Were voters simply not sufficiently scared, or did they not loathe Trump enough?
It may be many days before America learns the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in Arizona – but across the rest of the country, it’s all over but the crying. Donald Trump won 301 electoral votes to Kamala Harris’ 226 so far, and Arizona’s 11 wouldn’t be enough to change his decisive win. He also currently holds the popular vote. No doubt fingers are pointing, and blame is flying across the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party in general. Her campaign’s fear and loathing approach clearly fell flat – and spectacularly so – but why? As is the case with most questions of politics, there isn’t just one answer.
It’s the Stupid Economy
Since the “Ragin Cajun” James Carville, one of Bill Clinton’s advisers, first…