Summary
A post-election survey by Priorities USA found that voters in key swing states prioritized economic concerns like inflation over Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 Capitol attack.
Many did not view Trump as a continued threat to democracy, including key Biden-to-Trump voters.
Efforts by Kamala Harris’ campaign to highlight Trump’s authoritarian tendencies failed to resonate, as Trump’s image as a “successful businessman” persisted.
Democrats underestimated voters’ lack of hostility toward Trump, particularly among younger non-white voters, complicating their strategy in the 2024 election.
Democrats are not the party of leading by example. They’re the party of “Do as we say, not as we do.”
They want lockstep voting for their candidates no matter what misgivings the electorate has, but always find some Manchin to come up with some nitpick to block legislation.
They want us to treat January 6 seriously when they demonstrated that they had no interest at all in prosecuting.
They want us to treat our votes as something valuable and precious that we must jealously guard so that we never lose them. And then they don’t try to shore up voting rights. And don’t hold primaries. If you regard voting with such contempt, why shouldn’t we?