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Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza, Axios has learned.

axios.comScoop: DNC officials working on secret report found Gaza stance cost Harris votesThe DNC's research on what went wrong in 2024 has been under lock and key since party leaders decided to hide it from the public.

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Weird that this is even "secret" really. But it is disappointing that so many voters decided that the one issue where the Democrats and Republicans were kind of the same was the most important issue and a reason to let one of them win.

It’s almost as if she paid the price for the comical level of disconnect Democrats had from their voters When +90% of your base is against the genocide in Gaza, you don’t ignore that When people can’t make ends meet, you don’t lie to their face and tell them actually, everything is fine

I thought it was barely if it all stated support for trans people that cost Kamala the presidency? That's what the pundits said. That's why it's important that Newsom reassures wavering voters that he is as anti-trans as the Republicans.

We don't need the "secret" report they paid $700k for to know that trying to run to the right of Republicans on Natsec, immigration, policing, and foreign policy for the 900th consecutive time lost that election but WILL WIN NEXT TIME FOR SURE. We get it, it worked for Clinton in '92. Keep trying.

It’s OK for people to be unhappy with the way Biden handled the Israel/Gaza.The problem comes when that’s the reason why they refused to vote for Harris. Those who did so played a part in handing Trump the election. +

Refusing to vote for Harris , even though it was Biden’s decisions some people objected to, helped no one, and objectively made things worse, not only for the Palestinians, but the US, and the world as a whole.

No Shit. Now can we maybe have a fair primary next time?? …or are Y’allQaeda gonna keep pretending you didn’t know Biden was too cognitively declined to run before primary time…

i like how everyone knows her refusal to condemn genocide or support a weapons embargo against the country doing the genocide cost her votes and Dems are still here over a year later like, "i think Gaza is why she lost..." 🙄

Who gaf about the 2024 election at this point? We’re currently living in a blazing dumpster fire wrapped in a hellscape of Trump’s making. Ooooh, that thing that everyone knows about the 2024 is “still secret”?? Keep it up, Axios, your rep is well-earned.

It suppressed her own vote is the problem. There ain't just a Trump or Harris choice, there is abstension choice. People didn't want to vote for her OR Trump so they just stayed home. Why vote for the Democrat when she's trying to be Diet Republican.

Your argument proves Laurence point: "we've learnt not to expect anything remotely approaching logical thinking from Americans." An informed voter should have known that abstention would favor Trump.

Yes. When the plurality of people in the country simply do not vote, people need to stop playing dumb with "Trump was obviously worse." Sure, but they don't even get day off. When more people just don't bother voting than vote for either party, you can't continue to depend on lesser evil strategies.

Who do you think benefitted by your "abstention". You're just another fucking wanker that thinks you bear no responsibility for the presence of the orange menace in The White House today. Fuck you and all the people who think like you.

We’ve got masked thugs abducting people & executing protesters, a president looting the treasury, cozying up to strong men, & demonizing the trans community, & these dipshits are “Harris should have given me a reason not to abstain.” We’ve tipped to an autocracy. There’s no 2nd chance. 2024 was it.

More like because she didn't clearly distanced herself from "the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza." Again trying to blame Biden for everything, but this one was on her. She wanted to please voters & Biden at the same time & it just couldn't be done. Voters also bear responsibility.

Uhhhhhmmmm...DUHHHH? That said, I will never forgive those who abstained or voted against Kamala (in light the glaring alternative nightmare, Trump), despite AGREEING 1000% that Kamala needed to defy Biden & openly support the Gazans, & drop support of Israel, & the odious Netanyahu/Likud/IDF.

2024 was clearly a moment in history to lean realpolitik, not rigid moral purity. Instead, we have imminent fascism here at home, & Jared & his Arab, Russian, & billionaire friends drooling over resorts on the Gazan beaches, with a new Trail of Tears in the works for the Palestinians.

“My job,” [minority leader] Chuck Schumer told Bret Stephens, “is to keep the left pro-Israel.” Should the Democratic leadership include someone whose loyalty to Israel is stronger than his loyalty to the US and the Democratic Party?

Those who choose Trump because of Biden's support of Isreal are morons. This should have been an easy vote. A convicted felon or not. That easy.

Biden and Harris destroy their party by committing genocide and the unorganized voters still get blamed more than the president.

Just because people didn’t vote for Kamala doesn’t mean they voted for Trump. There’s a big difference between those two actions and if you can’t see that you shouldn’t be calling anyone else a moron.

Aktually. If voters dont support the actions or positions of either candidate (Gaza for Kamala, Trump for... Trump) they might not vote for anyone at all and just stay home. You still gotta earn those votes.

No shit Sherlock! Now do another investigation on why they will do it again, perhaps widen the investigation to include AIPAC donations.

That. And that she was afraid to go on for a live TV interview. Otherwise, it was a perfect campaign. I really still can't believe she lost. And I REALLY can't believe that he won.

if you had a time machine and could go back and talk to Kamala, what would you tell her to change? Would you say 'change nothing queen, you're perfect and if people don't vote for you it's their fault'?

Yes, the left won this election. Unfortunately the left winning the election brought us fascism AND more genocide. I did not join the left to facilitate either genocide or the fascism plus genocide outcome that "we" (not)voted for. Harris knew better and should have kicked Biden to the curb stat.

Look at all the shitlibs justifying this egregious and obvious political mistake and moral failure as the voters' fault. This is pathetic. We're gonna watch the world burn down while the last liberals punch left from their deathbeds.

I will die angry about this. I got into arguments, loud and angry arguments, about how Gaza was actually popular. That the only people who cared were a few arabs in Michigan, and that they were too small of a demographic to matter. Another Cassandra banger!

Liz Cheney, cutting away trans issues, being a prosecutor, and so many other details that the Dems thought would resonate with non-Democratic voters while missing that their own base had moved farther left.

so let me get this straight, your argument to try to convince people who wouldn't vote for Harris because they were committing a genocide is that they should have voted to continue the genocide or else Trump would continue the genocide? that's what you're going with?

I get the need for scientific data and all, but this seemed pretty obviously clear for the entire campaign and after she lost. Cool to know the common consensus (imo) is broadly reaffirmed by empirical data.

sucks that the establishment Dems blamed it on them not being anti-trans enough, and what sucks more is that they'll continue doing so in spite of these findings hey Dems, I live here so I know - Israel sucks! don't support my government's murderous actions please

So my rights as a naturalized citizen, my neighbor's rights to a marriage with whom they choose to love, my other neighbor's rights to personal bodily autonomy, and the economic constraints that have gotten worse, were given up to the folks who want to pave Palestine, was a protest vote? Unreal.

The party is never getting better if you keep hiding the secrets. Get your sh!t together Dems. Why are 100 Dem candidates running for CA governor. Tell the bottom 2% to get out! So frustrated.

Perhaps, but she ultimately lost because systematic tabulator manipulation carried out by Trump‘s cronies, likely with the help of an adversary like Russia, who has done the same thing in past Russian and Georgian elections. bsky.app/profile/elec...

Election Truth Alliance@electiontruthalliance.org

Yes, it can happen here and experts agree our systems are vulnerable. As an alliance of professionals with over 100 years of combined experience in data analysis, cybersecurity, and auditing, we know the proof is in the paper. So, that's why we're working to count them.

The United states is not immune to election manipulation when 70% of states use the same election equipment either from ES&S or Dominion which both have Republican ties. Despite the claims that our systems are safe, actual security experts have proven these machines can be hacked quite easily.

It needs to be leaked. Democrats are getting too comfortable heading into the midterms and need to keep getting a swift kick in the ass all the way to 2028 or they’ll just drop the ball again like they always do.

Dems had advisors telling them not to go left, that it was dangerous to the outcome. Harris was told not to criticize Biden even though some of his policies were unpopular. That hampered what she and Walz might have done. James Carville, and they're using him again, after his failure.

We lost because the Dems have no idea how to convey what they stand for and the risks of voting red. Now, they should be going into red states/districts and telling them what the Trump has really done. We also lost because Biden insisted on running for president. They prevented a primary.

Is it possible after all this analysis and reflection, that we might just recognize and admit that Harris was a flawed candidate who was never going to win in any scenario, and move on.

I'm so fucking tired of these assholes who think not voting for Kamala was the righteous choice. Fuck you and all the people who think like you for giving us their current administration. You fucking wankers make me sick to my stomach.

And this is why we must end Citizens United. Politicians on both sides are funded through AIPAC. We also need to recognize being against Israel is not antisemitism. The faith is separate from the country.

I think she lost because of racist white people not voting for a black woman period. Biden was able to get most of them to vote for him and not trump. GAZA.....how did that work out for you, trump & bibi leveled it, now whatcha got? Nothing but fukin dust starvation and homeless. Now TRUMP RESORTS!

It was literally flattened under Biden. The war started in October 2023. Biden was President until January 2025. 80% of buildings in Gaza were destroyed in that time period. This is what happened.

Not surprising the replies here are full of people still bending over backwards those that refused to back down from their support of a genocidal state. Just admit that you're happy those babies are dead. That's what your doing every time you defend Biden and harris. You are all Nazis

Did you type that part about self righteous fuckwits while looking in a mirror? Vice signal harder, you dead baby-excusing clown.

It's clear they thought that no one would be stupid enough to let Trump win again and yet here we are... Not going to blame anyone for sitting out over that obviously unfortunately until we get money out of politics though politicians cannot react quickly to this stuff without getting fucked

I've taken to asking people "if you had a time machine and could go back and talk to Kamala, what would you tell her to change? Would you say 'change nothing queen, you're perfect and if people don't vote for you it's their fault'"?

Anyone on the ground could tell you this. I voted for Harris but a lot of people did not for this very reason. Huge part of why the youth vote was close last time--they didn't show up.

You mean her approach to the war in Gaza. Because she was adamant about her stance being exactly like Biden's to the point she was telling anyone who told her they weren't OK with it to shut up.

If you can only vote for someone who agrees with you 100% of the time, you either need to stand for office yourself or admit you’ve been neutralised as a democratic participant. We should be asking - who benefits from that?

And people were gas lit by Republicans and Maga Spreading lies and propaganda and failed by a media that would not Persue the truth and highlight this and it’s consequences to the People, and failed to educate the public

The tragic part is that they also would've lost a whole different set of voters had they done the opposite. It's almost like (part of) the impetus behind the whole thing was to divide the Dems and help hand Trump a win.

The genocide was very unpopular and most polls actually showed the opposite of what you're saying. Democrats choose full-throated support of Israel committing the most well documented genocide in history over beating Trump.

I'm not defending their support. I think there was a significant shift in the polls over time, as the situation became so much worse. October 7th was horrific, so for a while the opinions were far more split.

The Oct 7th attack was over a year before the election. By the time Biden started campaigning, and when Harris took over the nomination, the majority of people were of the mindset that we should not be sending billions in weapons to Israel. Which the Democrats chose to ignore.

If they had been honest about what had happened, and what was going on, more people would have supported them had they turned against Israel. They chose to keep repeating the lies. Alot of the casual support for israel comes from the fact that many don't know the truth.

Because they won so many sets of voters doing what they were by... Partying with Liz Cheney. Just admit you love Trump policy, but only wanted someone else to be doing it shitlib.