She doesn’t have “no policies”. What she was, was unprepared and not able to clearly articulate her policies in a way that connected with everyday people. Her campaign tried too hard to appeal to moderates, which made her look disingenuous to both sides. That was an obvious mistake imo

That's because she has no policies. She is a nobody. No one chose her. Dems ran the worst campaign in my lifetime, they deserved this bloodbath. I have very little faith in Trump, but for the sake of the country I sure hope he is successful.

Yeah, for example it was a major mistake to try to reach across the aisle to…the Cheneys? Actual war criminals? That was a bad choice. I think the main deciding factor is the economy. So much of this was down to bad timing - the Biden years coincided with the worst of the Covid economic fallout. I also think (cue the downvotes!) that sexism played a role here. But you’re absolutely right - the Dems have a big problem with elitism and not connecting to everyday people. Also, more and more they are playing into Trump’s narrative by constantly comparing themselves to him. When you compare, you give that person more power. Basically, in the Fox interview, Kamala gave Trump airtime rather than defining herself/her policies more on her own terms.

So right now Trump is at about 72M votes, Harris is at 67M. They probably end up around 75M/71M, give or take a couple million. So Trump will be around or a little above what he got in 2020, Harris will be 7-10M behind what Biden got. Kind of makes you wonder.

It was too big to rig this time even if they tried. There were lawyers everywhere in the swing states for sure, and they had to extend voting times where machines quit working, etc.