Pelosi blaming Biden for endorsing Harris

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226. There are no other candidates that would fair better

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This idea that "if this Democratic candidate just did that or this they wouldn't have lost to Trump" is obscene.

Look who they voted for.

They. Don't. Know. What. Is. A. Good. Candidate.

They voted for Trump. Did he have to be the perfect candidate? No. So why would Kamala being one (even though she nearly was) make a difference?

Trump won because average voters are not paying close enough attention to politics the way a lot of us policy wonks do.

They tune in when it's time to vote, gleem some surface details and then, for the most part, vote blindly and poorly informed.

This is what the average voter is thinking:

"Well, we gave Biden a chance, and I personally didn't notice that much of a difference in my life, so maybe I'll vote Republican this time."

That's it. It's a pendulum. "One party had their chance in power this time, now let's give the other party a chance". If there's any doubt about the incumbent president, the average voter votes the other way.

They don't study politics so they truly can't judge where who they vote for will lead.

They just hold their breath and hope voting for someone different (the other party) will turn out to be better.

Now, if you put a pay check in their hands every month, you might wake them up and win their loyalties every election.

Otherwise, the average voter has no clue what candidate will be good or bad for the country.

And when you throw in the fact that Trump has nurtured a cult around himself, you see why voters are disengaged in the real debate.

They either have not paid enough attention to the political debate to be sure of who to vote for or they have been swept up into a frenzy by a political cult and so are not thinking clearly or rationally.

Being a "better candidate" (even though Kamala was) is not going to help you there.

But cults fueled by lies and corruption eventually run out of steam or slowly discredit themselves.

As soon as the blind passion around Trump dissipates or is countered by something on the Left that is as equally exciting or that grants a concrete payback for the average voter that they can feel in their hands, sink their teeth into and understand, the Democrats will win.