CreatureKitchen said: "I know this is nitpicky but: 95% of registered Republicans who voted in this election voted for Trump. That is almost exactly the same percentage of registered Republicans who voted for Trump last election (and Biden still won).
Democrats need to stop compromising their positions and appealing to these voters who have proven they're not going to shift. They lost because Dem voters/undecided voters were unmotivated and stayed home. They need to energize those people, not waste time appealing to the registered Republicans."
If this was supposed to be a response to me: you are correct that the "greater good" Anti-Trump coalition Democrats have envisioned for the past 8 years has never materialized. However, you are dead wrong about how Trump won this time. Again, this "base turnout" theory of politics is dead. Absolutely dead. Trump won by fracturing the Democratic coalition and winning young, Latino, and Asian voters who are either new voters or voted Democrat previously. The West Coast still has millions of ballots left to count and Trump has already won more votes than in 2020. It sounds ****ing absurd, but Donald Trump of all people has assembled a working class multiracial coalition. If Democrats don't change their path and get serious about good Urban governance, immigration, inflation, and crime, we will lose more and lose by more.