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Kamala Harris Should Run in 2028. Trump did something no president has done since Cleveland. But Harris can do something no VP has done since Nixon.

Flipping less than 3/4 of 1% of the votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania would have resulted in a Kamala Harris victory on election night!

Donald Trump won the electoral college, 312 to 226.

Wisconsin (10 Electoral Votes)
1,697,626
1,668,229
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Margin 29,397
Flip 14,699 votes from Trump to Harris and Harris wins Wisconsin.


Michigan (15 Electoral Votes)
2,816,636
2,736,533
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Margin 80,103
Flip 40,052 votes from Trump to Harris and Harris wins Michigan.


Pennsylvania (19 Electoral Votes)
3,543,308
3,423,042
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Margin 120,266
Flip 60,134 votes from Trump to Harris and Harris wins Pennsylvania.


So, flipping 114,885 votes from Harris to Trump in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania (0.723% out of 15,885,374 cast for those two candidates in those three states) would have resulted in Harris winning the presidency.

Flipping less than 3/4 of 1% of the votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania would have resulted in a Harris victory on election night!

That's anything but a Trump landslide.

In 1960, John Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon 303 to 219 in the Electoral College (58.05% of the EC's votes between them).

Kennedy won the popular vote, 34,220,984 to 34,108,157 (two person total of 68,329,141). That's a margin of 112,827 between them, or 0.165%. #

Trump won the electoral college, 312 to 226. That's 57.99% of the EC's votes between then, meaning that Harris did better in the Electoral College against Trump than Nixon did against Kennedy!

Trump's popular vote victory, 2,288,383 (77,297,721 to 75,009,336), was by a margin of 1.50% of the 152,307,059 votes cast for either Trump or Harris.

So while Trump did something no president has done since Grover Cleveland (losing the presidency and winning it back), Harris can do something no vice president has done since Richard Nixon (losing the general election but winning it in a subsequent election).

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# Kennedy only edged Nixon in the popular vote if you consider those Alabama unpledged Democrat electors who voted for him.

* The vote as per the Associated Press, December 19, 2024.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Losers console themselves with statistics. 🤣😂🤣
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
The dims are fortunately for patriotic US citizens are getting dimmer post election and pre inauguration. @Gibbon
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@jackjjackson @Gibbon

And still no names.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
As of today Whitmer has a greater. Than two times better chance than Harris. @beckyromero
Gibbon · 70-79, M
Misogyny had nothing to do with it. Harris couldn't even put a sentence together to explain a policy.
Her running again is a guaranteed loss for the Dems. You spout all you want about the election statistics but they don't reflect the underlying reality of the nation as a whole. The greater population is sick and tired of the controlling efforts of government including Dems that voted for Harris simply because of their dislike for Trump. Woke socialist attempts will never win and sustain itself in US elections.
Jokersswild · 22-25
Are you trying to give the Presidency to Republicans?

Kamala Harris is now in the same category as Sarah Palin. Americans view her as incompetent.

If she were to run against Sarah Palin, she may have a chance.
the only thing kamala should run for is dog catcher,
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@beckyromero how would you like to wake up to that,
@Jokersswild You're confusing her with Trump.
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
I think the truth is a woman can't win a presidential election in America. Too much misogyny. The U.S. is well behind in the ranks of advanced countries.
@badminton If we had a national popular vote, Hillary Clinton would have won in 2016. The idea that a woman "can't win" is based on a coin flip.
@jackrabbit10 You think Trump is "qualified?" Being qualified has nothing to do with it.
@badminton certainly one with conservative politics like Kamala doesn't have to run, things will still be the same, genocide, ecocide and inequality - wise!
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
You are wasting your time. They already counted the 2028 votes and Vance won..(Its more efficient this way)😷
@whowasthatmaskedman the country Demands more of the same and has a really violent and hateful philosophy!
So you like the Israel politics of her administration? The green energy no way thing? The war, expanding NATO? You like inequality. Expensive healthcare that kills people? The cars and no public transportation or housing? Which part is your fave?
Without a left American people are grotesque. As a Leftist I say no way we help ever! You got this!
You and Gun -Sylvania won't vote on single payer -and let it all rot.
@Roundandroundwego If you don't like Harris' Israel policies, wait until you see Trump's. Same for health care, transportation, housing, etc. But please keep wasting your vote on Green or whatever pointless party you support.
@LeopoldBloom sorry you Dems are so hostile to progress politics. I understand you will keep the alternatives out of power and will continue to arm Israel and avoid the healthcare thing,! And the guns. You really slay them!
only if she spends massive time in alcohol rehab and stays on the wagon
DownTheStreet · 56-60, M
They can do better than her.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@DownTheStreet

Ah, the nameless could do better.
DownTheStreet · 56-60, M
@beckyromero I just hope the next election we have too solid candidates with well defined policies to choose from, but the odds aren't great.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@DownTheStreet

But no names?
While I think a Democrat has a good chance of winning in 2028, I don't see Harris being nominated. Her best bet would be to run for California governor; it's basically hers for the asking.

But I agree with you, Trump's "landslide" is just a feature of the winner-take-all Electoral College.
@LeopoldBloom not the genocide, war in Ukraine, lack of progress on green energy or the healthcare system we have?
Am I wrong to try to insert issues, since I note that's never ever done by anyone else here? In politics, certainly we remove all issues of politics - is that required?
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@LeopoldBloom
Her best bet would be to run for California governor; it's basically hers for the asking.

The Nixon path to the White House is hers.

But if I were her I'd skip four years and losing a race for the governorship.
IF, It's and Buts were Candy and Nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.

Get over it !
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@KentuckyWildcats

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

I'm planning for 2028 now.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
@beckyromero You need to hit reset.
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Captainjackass · 31-35, M
He just used fake electors to win again thats how he won.
Bhs123 · 36-40, F
Is nothing
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beckyromero · 36-40, F
[@ LetsDance]
Yet somehow lost.

Because the % of men voting for Trump in 3 key states was slightly higher than the % of women voting for Harris.

It was a coin toss election.
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beckyromero · 36-40, F
[@ LetsDance]
I would have preferred a Democrat win.

Since 2000, we've been in an era of very close election contests.

 
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