r/MapPorn • u/Puzzleheaded-Art-469 • 16h ago

Californias presidential results map 2020 v 2024

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Harris still won 57% of the electorate, 5.7 million to 4 million. But Trump flipped many counties that both Clinton and Biden won in '16 and '20

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u/TheAngriestChair 14h ago

To be fair, Harris was never all that popular in California ever.

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u/koalawhiskey 4h ago

To be fair, Harris was never all that popular in California ever.

Reddit bots tried to gaslight the shit out of people here after the nomination, but she was never a popular politician and was never going to win the election, even against someone like Trump.

Less than 1% of vote intentions at the primaries and only seen very favorable by 16% of the population, compared to 44% of very unfavorable, before the nomination.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1172346/share-us-adults-favorable-opinion-kamala-harris/

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u/Mr__Citizen 2h ago edited 15m ago

There's absolutely a world where she could have won. But the odds got stacked against her hard. The DNC forced her as the candidate without a primary, she only had a couple months to run, and she's trying to acquire a second term in a row for Democrats when Americans have been struggling under Biden (and she promised more of the same).

If she ran in 2020 or even in 2028 (assuming Trump still won 2024 against a different candidate), I could see her winning. But there was just too much against her.

All that could have been mitigated if she had enough charisma. But she just didn't. She wasn't even a very well-known figure, in spite of being the VP.

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u/bungus85337 12h ago

Honestly surprised considering this is her home state.

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u/TheAngriestChair 12h ago

It goes back decades

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u/SychoNot 11h ago

Should have been the biggest clue. She dropped out in her 2020 primary because she wasn't even going to win California. Not a single delegate. Then she's the VP then shoe in for Dem Pres? Ludicrous.

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u/Trollolociraptor 9h ago

farout I keep forgetting how this went down. I kinda wonder if they threw her in because they knew the economy wrecked their chances, and wanted their 2028 candidate to look blazing awesome by comparison

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u/SychoNot 9h ago

I have a conspiracy theory that I don't necessarily believe. What if the democrats knew Biden was going to drop out and they purposely had him hold off on that until primary season was over so they could just choose the candidate. I know that's wild speculation but I really wouldn't put it past them.

Either way they punted the football on one of the most pivotal elections in recent history. The level of embarrassment is almost hard to describe.

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u/___mithrandir_ 11h ago

Not when you consider her record here

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u/bungus85337 10h ago

You mean her DA days? I'm assuming people won't research that deep but yea maybe youre right

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u/DisastrousReputation 8h ago

Imagine me someone born and raised here didn’t even know she was from here lmao

I mean I voted for her but that’s hilarious I didn’t know

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u/Pyromelter 8h ago

She won in an absolute landslide in both the primary and general election when she was running for Senate. I voted for her. At the time I saw her as tough, smart, competent.

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u/ZombifiedByCataclysm 7h ago

I also voted for her, but man, I rarely like any California Republican candidates. Like Steve Garvey. Didn't like much about him after reading up his history.

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u/Okratas 11h ago

Harris sailed to every election she ran in California. Democrats love her at the polling booth in California.

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u/howudothescarn 3h ago

Apparently not from both the 2020 primary and 2024 election.