1. El Sexismo como Factor Decisivo.
Una opinión predominante sostiene que el sexismo fue la razón fundamental de la derrota. Los usuarios comparan las derrotas de Hillary Clinton y Kamala Harris frente a Donald Trump con la victoria de Joe Biden, un hombre blanco, contra el mismo oponente, concluyendo que el género fue el único denominador común y el obstáculo insuperable.
- The one and only reason both hillary and harris lost to a shitbag lunatic: sexism. Period. No other logical explanation.
- It's just sexism, pure & simple. That's why hillary clinton lost in 2016, joe biden won in 2020, and kamala harris lost in 2024.
- Sexism is the main reason both hillary & harris—strong, qualified candidates—lost to these monsters. Only the old white guy beat the old orange one. There is no bigger factor than pernicious, insidious sexism.
- Rampant sexism and sexism alone defeated hillary and harris. There’s literally no other plausible reason.
- Pernicious, insidious sexism is the biggest reason we’ve lost our country hillary and harris—two platinum candidates—lost to a guy who doesn’t know how umbrellas work mediocre americans couldn’t stomach the thought of a girl potus, so they voted for a lunatic rapist over two qualified woman twice.
2. La Intersección de Racismo y Sexismo.
Muchos comentarios argumentan que la derrota de Harris no puede entenderse sin considerar la combinación de racismo y sexismo. Se postula que, como mujer de color, enfrentó un "doble golpe" de prejuicios (misogynoir) que la descalificó automáticamente para una parte del electorado, un desafío que un candidato blanco o un hombre negro no habría enfrentado de la misma manera.
- So few people willing to acknowledge the role of sexism and racism in harris loss. I heard many people interviewed say “i’m not sure why i voted for trump; i just couldn’t vote for harris.” subliminal racism and sexism.
- Sexism and racism pure and simple. A white man with exactly the same platform as harris would have won.
- And yet when i say harris lost bcuz of misogynoir i'm screaming into the void racism? sexism? surely those are not things that affect voters in the us, agree all the white guys.
- I do think there is a legitimate argument to be made that racism and sexism were significant contributing factors to harris’ loss. Biden, while certainly having his own negatives, would not have been automatically disqualified by a portion of the electorate merely because of his race or gender.
- And sexism. Look at the teamsters polling where they supported biden by a fairly large majority and swung so heavily against harris. Racism plus sexism was a double whammy.
3. Críticas a la Campaña y Otros Factores.
En contraposición, una parte de los usuarios rechaza que el sexismo y el racismo fueran las causas principales. En su lugar, atribuyen la derrota a una campaña deficiente, a la percepción de Harris como una candidata débil o sin inspiración, y a su asociación con políticas impopulares, como las de la administración Biden, especialmente en relación con el conflicto en Gaza.
- Had nothing to do with racism or sexism. The nomination of harris made it very difficult for voters who were against trump, but republicans, to vote for her. Inexperienced in so many areas and competency was in question.
- Racism and sexism are factors in american politics, but pretending they're the main reason harris and clinton lost when both ran thoroughly incompetent campaigns is silly.
- Deflecting legitimate criticism of the democratic party and its nominees as racism and sexism is a huge problem in this sphere. Harris was not a strong candidate. That has nothing to do with her sex or skin color.
- Biden blames sexism for harris’s defeat. Harris lost because she stuck with biden's policies, especially re genocide, moving to the right & running a terrible campaign. It had nothing to do with sexism but democrats will fall back on such excuses rather than admitting their problems.
- Harris's campaign was objectively terrible. The more progressive she was, the more popular. More conservative, less popular. They consistently chose the latter. Yes, they knew they would lose. Racism/sexism were certainly a factor, but not a deciding one.
4. Perspectivas Mixtas: Una Combinación de Causas.
Un grupo de comentarios ofrece una visión matizada, reconociendo que el racismo y el sexismo jugaron un papel importante, pero argumentando que no fueron los únicos factores determinantes. Sostienen que es un error ignorar otros elementos, como los errores estratégicos del Partido Demócrata, una campaña sin un mensaje claro o la falta de conexión con las preocupaciones económicas del electorado.
- I mean, yes… of course endemic racism and sexism exist and persist in the us, but to say that’s the reason for the harris loss is a 2016 redux: learning all the wrong lessons.
- Im sure harris did lose votes to sexism and racism. Im also sure that wasn't why she lost.
- I hold the positions of both a. Racism and sexism had its part to play and b. Democrats made catastrophic errors, and their performance is severely lacking. You cannot wholly claim one or the other here, nuance goes out the window.
- While i agree harris more than likely suffered because of racism and sexism in american society i also think she did little to combat that by also running a milquetoast, message-free campaign with little to no daylight between her and biden (a then historically unpopular president). Both can be true.
- Racism and sexism do play a role in why harris lost election. But ignoring the fact that lots of people were just fucking pissed about things be expensive yo ignores the agency of millions of americans.