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Harris's Campaign Collapse: An Election Postmortem

Analysis of Kamala Harris's failed presidential campaign, highlighting key factors like a late start, failure to differentiate from Biden, and loss of crucial voting blocs.

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How did Trump win?: The "blue wall" states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin flipped to Republican, giving Trump the victory. Trump's success in these states mirrored his 2016 strategy and secured him a significant number of electoral votes.
What about women voters?: While women voters were expected to support Harris heavily, she only secured 54% of their votes, falling short of Biden's 2020 performance. Economic concerns overshadowed abortion rights as the most crucial issue for women voters.
What happened to the Latino vote?: Harris lost support among Arab and Muslim Americans due to the Biden administration's stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Black voters shifted away due to various factors including economic concerns and Trump's gains among this demographic; Latino voters prioritized economic issues over social ones.
So how did Harris’s campaign collapse?: Harris's campaign suffered from a late start, an inability to differentiate herself from Biden, and a loss of key voting groups, such as Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and Black voters.
What was the outcome of the US election?: Former President Donald Trump won both the popular vote and the Electoral College comfortably in the US presidential election.

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