Went to bed last night around 900pm here in Denver, CO.
Both of them were in the 200 range.
I got up around 200am to pee and Trump had won Ohio and Pennsylvania to win the 270.
Not shocked and not surprised.
The Electoral Map looks pretty much exactly like every Electoral Map since 2000. The only difference is the swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and N. Carolina.
With all the other states, they basically won what was expected from each candidate.
Trump won the popular, but less votes he got in 2020. Harris got less popular votes than Trump and got no where close to Biden’s 80 million votes in 2020. Democrats did not come out to support Harris. I doubt voter suppression laws had anything to do with it.
The Democratic Party will do a lot of finger pointing, but in the end the loss is primarily on the Democratic Party as a whole. They had plenty of opportunities to shut Trump down since he left office and did absolutely nothing cuz they didn’t want to offend the Republicans and make them angry, like they weren’t already angry.
If future elections take place, Right now the Democratic Party has no one with the drive to take on Trump/GOP. The closest person is Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), but it looks like his opportunity window is closed shut. No way he alone can novitiate Democrats to come out in 2028. The Democratic Party is gonna have to do a full reboot to get voters out in the future. They can’t continue what they have been doing for the past 30+ years.
Now we have to see if Biden is gonna grow some balls and go full Dictator with the new powers SCOTUS put on the Presidency and shut down Trump…it’s pretty obvious that ain’t gonna happen.
Trump/GOP have Project 2025 to kick into full gear next year. Trump doesn’t need Congress with the powers granted to him by SCOTUS. And we know Schumer/Jeffries ain’t gonna do shit to stop him, even if they try.
It’s gonna be interesting to see how shit plays out, lots of folks are gonna get a big surprise as the years go by.
You gonna hear from a lot of folks starting next year say….”I Didn’t Think He Was Gonna Do All That Shit, I Thought He Was Joking…”
We will wait and see.