Editor,
In his letter, “Who’s to blame?” published Dec. 5, Kevin Thorpe wrote, “Don’t blame the MAGA voters for Trump’s clean sweep win. Blame the people who did not vote …” Indeed, Vice President Kamala Harris received over six million fewer votes than former Vice President Joe Biden in 2020 while former President Trump increased his support by nearly three million votes, thus winning the popular vote, unlike his 2016 victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Thorpe wrote in response to a Nov. 30 letter by C.R. Padilla, “Every country has the government it deserves.” He warned of “a potential end to democracy as we know it,” blaming MAGA voters for Trump’s win.
Voting in an election is the clearest illustration of our democratic form of government. Trump should be credited for inspiring Americans to participate in the election. Rather than blaming those who voted for him, as Padilla did, or blaming those who chose not to vote, as Thorpe did, wouldn’t it be more beneficial to examine why Harris failed to inspire more Americans to vote for her and Gov. Tim Walz?
In my June 12 letter to the Daily Journal, “It’s about Biden,” I wrote that this election would be like most others where the incumbent seeks reelection: a referendum based on the last four years of the current, not former president.
Harris was unwilling and/or unable to separate herself from Biden. I respect the voters’ choices, be it to vote for Trump or stay home.
Irvin Dawid
Burlingame
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(3) comments
Thanks for this and previous letters, Mr. Dawid. Always a pleasure to read your viewpoints and prognostications. If I recall correctly, you submitted a letter in July predicting Biden would announce he wouldn’t seek re-election and he would endorse Harris. I think you also predicted Biden would resign as President and gift the Presidency to Harris. There’s still time so if that becomes true, I’d like to partner up with you on a few lottery number picks.
Meanwhile do you think Biden endorsed Harris as revenge for having been kicked out of running for reelection? Knowing that there was no way Harris would win – allowing Biden to be the only person to beat Trump? It wasn’t just me as many others noticed how much Joe and Jill were beaming at Trump when Trump visited the White House. I get the feeling Joe and Jill voted for Trump. Looking forward to future LTEs, Mr. Dawid. Keep giving us updates from your crystal ball. Maybe we should start a prediction contest…
Thanks, Terence, for your thoughtful and humorous response. I was "hoping" Biden would do the right thing and resign in order to benefit Harris. [BTW, Nate Silver has called on Biden to resign, writing on Nov. 20 that the "world is a dangerous place" and questioning Biden's competency to handle those responsibilities.
I was hoping that Harris would win, but she remained the inherently flawed candidate that she was in the 2020 primary. However, she did the best she could, and, as I noted in my prior letter published Nov. 27, there was no "red wave" this year, at least not in Congress.
Well put.
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