‘Democrats presented no alternative’: US voters on Trump’s win and where Harris went wrong

‘The mistake of the Democrats has been to keep asking the question, “How could you?” rather than, “What did we not understand about American voters?”’ Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

“It’s like being sucked into a tsunami,” said Vivian Glover, a Kamala Harris voter from South Carolina, about the realisation that Donald Trump had been re-elected as president.

“The contrast between the two campaigns couldn’t have been more stark. On the one hand an intelligent, highly qualified public servant with a unifying message, and the opponent someone who epitomizes corruption, immorality, dishonesty, incompetence, racism, misogyny, tyranny and has clearly indicated his willingness to embrace authoritarianism.”