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> The Democratic Party needs to accept that 6-7 million voters either switched sides or stayed home; and if they want to win again, they must change tactics accordingly

This is true, but it doesn't invalidate grandparent's idea either. Maybe Dems should run a reality show star.

The total number of votes don’t matter. It’s just the votes in the swing states. If 75% of the people in California stay home, it doesn’t matter.

They only need to change policy enough to keep from pissing off deep blue states and to flip a few swing states.

Why are you talking about Trump’s vote counts if any mention of a reality TV star in the context of reality TV is too political for Hacker News?

You were the first to say that something was too political for Hacker News and yet here you are in this thread, engaging in the most political discussion.

Note that Trump won the popular vote by a plurality, not a majority. Biden had a majority as did Obama both times. Bush also had a majority for his second term.