Harris only received five percent of Republican votes — less than the six percent Joe Biden won in 2020 when he beat Trump, as well as the seven percent won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she lost to him. While Harris won independents and moderates, she did so by smaller margins than Biden did in 2020.
Meanwhile, Harris lost households earning under $100,000, while Democratic turnout collapsed. Votes are still being counted, but Harris is on pace to underperform Biden’s 2020 totals by millions of votes.
How much of it was due to voter-roll purges, bomb threats at polling stations and other voter-suppression fuckery?
Not enough to justify a 20% reduction in democratic turnout.
The Dems ran as the Republican alternative. That’s what killed the campaign