Harris Campaign Not Racist Enough For Americans
Results show campaign too light on casual LGBTQ slander as well.
Early on Wednesday, November 6th, outlets began calling the election in favor of Donald Trump.
He will soon collect the electoral votes needed to win and will therefore accept the results of the election, sending the Democratic Party soul searching for what went wrong.
Kamala Harris’ campaign got off to a relatively late start due to President Biden dropping out of the race in July, but that’s not necessarily what repelled voters.
Exit poll data and overheard veiled-slurs reveal that the quality that made the Trump campaign so enticing to voters was the casual racism.
In particular, young white males were allured by this feature, claiming the ability to use certain slurs made them “funnier.” One anonymous 22-year-old white male commented:
“Well, one, I don’t think [redacted] is a slur. Two, if you listen to any big comedy podcast*, you’ll hear how much funnier it is when you can say whatever you want. You can also say the words ‘as a joke’ too, as if you’re playing a character. That’s a good move to not get cancelled.”
*Podcasts made by comedians residing in Texas.
Second to racism, casual homophobia and transphobia were major difference makers.
The exit polling suggests voters wanted Kamala Harris to “run ugly ads during NFL Sundays,” and to make more of an effort with the “normal gay guys.”
One voter tied the issue to censorship, stating:
“In regard to the Trump campaign, I love the lack of censorship. Specifically as it pertains to my words I use that have historically been used against vulnerable people groups. Except I don’t mean it like that. And ultimately, that’s where the Harris campaign lost me. They make me feel guilty about saying those words.”
"But what about the economy?" you might ask.
The economy is often a top issue for voters and may have been a weak spot for the Harris campaign as well. While the campaign presented numerous economic policies to strengthen the middle class, voters didn’t want to read all that. Writing is sometimes too long and after a few sentences it gets boring.
See, voters prefer podcasts with little jokes, sprinkled with soundbites like, "we’ll make China pay for it." Now that’s policy; that’s good, big economy.
But what can be done now? The race is over and Americans have shown what they value: good, big economy and casual, careless language.
Maybe next time Democrats will learn their lesson and follow suit.