all these takes as if Harris lost on "the issues".

her takes on the issues poll much better than his takes, my dear popularists.

she lost because he was perceived by low information, go-with-your-gut, voters as someone willing to let it hang out while she was cautious, scripted, hiding something.

@interfluidity Yes. Also I think she was weighed down by being so closely tied to, and unwilling to break with, Biden, who was widely reviled and perceived as incompetent. I don’t think this election hinged on ideology; if it had, you wouldn’t had such a sharp Senate/POTUS split, with Dems sweeping the battleground Senate races except for PA—which they’ll probably end up losing by only 0.2%.