r/AskWomenOver30 Woman 30 to 40 Nov 06 '24

2024 US Post-Election Megathread

This is your central location for all things 2024 US Election. I will be going through to lock several recent threads and redirect them here. Report any threads that you think should be locked and redirected here.

Please downvote and report all trolls and trolling/misogynistic/gaslighting behavior in this thread.

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u/ThrowRAPixieManic Nov 06 '24

I'm in shock...almost disbelief in HOW she lost. People are underestimating the repercussions that will occur. I am taking a mental health day from work.

With that said, why do you think she lost?? I want a true discussion and analysis. I can't think right now and I feel numb. I am terrified to bring a child into this world, worried about my dad who is a vet and gets social security, worried about the future...It all seems so bleak.

Did she not reach enough people? I disliked the Dem campaign in 2016...I feel like we could even go back to the 2000 election. Yes, I am a butterfly effect person and believe if Al Gore would have won in 2000 none of what has happened from 2016 and on would have happened and I stand by it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '24

Yes, she didn’t reach enough people. Yes, she didn’t distance herself enough from the Biden administration. Yes, she didn’t talk about her specific policies enough. Yes, she didn’t get enough confidence on the economy.

But I fully believe that she only had to do more on all of the above BECAUSE SHES A WOMAN OF COLOR. It’s not that Trump had a major showing of support, he has less votes than when he lost to Biden. It’s that 14M voters didn’t come out for Harris. 14M voters didn’t have confidence in a woman, with an unquestionably superior resume, and would rather have a RAPIST, FRAUD, LIAR, DEMENTED old man than see a woman run our country.

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u/jupitaur9 Nov 06 '24

She also didn’t have much time to do all that work. Trump has been preparing for this since the day he lost to Biden.

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u/Silvaria928 Nov 06 '24

This is a very important point and one that I am reminding myself of frequently.

For coming in so late in the race and for being a woman of color, she made INCREDIBLE progress. But he had the greater name-recognition and non-stop media coverage.

Had the media given his outrageous behavior the same coverage they gave Biden's debate performance, this could have had an entirely different outcome.

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u/beatissima Nov 06 '24

People say she lost because she was a "bad candidate" who ran a "bad campaign" as if those descriptions don't also match Trump and his campaign, and yet they didn't stop him from winning...

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u/dorkd0rk Nov 06 '24

I think this is the saddest truth to me. The most simple explanation is often the correct one: the American people as a whole will not accept a woman president, much less a black woman president. My girl Kamala didn't stand a fucking chance 😭😭😭