None of that changes the fact that the reduction in Democrat voter turnout exactly as protest (non)voters advocated won Trump the election.
That protest (non)voting “strategy” was shit advocacy.
Larry Sabato, the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, acknowledged that Biden voters who swung toward Mr. Trump played a part in Ms. Harris’s loss, but pointed to low Democratic turnout as the larger factor.
Later, the article highlights clear cases (in some swing states) where Democratic voter turnout would have made a difference.
Where Trump gained a little and Harris lost a lot.
Mr. Trump won Florida’s Miami-Dade County, becoming the first Republican to do so since 1988. But again, Ms. Harris’s loss was just as much of the story as his gain: Mr. Trump won about 70,000 new votes in the county, while she lost nearly 140,000.
Other counties that Mr. Trump flipped had similar vote disparities.
In 21 of these 77 counties, Mr. Trump received fewer votes in this election than in 2020, but the Democratic vote drop-off was much steeper. This happened from coast to coast, from Fresno County, Calif., to Pinellas County, Fla.
It was the Democrat’s strategy that resulted in low voter turnout. The votes were up for grabs, they ran away from them.
It’s not like the campaign was unaware of what messaging and policies were unpopular. They chose to ignore it. They chose to run to the right on policy and messaging.
If they gave a shit about being an opposition to fascism, about actually winning, they would have heeded all the warning signs and run a different campaign. Instead they prioritized the interest of their capital donors, and gave a fuck you to their constituents that they are supposed to represent.
None of that changes the fact that the reduction in Democrat voter turnout exactly as protest (non)voters advocated won Trump the election. That protest (non)voting “strategy” was shit advocacy.
It’s been reported that low Democratic voter turnout played a large factor in the election outcome.
Later, the article highlights clear cases (in some swing states) where Democratic voter turnout would have made a difference.
Non-voters allowed Trump to win.
It was the Democrat’s strategy that resulted in low voter turnout. The votes were up for grabs, they ran away from them.
It’s not like the campaign was unaware of what messaging and policies were unpopular. They chose to ignore it. They chose to run to the right on policy and messaging.
If they gave a shit about being an opposition to fascism, about actually winning, they would have heeded all the warning signs and run a different campaign. Instead they prioritized the interest of their capital donors, and gave a fuck you to their constituents that they are supposed to represent.
Blaming voters instead of the party that lost the country is some self fulfilling fascism prophecy.
You can’t expect people to vote for abhorrent policy, and blame them when they don’t…
You just have to have good policy proposal, pretty simple