After Kamala Harris faced a sweeping defeat at the hands of Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential elections, Democratic sources revealed the reasons behind her loss, with people-party disconnect being a primary one.
Some sources attributed the defeat to "arrogant" staff saying, “I’ve worked on five presidential campaigns. I knew this would be hard. Others acted like they knew they were going to win. They were arrogant.”
Additionally, former Obama campaign veterans David Plouffe and Stephanie Cutter were criticized for misjudging which issues resonated most with voters.
The duo “tried an Obama play with a non-Obama candidate,” a source close to the Harris campaign told the Post, adding that she flopped because “people didn’t connect with her.”
“I think broadly the staff of Democratic campaigns are not representative of the country. These staffers, advisers and consultants who went to Ivy League schools and are [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] liberals don’t represent real Americans,” a source who worked for Harris's campaign told the New York Post.
Harris' campaign centered on restoring abortion rights and upholding democratic norms, while Trump focused on the impact of inflation driven by government spending, which has led to a nearly 22% price surge since Biden and Harris took office.
Meanwhile, Harris distanced herself from or declined to comment on several of her more progressive past positions, including banning hydraulic fracturing, decriminalizing illegal border crossings, and offering free sex change operations to detained undocumented immigrants.
The blame was also directed at Harris and campaign chairwoman Jen O'Malley Dillon, with one insider asking, "Where did $1 billion go?"
Another source said that the field programs adopted by Democrats did not translate votes in their favour. “I also think field programs don’t do anything and Dems have such faith in field and door knocking. Trump didn’t do any of that,” the source said.
They also blamed Biden for not stepping away from the presidential race earlier. “I blame Biden for not announcing earlier that he wouldn’t run. Dems could have had a robust open primary,” the person said, adding, “I think [the briefly floated concept of a] mini-primary was a pipe dream.”
Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, marking an extraordinary victory in the key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina.
Some sources attributed the defeat to "arrogant" staff saying, “I’ve worked on five presidential campaigns. I knew this would be hard. Others acted like they knew they were going to win. They were arrogant.”
Additionally, former Obama campaign veterans David Plouffe and Stephanie Cutter were criticized for misjudging which issues resonated most with voters.
The duo “tried an Obama play with a non-Obama candidate,” a source close to the Harris campaign told the Post, adding that she flopped because “people didn’t connect with her.”
“I think broadly the staff of Democratic campaigns are not representative of the country. These staffers, advisers and consultants who went to Ivy League schools and are [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] liberals don’t represent real Americans,” a source who worked for Harris's campaign told the New York Post.
Harris' campaign centered on restoring abortion rights and upholding democratic norms, while Trump focused on the impact of inflation driven by government spending, which has led to a nearly 22% price surge since Biden and Harris took office.
Meanwhile, Harris distanced herself from or declined to comment on several of her more progressive past positions, including banning hydraulic fracturing, decriminalizing illegal border crossings, and offering free sex change operations to detained undocumented immigrants.
The blame was also directed at Harris and campaign chairwoman Jen O'Malley Dillon, with one insider asking, "Where did $1 billion go?"
Another source said that the field programs adopted by Democrats did not translate votes in their favour. “I also think field programs don’t do anything and Dems have such faith in field and door knocking. Trump didn’t do any of that,” the source said.
They also blamed Biden for not stepping away from the presidential race earlier. “I blame Biden for not announcing earlier that he wouldn’t run. Dems could have had a robust open primary,” the person said, adding, “I think [the briefly floated concept of a] mini-primary was a pipe dream.”
Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, marking an extraordinary victory in the key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina.
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