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Harris’s defeat continued the nation’s 248-year run of male presidents, and the US is still waiting for its first female head of state.
There is a blame game going on that seems like a pointless attempt to grasp at straws now that Donald Trump and the GOP have asserted their fame in the White House.
Kamala Harris’s loss extends the United States’ wait for its first female president, which has been dominated by men for 248 years.
“Do not ever stop trying to make the world a better place; you have power,” Harris said in her concession speech, encouraging Americans to maintain their optimism and sense of empowerment. When someone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before, do you never listen to them?
Numerous factors contributed to Harris’s defeat, according to post-election analysis. While some Democrats criticise Biden’s delayed withdrawal from the race, others point the finger at the choice to replace Biden with Harris.
Progressives argue that the Biden administration’s stance on Israel and Harris’s attempts to appeal to moderates and anti-Trump Republicans alienated key voter groups.
Harris’ alleged closeness to the Israel policy of the Biden administration, which some believe falls short in resolving Palestinian issues.
Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders claims that the Democratic Party lost votes because of their indifference to working-class concerns, which inflation exacerbated. Sanders posted on his X account, “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party that has abandoned working-class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”
Harris’ legitimacy may have been impacted because she was appointed as the Democratic presidential candidate rather than elected. Despite occasionally being contentious, analysts contend that Trump’s positions on immigration, the economy, and international conflicts struck a chord with a large number of Americans.
Trump’s support among Black voters rose from 8% in 2020 to 13% in 2024, and among Hispanic voters, it rose from 32% in 2020 to 45% in 2024.
Trump’s strength as an opponent and policy differences were not the only factors in Kamala Harris’ election defeat. It tells a more complex tale of timing, strategy, and identity.
One could argue that Harris never truly accepted the historic nature of her run for office. She has minimised her gender and race, failing to capitalise on the potent symbolism of being the first Black woman to run for president. She lost the opportunity to transform it into a call for change because she refrained from making identity the main theme.
It is clear that a variety of complex factors contributed to Harris’s defeat as the country reflects on this election. The quest for answers is likely to continue because there are still a lot of unresolved issues surrounding the course of American politics.