with 2020 being an aberration in terms of voting options, but it also has to do with democratic leaning voters just being uninspired to go stand in line for hours to vote.

The numbers disagree.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

The postmortem for this election is going to be eye-opening. I still don't see how Harris can get beaten so soundly when voter registration was up so high, early voting so heavily favored the Democratic ticket, public rallies and enthusiasm were evident for Harris and nonexistent for Trump, and other Democratic candidates and initiatives fared as well as they did. Something does not compute here for me.

 

[B4YOU]

The postmortem for this election is going to be eye-opening. I still don't see how Harris can get beaten so soundly when voter registration was up so high, early voting so heavily favored the Democratic ticket, public rallies and enthusiasm were evident for Harris and nonexistent for Trump, and other Democratic candidates and initiatives fared as well as they did. Something does not compute here for me.

Republicans spent 4 years driving voter registration. PA is an example of a national trend. Harris enthusiasm was overblown due to celebrity and Trump voters were locked in so they didn't need to be excited.

 

[B4YOU]

The numbers disagree.

Wisconsin population increased by about 100k over those 4 years. I think she effectively matched Biden's numbers in 2020. What she didn't do is win Wisconsin. Nor did she win the national popular vote unlike 7/8 Dems in previous elections.