Did the Democrats get it wrong?

[nawtee_me]

Does the outcome of the election show that Joe Biden had a better chance to beat Donald Trump than Kamala Harris did?

Did giving the nomination to Harris instead of her winning it hurt the Democrats in the long run?

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For the states that flipped from blue to red Kamala’s numbers were nowhere close to the numbers Joe Biden put up four years ago against Donald Trump.

In some exit polls some democrats were saying that they did not vote for Kamala Harris because they didn’t like how they ousted Joe Biden and gave the nomination to Harris.

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My opinion on this is that the democrat party machine doesn’t care about people. If they feel you have no more use they throw you aside. Two years ago they should have been honest with the people about Joe Biden’s medical issues. Harris should have taken on more responsibility as next in line. They should have been honest and let the democrats decide who should run for president instead of giving it to Harris. The democrat party machine doesn’t care about America. it only cares about it’s agenda

[lightbulb27]

no, they should have tuned into fox news about 3 years ago when they were saying Biden is messed up and not mentally sound to do the job. around 2 years ago, pulled him and made the rotation and come up with better candidate in the 2 years.

Trouble is peolpe don't think and they continue to defend and ignore. the slap in the face is from their own left hand and I hope it's a wake up call.

[exitseven]

The democrats screwed up because they knew Biden had dementia in 2020 when he was elected. It was no secret, everyone knew it. They had 4 years to groom a good candidate but they did nothing. Then when he got so bad there was no way they could hide Biden's senility they were stuck with Harris.

[nawtee_me]

I agree in that if they had been honest with everyone years back. They could have let Kamala run against whomever wanted to be the next presidential nominee, then it would have had a different outcome. I think the people would have been more open to that.

[Anonymous]

Biden wouldn't have won either. After the last four years, and in fact the last decade, Democrats sealed their fate long before Biden bowed out. Americans voted Trump out in 2020 because he's an asshole. But after four years of Biden / Harris, THEY WANT TRUMP BACK! Think about that for a moment. It screams the message the the Democrats have lost touch with what Americans want and don't want. They obviously want a better economy and lower inflation. Not only did they fail to deliver those two things, they thumbed their noses at many issues that are just as important to Americans. Things like the crisis at the border, men playing women's sports, children being given "gender affirming treatment" against their parents' wishes, just to name a few. Americans

[Opinion Owner]

The majority of Americans DO NOT want those things, despite the voices of a few very loud people. Democrats have been too afraid to stand up to this bullshit, and that is what cost them the election. They will change, or they will lose again in 2028.

[Paige90]

Neither one could have beaten Trump as they did a piss poor job during the four years they were in office. Biden was basically a vegetable and Harris has to have an extremely low IQ.

[saraupstairs]

Even with dementia, Biden was smarter than Kamala.

[sawno]

Observing the sentiment here on GAG I think Biden would have done even worse. Kamala was just not much better than him.

[Anonymous]

I used to cringe when people would say the 2020 election was rigged but after what occurred on Tuesday, I'm not so sure anymore. In answer to your question, I have serious doubts Biden received that many votes in 2020.

[sawno]

2020 was the only big anomaly in vote numbers for the democrats. This year they also tried to do some shenanigans but it got blocked both by vote numbers and by people threatening lawsuits if they were to stop the count. So this year the attempts failed and the other means such as letting immigrants vote was not enough.

[Opinion Owner]

@sawno Three days ago, I wouldn't take what you just said serious but after the results of the election on Tuesday, I have to agree. There is absolutely no way Trump can win that convincingly as opposed to the results in 2020. Also, the fact that the Republicans are actually flipping Senate seats, which no one saw coming. There was definitely some fuckery going on.

[seeyounexttuesday]

The leftists were crowing with excitement that Kamala was on the ticket because she was young, fresh blood that Trump wasn't ready to deal with.

He would have won against Biden also.

[Anonymous]

Harris was a bad candidate. Trump's victory Is a rejection of the Democrat's policies. It may not of mattered who they ran against Trump.

[FunkyMonkee]

Neither one has the brains or ability to run the country and most of America knew that!!

[Anonymous]

Joe Biden had zero chance after that debate showed the extent of effects from his age. Anyone else's odds were better.

[Anonymous]

in my opinion, trump would have won either way if biden ran again.

[TadCurious]

I think you're right about this.

[TadCurious]

My post here was supposed to be a reply to one the answers. There must be another glitch with the mobile app.

[Iron_Man]

He would have gotten beat worse Biden

[Pterodon]

They didn’t have a chance no matter what