Not sure Florida is the best example because it is it seems that a lot of voters are either migrating in or leaving in disgust, so it's hard to say its balance was the SAME group of voters. And given where most of the uncounted votes are, I doubt the totals will be up a whole lot more. But I do agree that there is no "one" thing that did…
Not sure Florida is the best example because it is it seems that a lot of voters are either migrating in or leaving in disgust, so it's hard to say its balance was the SAME group of voters. And given where most of the uncounted votes are, I doubt the totals will be up a whole lot more. But I do agree that there is no "one" thing that did Harris in. I'm just looking at underlying things that our society needs to fix to be anywhere close to its ideals.
By the same token of course, the vote for trump is nowhere close to a mandate, not just because of the low turnout but because so many don't seem to have been all in on his policies--a lot of people chose their personal sense of the economy over personal distaste for one or more parts of the culture wars, for example. And the economy is likely to be the most spectacular and most immediate failure unless somehow the tariff idea is squelched.
Not sure Florida is the best example because it is it seems that a lot of voters are either migrating in or leaving in disgust, so it's hard to say its balance was the SAME group of voters. And given where most of the uncounted votes are, I doubt the totals will be up a whole lot more. But I do agree that there is no "one" thing that did Harris in. I'm just looking at underlying things that our society needs to fix to be anywhere close to its ideals.
By the same token of course, the vote for trump is nowhere close to a mandate, not just because of the low turnout but because so many don't seem to have been all in on his policies--a lot of people chose their personal sense of the economy over personal distaste for one or more parts of the culture wars, for example. And the economy is likely to be the most spectacular and most immediate failure unless somehow the tariff idea is squelched.