Vice President Kamala Harris faced numerous obstacles in her presidential campaign.Launching only in July, her run struggled to address voters’ core concerns on issues like the economy and immigration. She also faced a loss of support among some minority groups, including Hispanic men and Arab Americans. Ultimately, her close association with President Biden’s unpopular administration proved challenging to overcome, and she lost the election early on Wednesday morning as Donald Trump swept to a decisive victory.Harris assured the public there would be a "peaceful transfer of power".Source: The Independent
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00:00Vice President Kamala Harris has lost the presidential election.
00:03We must accept the results of this election.
00:05Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory.
00:12I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.
00:22Her campaign, which only launched in July, has faced several challenges that contributed to this outcome.
00:30Harris's campaign focused heavily on abortion, overlooking key voter concerns this election cycle, such as the economy or immigration.
00:38Her campaign hoped that since abortion was on the ballot in 10 states, it would energize Democrats the same way it did in the 2022 midterms.
00:46But while many voters supported abortion rights in their states, it did not translate into a vote for a Democratic president.
00:52Harris also struggled with support among Arab-American voters.
00:55Many chose to protest the Biden administration's handling of Israel's bombing of Gaza and Lebanon.
01:01In Dearborn, Michigan, the city with the largest Arab-American population, Donald Trump received 42 percent of the vote and Jill Stein got 18 percent.
01:09In 2020, President Joe Biden won the city with 74 percent of the vote.
01:13Harris underperformed with Hispanic men as well.
01:16Early exit polls indicate that about half of these men voted for Trump in 2024, while just 36 percent voted for him in 2020.
01:23Trump has basically been on a nonstop campaign since he announced his first presidential run in 2015.
01:29In contrast, Harris only began her campaign in July after Biden dropped out.
01:33She had limited time to establish her own identity separate from the current unpopular administration.