did Harris actually invest in a ground game for reliably Democratic states? I thought her ground game was focused mostly on the swing states, and there, it worked - she got more votes than Biden in NC, GA, WI, and NV.
It's just that millions of people who don't follow politics but were pissed o…
did Harris actually invest in a ground game for reliably Democratic states? I thought her ground game was focused mostly on the swing states, and there, it worked - she got more votes than Biden in NC, GA, WI, and NV.
It's just that millions of people who don't follow politics but were pissed off about inflation showed up to vote against the governing party.
Sounds to me like those millions of people you're talking about that voted against the governing party are independents. Independents aren't by default always the most politically savvy group of voters and aren't necessarily beholden to any political party. They may not also tune in like Democrats, Republicans, etc. for races until later.
My guess is that Harris didn't give these voters (assuming they're independents) a compelling enough reason why she would need to be the next POTUS after Biden. As the voters weighed inflation and want to see who really is looking out for them, they needed to have a good reason to ensure that Harris was going to take care of this in her agenda.
As I replied to the comment that you deleted,
did Harris actually invest in a ground game for reliably Democratic states? I thought her ground game was focused mostly on the swing states, and there, it worked - she got more votes than Biden in NC, GA, WI, and NV.
It's just that millions of people who don't follow politics but were pissed off about inflation showed up to vote against the governing party.
Sounds to me like those millions of people you're talking about that voted against the governing party are independents. Independents aren't by default always the most politically savvy group of voters and aren't necessarily beholden to any political party. They may not also tune in like Democrats, Republicans, etc. for races until later.
My guess is that Harris didn't give these voters (assuming they're independents) a compelling enough reason why she would need to be the next POTUS after Biden. As the voters weighed inflation and want to see who really is looking out for them, they needed to have a good reason to ensure that Harris was going to take care of this in her agenda.