"Kamala Harris lost last year's US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she needed to win, according to an autopsy by a progressive grassroots advocacy group. The vice-president focused on courting moderate Republicans over motivating core Democratic working-class, young and progressive voters, a misstep compounded by her failure to break from Joe Biden on Gaza, says the report by RootsAction."
"Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House, authored by Christopher Cook and edited by Sam Rosenthal, says the pivotal factor was a massive drop in Democratic turnout: Harris received approximately 6.8m fewer votes than Biden did in 2020, while Trump gained about 2.8m votes. For the first time since 2004, independent voters turned out in greater numbers than registered Democrats."
Kamala Harris lost last year's US presidential election after chasing moderate Republican voters instead of motivating core Democratic working-class, young, and progressive voters, which demobilised the party base. The campaign failed to break from Joe Biden on Gaza and did not embrace economic-populist messaging to inspire working-class Americans. Democratic turnout collapsed: Harris received about 6.8 million fewer votes than Biden in 2020 while Trump gained roughly 2.8 million, and independent voters outpaced registered Democrats for the first time since 2004. Turnout plummeted in Democratic strongholds and among 18- to 29-year-olds. Biden's late exit left Harris with 107 days and no primary momentum, saddling the nominee with an unpopular incumbent record.
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