To elect Donald Trump once may be regarded as a misfortune; to elect him twice looks like craziness

Summary

Despite Trump’s criminal record, serial lying, and racist demagoguery, he won the 2024 US presidential election, reflecting America’s deep-seated anxieties and cultural divisions.

Trump’s celebrity persona, economic populism, and culture warrior appeals resonated with his base, while Kamala Harris faced challenges in defining herself and overcoming gender and racial biases.

The election underscores the decay of American democracy, raising concerns about the future of the nation.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    434·
    8 days ago

    this election was lost by single issue voters not showing up.

    Absolutely. Look at the vote totals; not all votes are in, but Trump is actually running a few million behind his 2020 total, while Harris is 15M+ behind what Biden pulled in. Trump doesn’t seem to have much more support than last time, but about 1 out of 7 voters that Biden earned did not vote this time.

    The ones who did it over Gaza should prepare to be heartbroken when they see what Bibi and Trump do there next year.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      8 days ago

      Absolutely.

      And as for Gaza, they just announced dumping the MoDefense(?) because he wasn’t genocidal enough.

      Announced it on election day as hopefully one last fuck-you to Biden.

    • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      132·
      8 days ago

      I mean I am also interested to see how many votes the fucking Cheneys brought in…that was supposed to be bargain they were making by tacking very hard to the right. If the dems lost on enthusiasm its because they were decidedly not running an enthusiasm campaign.