One ignored point is that Democratic voter turnout was especially low in safe blue. Dejected Democratic voters still largely came out in swing states (still not enough). They didn’t come out in states that didn’t matter, Republican voters showed up even when it didn’t.
If you make the election popular I’d wager Kamala wins. Make voter turnout mandatory, and she’d win by more.
Because, unlike the last two times, he won the popular vote too!
He’s run more times that that. I think it was five times before 2016, or something like that.
He ran in 2000, but didn’t run again until 2016.
One ignored point is that Democratic voter turnout was especially low in safe blue. Dejected Democratic voters still largely came out in swing states (still not enough). They didn’t come out in states that didn’t matter, Republican voters showed up even when it didn’t.
If you make the election popular I’d wager Kamala wins. Make voter turnout mandatory, and she’d win by more.
It wasn’t low though, turnout was higher than 2016.
The problem was that 2020 was artifically inflated thanks to covid-related vote by mail policies that expired in 2024.
Cultists acting culty, go figure.