making the rounds on twatter:
2020
Biden: 81 million votes
Trump: 74 million votes
2024
Trump: 71 million votes
Harris: 66 million votes
i can see 3M fewer GOPs/MAGAs showing up (4% drop in attendance). energy on the right was on the downswing at the end of the campaign... but 15M fewer Dems voted??? almost 20% fewer than for Biden?
i'm already seeing the post-mortems - she should have talked about the economy more, she should have held more rallies, she should have visited Wisconsin, etc etc etc... but nothing and no one will be able to convince me that misogyny didn't play a decisive role in Kamala's defeat. too many americans - including american women - don't think that a woman should, or ever can, be president. SAD.
edit: there are still millions of ballots in CA to be counted, so the Dems' numbers will improve. TBD how much closer we get to the 2020 numbers, and if it squares with the "record turnout" claims made yesterday. regardless, i stand by my misogyny claim.