People keep trying to boil this loss down to ONE thing. It’s a myriad of things! It’s racism, it’s misogynoir, it’s Dems failing people, it’s Republicans failing people, it’s lack of education, it’s willful ignorance, it’s Zionism, it’s voter suppression, it’s EVERYTHING!
The excitement of Biden stepping down and Kamala getting the nomination was all about the feeling that this was something new and that things could change. The Harris campaign in the months between then and the election seemed determined to beat back that premise.