Dems Botched the Election - 6 Mistakes That Led to Trump Win

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... In the coming days and weeks, there'll be plenty of finger-pointing about what exactly led to Donald Trump's decisive victory in the election.

Early Wednesday morning, Trump reached the 270 electoral votes needed to win back the White House, a historic comeback for a former president who refused to concede his loss to President Joe Biden four years ago and is accused of inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in a bid to cling to power.

His win over Vice President Kamala Harris"the first woman of color to top a major party's ticket"is the second time he has defeated a female opponent in a presidential election, after defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Harris' ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket was not unusual"she became the party's nominee after Biden, 81, exited the race in late July amid concerns about his advanced age following a disastrous debate performance against Trump.

But Trump, 78, is now the oldest person elected president. Notably, he improved on his 2020 performance with most demographics to win back several key battlegrounds that he lost to Biden four years ago, including Pennsylvania and Georgia.

Newsweek rounds up six moves by the Democrats that may have contributed to Trump's victory. ...

@#13 ... I think the Democrats would fare much better if they let an independent choose their candidate ...

That's the fault of a primary system that largely (but not exclusively) allows only party members to vote in the party's primary. As a result of that, the candidates tend to move towards more extreme positions to show how great of a party member they are.

For example, here in Connecticut, over 40% of the voters are unaffiliated, and cannot vote in primaries.

@#20 ... If Trump is in prison he doesn't win last night. ...

Yeah, your comment seems to blame AG Garland, but also look at SCOTUS for apparently sitting on their presidential immunity decision for how many months?

"Intentional": Harvard legal scholar says SCOTUS "deliberately delayed" Trump immunity ruling (June 2024)
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... "When you compare the Supreme Court's handling of similarly urgent presidential matters in the past, including Watergate and the Nixon tapes and certainly Bush v Gore, the delay that has occurred here is intentional, and it is destructive of our democratic process," Sample said. "The D.C. Circuit's decision was thorough. It was by judges appointed by presidents from both parties, and it was correct on the merits, the Supreme Court has effectively interfered in the political process for no reason whatsoever other than for the purpose of interfering."

Claire Wofford, political science professor at the College of Charleston, said it's "certainly fair" to criticize the court for not taking up the case sooner. ...

In my view, for a similar reason to Judge Cannon's recent ruling to dismiss the case before her.

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Exclusive: Johnson says economy, border trumped Dems' abortion focus
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... Should Republicans hold the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) tells Axios it's because the GOP is focused on kitchen-table issues over Democrats' emphasis on abortion. ...