Democratic candidate Kamala Harris failed to defeat Republican Donald Trump in the recent presidential election. What could you have done better in your campaign?
“What would you have done differently than President Biden over the past few years? It was a key question in the middle of the presidential campaign, asked by the host of the show. The view of ABC – And Kamala Harris the Democratic candidate, did not know how to respond well.
Sunny Hostin, the interviewer, had given her a pass for an iconic punchline that could separate her even a little from the government of Joe Biden but Harris let out a terse “nothing comes to mind.”
But yes, there were differences between Harris and Biden : The candidate considered having a higher tax rate for capital gains, a larger tax credit for children and proposed, among other proposals, a stricter immigration policy.
In conversation with cnn a Democratic aide said Harris didn’t want to mention her differences with the president because “She thought it would seem disloyal to the man who had chosen her as his vice-presidential candidate.”
However, it was undoubtedly a blow to his campaign – which had its ups and downs – but ended in defeat to Republican Donald Trump.
What went wrong with the Harris campaign?
1. Not being able to separate from Joe Biden
As explained cnn In a recent article, Harris began her presidential campaign with firmness: For example, the September debate would have been fruitful. Many political analysts assured that the Democrat had “crushed” Trump.
In addition, The Democrat’s challenge was to suddenly become a candidate and consolidate herself among voters in record time.
But Harris was never able to shake off Biden’s legacy a decision that polls showed was going in the wrong direction for a large portion of voters.
What the Americans would have wanted was to hear that their proposal would guarantee better management of the economy or that it was perhaps not in agreement with the management of the conflict between Israel and Gaza.
2. The change in candidacy from Biden to Harris
According to CNN, Top Democrats said Joe Biden should never have run for re-election, especially after the contentious June debate against Trump.
His aides reportedly recommended he step down after the midterm elections because The Democratic strategy would have worked better if they had had a fixed candidate from the primary campaigns.
This would have solved the problem a majority of voters had with Harris: a lot of people complained that they didn’t know enough about her, They didn’t know her and therefore didn’t trust her project.
In this hypothetical plan, Biden could have played the role of administrator and elder statesman. In contrast, during Harris’ campaign, he seemed unsure of what to do.
3. Belated optimism
Harris’ top advisers reportedly said cnn that If the election had been held two weeks ago, the Democrat would have lost. And there was no certain optimism that he could defeat Trump.
However, last Tuesday the feeling would have changed: in the countryside there was an air of hope for defeat Trump. And not with just any letter, but with a woman of color and daughter of immigrants.
Millions of volunteers participated in the Harris campaigns who went door to door to speak to the population, former Republican Liz Cheney and former President Bill Clinton worked side by side in the tent, there were Countless celebrities like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Bad Bunny gave it its cultural weight.
If this didn’t work, what would work?
Optimism has come, without a doubt, but it would have been late.
4. An unenthusiastic team
The team of professionals who worked on the Harris campaign would have benefited having had more time to present the candidate to the country,
And that’s it The sudden change of Democratic candidate made the population feel a “delay” in project planning.
But before that, as established in cnn, Biden had already experienced difficulties during his first campaign because “a rising generation of Democrats could never be sympathetic to him”. There were tensions and internal struggles between them.
Harris attempted to recruit many of these people to her campaign team, ignoring the tensions between them. The objective of defeating Trump would have made it possible to “camouflage” certain fights.
In fact, one of the main discussions the team had with Harris was over which vice president to choose: Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania, or Tim Walz, the leader of Minnesota.
The candidate was more inclined to Walz and ultimately chose not to listen to her team (which defended Shapiro).
Source: Latercera
I’m Scott Moore, a professional writer and journalist based in the US. I’ve been writing for various publications for over 8 years now, and have been working as an author at athletistic for the past five years. My work has been featured by some of the leading sports websites and magazines across Europe.
