Secret Report Found Gaza Cost Kamala Harris Votes

[applegrove]

Secret Report Found Gaza Cost Kamala Harris Votes

February 22, 2026 at 10:27 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 44 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/22/secret-report-found-gaza-cost-kamala-harris-votes/

“Top Democratic officials who worked on the party’s still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration’s approach to the war in Gaza,” Axios reports.

“The Democratic National Committee’s research on what went wrong in 2024 has been under lock and key since party leaders decided last year to hide it from the public — a reflection of how explosively it could resonate within the party and beyond.”

[RockRaven]

1. No shit. I could have told them that, and would have for half the price.

Thank goodness we have these genius consultants making these post mortem reports. Truly, our party is saved!

[JBTaurus83]

3. Yes!

Kamala and the Dems raised record funds for these nonsense consultants that did absolutely nothing to help us. A little common sense can go a long way.

[JBTaurus83]

2. Well no shit

It’s disappointing that helping BiBi was more important than stopping fascism in the USA. This type of thing will end up a major issue in the next primary. I figured AIPAC being absolute poison was a major reason they weren’t releasing the report.

[yaesu]

4. But let's not be distracted from the fact that Kamala would be president if red states didn't kick millions off the

polls regardless of how many fucking braindead idiots refused to vote for her because of Gaza.

[stopdiggin]

6. OK. But then, let's ALSO not forget that the vast majority

'stricken' from registration - were done so (both in this instance, and in prior years) for the reason of multiple no shows - in prior elections. I.e., in large part already proven non-voters.

You can argue methodology - (and many, including self, will listen) - but voting rolls do need to be cleaned up occasionally. They just do. And the remedy for that - is plenty of notice to voters ahead of elections. Which (my observation says) - is mostly being done.

[Bobstandard]

5. Which got us Trump

Folks who didn’t vote for Kamala because of Gaza helped Trump win. Simple truth.

[Eko]

7. Or folks that didnt listen to us about Gaza helped Trump win. Simple truth.

Remember how they were kept out of the Democratic Convention? As if it was not important?

[stopdiggin]

9. still rationalizing the 'punish the party' agenda ... and the clear proceeds of that self immolation.

[Eko]

10. What?

[stopdiggin]

11. Precisely!

[Eko]

12. When asked a question to clairify what you said and you respond with a non-anwser

I no longer feel the need to have a conversation with you.

[stopdiggin]

15. from the person that is completely satisfied with "What?" as query for information .... - - - -(nt)-

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[Eko]

17. Obviously you understood it.

""What?" as query for information".

[stopdiggin]

19. "What" offers virtually nothing in terms of soliciting real information.

No specifics, no direction, no invitation toward discussion. One could say almost deliberately opaque. So, no - it engendered neither the comprehension, nor inclination or motivation for response ... (other than the one it received)

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[Bobstandard]

14. So in essence, you agree. Gaza protest votes helped Trump.

[Eko]

18. Or that people felt that not enough was done on the Gaza war.

"We should have done more as an administration," Harris said at the event, adding "we should have spoken publicly about our criticism" of how Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu executed the war.
Harris said in her book that President Biden's unpopularity, which she argued was partly because of "his perceived blank check" to Netanyahu, harmed her in 2024.
Harris wrote that she privately "pleaded" with Biden to show more empathy for civilians in Gaza. But during her campaign, she declined to publicly break with him over Israel.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/22/dnc-2024-autopsy-harris-gaza
It appears that Harris was one of those.
People don't owe us their votes, they have to be earned. They didn't even give them a spot at the convention to speak. At the time I argued that it would hurt us and it appears it did.

[Bobstandard]

20. So in a fit of pique...

Pathetic excuses for self destructive behavior is still pathetic.

[AloeVera]

21. I guess leaders need to be careful not to thoroughly demoralize a good chunk of their base.

To the point where they can't drag themselves to the voting booth because they are disgusted and dismayed. Or maybe it's the thought of stepping over the tens of thousands of Palestinian bodies on the way to the poll that had them spooked.

I hope the lesson has been learned but at what cost?

In any case, demonizing and shaming these voters by calling them pathetic is not the way to go. But I guess voter-blaming is easier than looking at the bigger picture. That's painful. I do hope the DNC and others are doing some self-reflecting but the secrecy thing does not give me much hope.

[Bobstandard]

23. That's funny. And pathetic.

You want me to look at the bigger picture. Ironic.

[AloeVera]

25. Apparently that's not going to happen...

Your idea of accountability is only for the big bad...voters? Whom you like to insult and demean.

It would be funny if it were not so sad.

[Bobstandard]

26. That's what voting is. Accountability

Voters who sat out the election or voted for Trump because of Gaza helped bring about the nightmare this country and much of the world are experiencing. To deny that is sophistry.

[Eko]

24. Sure, civilians were dying in large numbers by our arms and you call being upset about that

a fit of pique.

[AloeVera]

22. "She declined to publicly break with him over Israel'.

A fatal mistake imho. I thought so at the time and moaned and groaned about it.

Empathy is great. Absolutely. And Kamala showed empathy.

But I think she miscalculated in thinking that empathy was enough. It was not. People wanted to see a change in policy. In fact they wanted to see ANYTHING being done to provide some relief to the suffering in Gaza and stop the SLAUGHTER. They also wanted hope that the party would go in a different direction on Gaza under Kamala.

Instead they heard a re-commitment to defend Israel and it's "right to defend itself" (code for a carte blanche and the status quo). For many voters, that was just the last straw.

[stopdiggin]

8. sure as heck wasn't much of a secret on just about any given college campus

that you could care to name.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. My otherwise cobalt-blue congressional district went Trump in 2024.

A hefty demographic of Muslim voters in Paterson and other cities protested against Gaza more than voting for Trump.