This is ok and all, but the reality is that Trump would’ve won no matter what. Harris was an ok candidate who ran a decent campaign.
An amazing candidate with a flawless campaign would’ve still lost. When there is widespread discontent combined with a huge sectoral shift in the voting public, no campaign can overcome that. The only difference would’ve been that some other notional candidate better than Harris would’ve lost by a lesser margin.
People are looking for all these complex explanations for a simple event: the electorate was fed up with those in control and being lied to about inflation, and with their extremely short memories1 they lashed out at who holds the reins of power.
And we’re gonna see how that turns out.