It turns out that Kamala Harris never had a chance. The election was lost long ago, before she was even the Democratic nominee. The 2024 election was lost the minute Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
From the moment Biden took office, he did virtually NOTHING to communicate with the American People. He didn’t explain what was going on in the economy, the reasons for our economic problems, or what he was doing to help turn things around. Once the economy started to improve (the U.S. economy is currently the strongest in the world), Biden did almost nothing to communicate how things have dramatically improved, the problems we still faced, or explain his policies to keep us going in the right direction.
And his lack of communication was not simply on the issue of the economy, although that was the single most important issue to the American People by far. He didn’t communicate on any issue. He hardly communicated at all. For four years he said almost nothing. He completely failed to use the “bully pulpit” to keep the American People informed about anything. But you know who did? Trump and the Republican Party.
Republicans messaged constantly. That’s all they do. Every single day of the Biden Administration, Trump and the entire Republican Party propaganda operation told the country that things had never been worse and that Biden is the worst President in history. It is the only message that many American heard for FOUR YEARS.
When one side pushes a message constantly, and the other side says nothing, what do you think the people will believe? They will believe the only message they hear.
Biden assumed that the American People are intelligent and well informed and would figure things out on their own. This may be the single dumbest assumption in all of American political history. The American People are nothing of the sort. They are stupid and misinformed and they will NEVER figure anything out on their own.
If Democrats want to win, they need to start messaging NOW. Donald Trump and Republicans will likely control all of Washington starting in January. Everything bad that happens, and there will be a lot, will be entirely their fault. Democrats better not make the mistake of assuming that the American People will figure that out on their own. They won’t. Trump will find a way to blame Democrats for everything bad that happens. And if Democrats do not learn from the disastrous mistake of the Biden Administration, the American People will believe him.