«I accept defeat but the fight for freedom and for theAmerica it doesn’t end here.” There joyful warrior he lost the most important battle of his life, destroyed his dreams and that of millions Americans and provoked a democratic bloodbath through the wholeAmericabut he didn’t miss one grit. After a night in silence, Kamala Harris called his rival Donald Trump to congratulate, grant him the victory and discuss a “peaceful transition”. candies (with the roles reversed, to put it mildly, it would not have been so obvious).
And then she went between hers people at the Howard University who had been waiting for her for hours and welcomed her with love. «I know you have mixed feelings. But we have to accept the result of the vote», said the vice president underlining that this makes the difference between “democracy and tyranny”, with a not too veiled dig at the attitude of the President-elect Trump four years ago. «I’m proud of ours countryside and how we conducted it, united by love for Villagefrom the enthusiasm and joy for the future of America», she declared again democratic. Yet something clearly went wrong if, for the second time, i Democrats they failed to break through the glass ceilingdespite the commitment of candidate and his staffthe parade of celebrities And rockstar get on the stages of countryside and the millionaire donations.
The Joe Biden factor
Meanwhile the factor Joe Bidenthe elder commander-in-chief who persisted in running again only to withdraw four months before the elections after a disastrous debatewhen the race was perhaps already unrecoverable. He is arrogant and the big names are not very incisive match who didn’t torpedo him a year ago, as of Barack and Michelle Obama until Nancy Pelosi. At the vice president all that remained was to take on this responsibility and lead the shortest campaign in history. Certainly the biggest and, perhaps fatal, mistake of Harris was to not immediately and strongly take the distance from his bossif not timidly in the last weeks of the campaign. For experts, it should have shown a clean cut with the previous one administration especially on theeconomy and the war in Gazatwo issues that have cost her millions and millions votes And States in the balance like the Pennsylvania and the Michigan.
Middle East and electoral consensus
On the Middle East Harris both the support of the Arab Americanswho have not forgiven her almost unconditional support for Israelboth gods Conservative Jews which they attributed to the democratic government a growing antisemitism in the United States after the attacks of 7 October. As for theeconomya analyst summarized that «Americans vote with their wallets», to explain that the defeat of the democratic it was mainly caused by one worse situation compared to four years of government Trump et al constant increase in pricesnaturally thanks to the effects of Covid pandemic and two warsin Ukraine ea Gaza. Harris not only inherited from Biden a Village in difficult conditions but also paid the growing price unpopularity of the presidentwhich stuck to her like one scarlet letter.
The battle of the sexes and the loss of the female vote
Another crucial factor for the defeat of democratic it was there battle of the sexesThe men against women. Harristhan with the choice of Tim Walz he hoped to also attract a portion of more moderate votersultimately failed to convince either white malesin the blacknor those Latins. And this happened especially in big cities like Philadelphia, Detroit And Milwaukeewhere in 2020 Biden had conquered 90% of the I vote black. But also the women they betrayed the candidate, at least the 52% of white ones. Despite the battle over reproductive rightsthey preferred abortion to vice president a 78 year old man which helped give the green light to the many bans on abortion in Villagewas convicted of sexual violence and has a series of behind it annoying behaviors towards women.
Lack of spontaneity and an untold family story
Among the reasons for debaclesome observers also pointed out one lack of spontaneity on the part of democratic which, for example, rarely in these months countryside said the history of his family: The Jamaican father and the Indian mother who emigrated to United States and they managed to achieve theirs American dream. A story of ransom And hope realized, not just a word, which Harris he could have ridden more to convince the Americans to choose his dream of a different America from that of Trump.