Quote Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
There has to be a lot of mathematically minded people now looking at the 81 million votes Joe got in 2020.

Trump got 72 mil this time, just 2 mil under his 2020 total.

Harris got 67 mil which is a whopping 14 mil under what Biden got in 2020.

The 81 mil is way out of whack. Biden broke the record at that time by like 15 mil votes. Where the hell did that many extra votes come from?

It’s a mystery for now. But I’m sure people will be trying to solve it.

There isnt much of a mystery here.

in 2020 Biden voters were people were concerned about Trump, hated Covid and wanted a change.
This time around Covid is effectively gone, between 15-18 million* young people didnt vote, didnt like the idea of Harris, and werent as concerned about how things are going.


Harris did not engage younger voters particularly well, so they stayed home.
Tim Walz was a reasonable enough choice but didnt shine as such.

The Democrats needed to change horse much earier, in a clearer manner, pick someone who appeared younger than Walz and engage much better.


*From the initial information I have seen, this may change.