It's not like 2016 either where Trump won via the quirks of the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.
This time, he won the popular vote too, quite comfortably even. And there were swings to the right across a multitude of states and demographics.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-07/trump-victory-by-the-numbers/104573034
Furthermore, it's not like 2016 where he was a wildcard, an unknown that people didn't quite know what to expect from. America has already had four years of a Trump presidency; they knew what they were getting into, and they chose it enthusiastically and in droves.
There's no way to sugarcoat it, this is a resounding rejection of the Democrat party.
Hopefully the Dems and the left in general do some serious soul-searching over this and learn to do better, because continuing as they are and dismissing anyone outside their ideological bubble as some sort of evil heathen orcs will only ensure that huge swathes of the population continue to turn their back on them.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 08 November 2024
