The final NBC News poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris losing voters who don’t follow politics closely by double digits.

Summary

In the 2024 election, Democrats excelled with highly engaged voters but lost ground with less-engaged voters, particularly younger, working-class, and non-college-educated individuals.

Vice President Kamala Harris won among voters who closely follow politics by 5 points but trailed Donald Trump by 14 points among less-engaged voters.

Democratic strategists highlighted failures in outreach, reliance on narrow data models, and ineffective messaging.

Critics noted the party’s brand is often defined by extreme voices, while Republicans capitalized on dissatisfaction with the economy and national direction, resonating with everyday frustrations.

  • Weirdmusic
    25•10 hours ago

    So, really, Trump won because people simply didn’t bother to show up.

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)
        11•8 hours ago

        Every. Single. Fucking. Time. It’s been half a century of backsliding because of a lack of willingness to vote strategically (or at all). The reason that Dems were able to keep pushing right is because there was no pressure from my fellow leftists that would rather throw the toys out of the pram and make the world worse than dedicate the slightest amount of effort to long-term improvement.

        • @[email protected]
          1•52 minutes ago

          lack of willingness to vote strategically

          by “voting strategically”, you mean swallowing a deeply flawed and compromisesd republican-lite candidate who is owned by special interests, right?

          Yeah why wouldnt people want to get behind that, its a real mystery.