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SpankMe

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9. I couldn't find the autopsy report on RootsAction's web site
Wed Dec 10, 2025, 10:43 AM
Dec 10

There are many, many "autopsies", reports and opinions on why the election went the way it did. There's just no way to know which one is right. Everyone thinks they have the answer, and they eviscerate anyone who disagrees with them.

What methodology can be used to get to the right answer? Seems multifaceted to me. We can't distill it down to one or two or three factors. The reason we lost is very complex and is a combination of a whole lot of factors - voter turnout, right-wing misinformation, Republican voter suppression, timing, Joe saying he would run only one term but ran for a second anyway, the economy, Israel/Palestine, Kamala's race/gender, shifting loyalties in the minority communities that normally vote Dem - the list goes on and on.

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