Ok, as Trump settles in and signs a bunch of performative executive orders…we see the usual rage. There was the “Musk is doing a Nazi salute” thing (he probably was not; it is not as if Nazis are popular in the US).
More importantly: we are seeing the Democrats trying to figure it out. No, I cannot tell you exactly why Trump won; there are probably a number of reasons.
What I can say is the following:
Trump won men 55-43
White 57-42
50-64 age group 56-43
over 65: very close, depending on the poll. This NBC one has 50-49
No college at all 62-36 (support went down up the educational ladder: some college, associate’s degree. Bachelor’s went for Harris)
30-99 thousand dollars household income 52-46 (Harris won 100K and up)
First time voters 55-44
Veterans 65-34
I don’t quite know what to make of this.
But what about the Democrats? I have to be careful here. I work in academia and the stuff I am tired of might not be that big of a deal to everyone else. So I cannot say “Trump won because the Democrats did Y and I don’t like Y.”
“Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you.”
And I think this might have been the crux of it. The D’s are saddled as the women’s / “every social demographic outlier” party; a party that is hostile to the social mainstream and to men (the “privileged” class; the oppressor class)
Note: Harris did NOT run a “woke” campaign; it was very “red/white/blue.” But she was saddled with the “Democrat, oh “yuck”” image.
I cannot say it is all of it, but I believe it was a significant part of it.
Another part of it, I think, is that many of the current liberals have a “are you with me 100 percent or are you the enemy” attitude. Again, I am NOT charging Harris with this; she got help from Liz Cheney and other “never Trump” Republicans. This really helps make the Democratic brand toxic.
Life of an old goat 