Harris Tried to Win Over Republicans. Democratic Support Collapsed Instead
www.rollingstone.com
Kamala Harris did not pull Republicans from Trump, and the percentage of voters identifying as Democrat declined, according to exit polls.

Harris only received five percent of Republican votes — less than the six percent Joe Biden won in 2020 when he beat Trump, as well as the seven percent won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she lost to him. While Harris won independents and moderates, she did so by smaller margins than Biden did in 2020.

Meanwhile, Harris lost households earning under $100,000, while Democratic turnout collapsed. Votes are still being counted, but Harris is on pace to underperform Biden’s 2020 totals by millions of votes.

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    723·
    26 days ago

    NO! Harris just needed to go further right. Forced goose-stepping marches at rallies. Pledges to eradicate all minorities. Promise global wars of conquest.

    Outflank Trump on the right, and the republicans AND democrats will vote for you.

    • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world
      9·
      25 days ago

      Usually somewhat ironic, but:

      https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishhook_Theory

      Fishhook Theory (or Fish Hook Theory) is an idea in left-right political science juxtaposed to Horseshoe Theory. Fishhook Theory asserts that the far-right and centrists are very similar, whereas the far-left is separate from them. Fishhook Theory takes its name from the fishhook shape it assumes the political spectrum to be, where the point of the hook is pictured to be the far-right, the eye is pictured to be the far-left, and the shank is pictured to be the centre.

      • winterayars@sh.itjust.works
        10·
        25 days ago

        When it comes down to it, when they’re forced to take a side, the centrists will always side with the fascists over the Left. We’ve seen that happen consistently.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
      131·
      26 days ago

      In a really morbid way that would’ve been funny to see, if only to witness the confusion of conservatives.