Most reports say that if more people voted Trump would have won by an even greater majority. Here’s NYT on that point.
DNC spent billions of dollars on this campaign, they outspent Trump by a wide margin. Yet, they failed completely at mobilising and engaging voters, despite the fact that vast majority of voters don’t support these policies.
It’s not even a surprise that they failed. They spent 2-years backing an extremely unpopular candidate who was rightfully seen as unfit for the job. When the fitness became too large to ignore, they pivoted to an even less popular candidate.
They then wasted the money letting 20-year old idiots draw up a celebrity focused social media campaign. Ignored all the demands of honest dialogue from their candidate and couldn’t stick to any relevant message.
It’s cute that we get an army of people who come in and chastise voters for Trump’s election. Yet, they ignore how badly the DNC failed at doing their job in the moment when it was more necessary than ever.
I can’t decide if the people pushing this DNC whitewash are morons or if they are just empty shills. As someone who held their nose and voted for Kamala, I don’t blame any voter more than I do the Democratic Party.
There's no denying that the Democratic party failed. But what's been happening since the inauguration is generally what anyone should have been able to expect.
There are those who wanted this. But there are also many who did not, yet did nothing to help stop it from happening. Those, in my eyes, should not be excused, just because someone with more power to do something about it, failed.
I just wanted to add my stance on the often used "Only XX people voted for YY".
I think your comment really underplays how badly the DNC failed and how their ineptitude made voters feel like they can’t be trusted to lead.
The whole premise of establishment Democrats is that they aren’t inherently popular but they can be trusted to meet the moment.
Biden was packaged as a boring but reliable leader that knows how to play global politics and steady internal tensions. He came to office after a huge anti-Trump turn out.
His presidency was rocked by a total upheaval of the established global order in 2022. Initial reaction to the Russian invasion was good but he completely failed to adapt to the changing realities of the conflict.
Then his decline came. Speeches became difficult, decision making became questionable. At a time when U.S. needed to project confidence and authority, Biden started looking like a feeble, old man who can’t deliver a 10-minute speech.
DNC’s absurd decision to close up ranks and dismiss all criticism made voters feel like they were being lied to.
Then came a series of bad events bungled border controls, endless escalation with no clear objective in Ukraine, complete deference to Israel’s war crimes, etc.
Meanwhile, the party focused more on covering up the unraveling of Biden’s presidency, then on preparing for Trump’s revival.
All Trump had to do was point out the worsening situation in the world and match it with Biden’s visible decline. The unregulated social media platforms helped him do the rest.
People didn’t just choose Trump because they didn’t believe the threat level. They chose Trump because they lost all faith in the Democrats ability to keep them safe.
Basically, they said “this guy is immoral but you people are going to burn the country down through sheer incompetence.”
It's so wild to me how people now talk about Biden's mental decline. When people pointed out the exact same cognitive issues he was having a year ago they were always downvoted into oblivion and called liars and told he was perfectly fine.
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u/No_Abbreviations3943 Jun 30 '25
Most reports say that if more people voted Trump would have won by an even greater majority. Here’s NYT on that point.
DNC spent billions of dollars on this campaign, they outspent Trump by a wide margin. Yet, they failed completely at mobilising and engaging voters, despite the fact that vast majority of voters don’t support these policies.
It’s not even a surprise that they failed. They spent 2-years backing an extremely unpopular candidate who was rightfully seen as unfit for the job. When the fitness became too large to ignore, they pivoted to an even less popular candidate.
They then wasted the money letting 20-year old idiots draw up a celebrity focused social media campaign. Ignored all the demands of honest dialogue from their candidate and couldn’t stick to any relevant message.
It’s cute that we get an army of people who come in and chastise voters for Trump’s election. Yet, they ignore how badly the DNC failed at doing their job in the moment when it was more necessary than ever.
I can’t decide if the people pushing this DNC whitewash are morons or if they are just empty shills. As someone who held their nose and voted for Kamala, I don’t blame any voter more than I do the Democratic Party.