Almost from the very start of Kamala Harris’ ascension to the role of Democrat Party presidential nominee, which she “won” without a single presidential primary vote, we were reliably informed that this would be a “vibes-based” election.
It was an insulting narrative the MSM ran with, making such trivial matters as Harris’ eating and walking habits focal points even as many Americans continued to struggle to make ends meet and put food on their own tables under the Biden-Harris economy.
“If you go with the vibes, it’s a vibes election!” declared CNN anchor Kasie Hunt with a straight face during the Democrat National Convention (DNC) in late August while seemingly endorsing the calculated Harris campaign strategy of avoiding the media.
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As it turns out, for some late deciders, “vibes” did play a role in their decision on for whom they would vote – and that worked to President-elect Donald Trump’s advantage more than Harris’, ironically. The New York Times interviewed some of them, who they were staying in touch with for months, and these were a few of the answers given:
I voted for Donald Trump. I decided after Kamala went on “Call Her Daddy.”
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I voted for Trump and made that decision the same day the mainstream media was having a meltdown after the Madison Square Garden rally. I also saw an ad from Democrats about abortion misinformation that really made me upset. I said, “You know what? I’m going to vote for Trump. Everybody hates him. They’re lying about pregnancies. Let’s just do it.”
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I can’t believe it, but I did end up voting for Donald Trump. I made that decision when I saw JD Vance’s interview with The New York Times. He is the future of the Republican Party. I’m more voting for Vance than I am for Trump.
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I shocked myself and voted for Trump. No one tell my family. I was so impressed by JD Vance, the way he carried himself and how normal he appeared. I think I became radicalized on the men and women’s sports issue. The ad that said, “Kamala represents they/them. Trump represents you,” that was so compelling. While Trump is deranged, he represented normalcy somehow to me.
Another said he voted for Trump after his appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. “He just seemed more normal than the other side,” the voter said, according to the Times.
These answers greatly distressed, among others, “Majority Report” co-host and “Young Turks” alum, Emma Vigeland:
NYT interviews late deciders. Agonizing pic.twitter.com/7K3kIn3gwJ
— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) November 13, 2024
And she wasn’t the only one. Natalie Jackson, the vice president of the Democrat-based GQR polling and opinion research group, said in so many words that this was allegedly the “upsetting” reality of how people make decisions on who to vote for:
As I’ve said, it’s upsetting for a lot of people to learn how voters really make decisions. People want the fantasy of a perfectly rational, informed electorate according to their own views, and it simply does not exist. https://t.co/GWSzvBuTVW
— Natalie Jackson (@nataliemj10) November 14, 2024
This, however, was a more realistic take on the voters’ responses:
Traditional media like the NYT warned that disrupting them would leave the public less informed. Verbatim’s below prove opposite is true: voters today are more informed, rely on diverse sources, and can see through the manipulative tactics that media and campaigns once relied on. https://t.co/qXJfVAJjZn
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) November 14, 2024
On one hand, I admit I laughed when I read the reactions from the Very Online Left to the Times’ write-up. I mean, they were complaining about undecided voters going in the opposite direction based in part on a tactic the left and their mainstream media allies cheered when they thought it was benefiting their side.
On the other hand, however, it infuriated me to see the answers boiled down to the voters being “uninformed” in their view. Why? Because they broke for Trump and not Kamala Harris?
And let’s face it, those voters were probably like many others in this country – they have issues that they are passionate about but maybe aren’t political junkies like a lot of us, and made Harris making a fool of herself on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Trump coming off as more “normal” than Harris, and JD Vance impressing them during interviews as their deciding factors. That’s hardly empty-headed nor “uninformed.”
I guess what makes a voter “informed” is being persuaded by Lady Gaga singing at an election-eve concert or something. Or by Oprah Winfrey bizarrely claiming without evidence that if people don’t vote for Kamala Harris, they may never get the chance to vote again.
Just crazy. We are nine days past Election Day and these people have still learned absolutely nothing. If they keep this up (and we should certainly hope that they do), the 2026 midterms are going to make the 2024 Trump red wave look modest in comparison.
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