Immediately after the 2024 US election there was a naive knee jerk reaction where pundits would claim the country as a whole had shifted right, and that to win vulnerable groups like trans people need to be thrown under the bus.
A new analysis challenges that view, suggesting that what really happened was fewer left-leaning voters came to the polls in 2024.
They note one of the largest problems was lack of a strong economic message from Democrats.
newrepublic.com/article/204271…
A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
It wasn’t because Biden voters shifted to Trump—but because so many of them stayed home. Here’s how Democrats can motivate them once more.The New Republic
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in reply to Tony Arcieri🌹🦀 • • •"movements on the left around issues like Gaza, racial and economic justice, and immigration weren’t aligned with the party."
That's quite the understatement. I remember all the pleas about 'I know they don't align with you, but if you don't vote Trump's worse' which isn't exactly a galvanising message.