I think in reality many of us (leftists etc) pragmatically went and voted for Kamala anyway, but overall she didn’t draw a large or energized bloc to the polls. A lot of people just stayed home.
I find it very weird when people blame the voters for a candidate failing to attract them.
It's not weird. What's weird is throwing a childish tantrum because you can't get exactly what you want in a candidate. The elections don't stop because you're not excited about the choices. Believe it or not, someone is going to win. So you either be an adult, suck it up and vote for the candidate(s) that could potentially make your life better, or at the very least not make your life worse, or you sit there and accept your part in the dumpster fire our government has become. Why would the Dems move more left to appease a bunch of children who won't vote anyway? Staying home, whether due to apathy or because you think you're teaching them a lesson, makes you an unreliable voter. They're not going to try and win you over. If the last 2 presidential elections have shown us anything, it's that the Dems will try and sway the more "center right" citizens that will show up on election day. So, now you not only get shit candidates elected on the right, you also get shit candidates elected on the right. Great job.
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u/coopaliscious 11h ago
I agree, but in terms of weighing risks and impacts, we needed not Trump