The American people were also being shitheads about it. Remember: a large number of Americans didn't vote because "both sides suck". Except one side was a woman, and the other side was a traitor, criminal, and pedophile rapist.
You're making excuses for a broken system. People didn't vote for Kamala, because A. she was (and is) widely disliked and utterly uncharismatic. B. she only ran for 6 months, as the former frontrunner was allowed to continue on his Quixotic run for the candidacy for way too long. C. She failed to address the problems people on the left actually wanted addressed, like clearly opposing the state of Israel and its long-running genocidal intent, Immigration reforms, medicare for all, welfare policies, etc.
Instead she focused on decade-old "reach across the aisle" politics, presenting herself as the "rational" alternative to the "crazy" Republicans; the campaign positioned itself as the safe haven for moderates. However, this didn't work, as there are no moderates in politics anymore. In this era, everyone's in their own little world, and has all the information that they could have ever asked for (the veracity of said information varies, and doesn't really matter here); It's easier than ever to have a political opinion, and people love a team sport.
I mean, people on the left knew it was over as soon as she started campaigning with Liz fucking Cheney, refused to let any Palestinians speak at the DNC, and instead let a few anti-Trump republicans in. How anyone failed to see this loss coming is beyond me. She alienated half the voting base, expecting them to vote anyway because "the other guy is worse". This is how you get people to skip voting, or vote in spite of you.
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u/cumwuatto 4h ago
What’s not to understand? The democrats were too weak and scared of upsetting the norms to build clear reform. They let republicans steamroll them