Kamala Harris’s loss was disappointing but unsurprising to many Democrats who said their party hadn’t done enough to address important issues such as the economy, racism and sexism.
Voters in key swing states told our US partner network NBC News they saw many reasons for her defeat to Donald Trump – a shortened campaign, lack of economic messaging, a drift too far to the left on social issues, the Gaza war and bias against Harris as a woman of colour.
Trump, meanwhile, seized on Americans’ economic frustrations while he drew young men and Latino voters, according to NBC News exit polls.
Laytza Hernandez, 18, said she voted for Harris but many of her Mexican relatives voted for Trump because of his clearer message about the economy.
“They just felt like he was speaking more to their concerns,” she said
Sami Khaldi, 58, the president of the local Democratic club in Dearborn, Michigan, said many in the community were “angry” about the Biden administration’s handling of the war in Gaza and used their votes in protest.
Khaldi said he believes the Democrats also need to go further to win over rural voters.
Read the full NBC News story here…
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