It’s not that simple. As Shor noted, most of the weak Democratic voters were motivated by economic concerns (Gaza was also a big factor for roughly a third, too

It’s not that simple. As Shor noted, most of the weak Democratic voters were motivated by economic concerns (Gaza was also a big factor for roughly a third, too). The fact that they stayed home in 2024 doesn’t mean that they will next time, but it absolutely means that Democrats need to give them a convincing reason to show up. His analysis of social media trends is similarly incomplete: he identifies the degree to which it’s influential but misses the billions of dollars plowed into promoting right wing content, just as the age gap analysis sees a real phenomenon (younger voters aren’t as likely to vote for Democrats) but misses whether the explanation is that they’re ideologically conservative or economically more precarious and swimming in a sea of propaganda blaming Biden for the pandemic fallout, which has affected every incumbent party around the world. Again, that doesn’t mean that the Democrats don’t need to do a lot of hard work but I think it’s a mistake to see it as “they’re all movement Republicans” rather than “we need to focus on economic inequality”.