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Something I haven't seen discussed is that Kamala is a woman. There are a lot of misogynistic voters who will refuse to vote for a woman.
That explanation drives you away from the problems Democratic Party has. If people want to cast their vote, they will, if they are sexists or racists they vote for the other party. In this election we saw that a lot of people from both sides that voted in the previous election who didn't want to vote now. It was much more people for the Democrats likely because they voted last time and were disillusioned in the democratic process.
Tammy Baldwin and Elissa Slotkin both won in states Kamala lost, so that narrative doesn't really hold up.
Nobėdı ƿantſ t mentcėn ðiſ bikȯz it u̇ndṙku̇tſ ðeıṙ fæntėſı ðæt moſt ėmeırikėnz aṙ ſıkrit ſocėliſtſ weıtıŋ f æn ėmeırikėn Marx t ſpaṙk revėlucėn.
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Nobody wants to mention this because it undercuts their fantasy that most americans are secret socialists waiting for an american Marx to spark revolution.İt'z dju̇ſt ð leftƿacd vṙjėn v "Ekėnȯmik Eıŋgzuyitı"
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It's just the leftwashed version of "Economic Anxiety"