If a close duel had been announced for weeks, Donald Trump crushed his rival Kamala Harris even before the final results of the American presidential election. But in the Democratic amp, the time has come for anger and bitterness.
Anger and bitterness have taken hold of the Democratic camp after the clear defeat of Kamala Harris against Donald Trump during the American presidential election, which requires the party to completely review its strategy and program.
Propelled as candidate less than four months before the election, engaged in an unprecedented sprint to try to make up for the Democratic gap in the face of the former Republican president, the outgoing vice-president failed in her bet but above all it is the magnitude of his worrying defeat. She plans to speak on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. GMT).
The strongest criticisms made by voters, and even some officials, relate to the fact that the Democratic National Committee (DNC, the party leadership) allegedly concealed from its supporters the declining state of health of President Joe Biden, aged 81. , until it came to light during the disastrous June 27 debate against Donald Trump.
A DNC official confided Tuesday evening that he had received numerous text messages from furious activists. “They feel betrayed by the campaign team”he summarized. “Why did Joe Biden hang on for so long?”asked a Democratic Party donor. “He should have given up much sooner.”
According to two sources familiar with the matter, the president of the DNC, Jaime Harrison, widely criticized for having defended the maintenance of Joe Biden in the race for the White House, gave up running for head of the party even before knowing the result elections. The next vote will take place before April.
“The party lied to the American people”
Privately, Joe Biden saw himself as the only Democratic candidate capable of beating Donald Trump. When Barack Obama's former vice-president announced he was seeking re-election in April 2023, many Democrats greeted the news with skepticism, but his potential opponents quickly agreed to join his campaign team as advisers rather than challenge him.
“The party lied to the American people about the president's cognitive and physical state”lamented on the social network X investment fund manager Bill Ackman, historic donor to the Democratic Party who supported Donald Trump in 2024. “The party needs to start completely from scratch”he added. Because there are many questions the day after the election.
The Donkey Party was counting on two categories of voters to beat Donald Trump: young people, supposedly concerned about climate change, attracted by Kamala Harris' progressive values and her ease on social networks, and women, worried about lose their rights in the event of a Republican victory.
According to an exit poll carried out on Tuesday by the Edison Research institute, the share of voters under 45 who voted for Donald Trump on the contrary increased by two percentage points compared to 2020. The same goes for the share of women. The former president also performed better in many suburban areas that Democrats thought they would.
Donald Trump's anti-immigration speech also seemed to bear fruit in the heart of Democratic strongholds. The former president, who promised to massively deport illegal immigrants when he came to power, gained ground among the Hispanic electorate and won easily in Georgia and North Carolina, where many voters live African-Americans.
The unfailing military support provided by the Joe Biden administration to Israel since the start of the Gaza war was finally able to deprive Kamala Harris of part of the vote of voters on the left of the Democratic Party.
