The Project host Waleed Aly’s theory on why Kamala Harris lost the US election – hours after predicting she’d win
Waleed Aly has blamed US presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s loss on her failure to give voters a direct message after previously boldly declaring she would win.
The Project host, who covers the elections in the United States, explained his theory Wednesday evening while speaking with American political commentator Steve Clemons.
The pair spoke an hour after Trump took the stage in Florida to address the nation in the early hours of the morning US time.
“This is as bad a loss as they probably could have imagined,” Aly said.
“If you lose like this, everything was wrong,” Mr. Clemons replied.
‘Kamala was vice president of the United States, but was not well known to the public.
‘Joe Biden got out too late. She tended not to handle it very well when asked about her economic plan: the basics of policy.”
Aly added his own theory that Vice President Harris would lose due to a lack of clarification.
The Project host (pictured) said the ‘Democrats’ message was more theoretical, like democracy, while Trump was direct
US political commentator Steve Clemons (pictured right with Waleed Aly) said Harris was not well known to US voters and Biden should have resigned sooner
‘Trump’s message was very direct. Jobs, immigration, crime,” he said.
“The Democrats’ message was rather theoretical, like democracy.”
The American political commentator believed Harris felt part of the dovish Biden package.
“I think it was one of Joe Biden’s pitfalls,” Clemons continued.
“I’m going to say something controversial here though, I think Biden would have done better in the battleground states.”
“People were concerned about the price of eggs, butter and toast.”
Aly admitted he was surprised by the speed of the outcome, as it was predicted it would take longer for results from some of the ‘key’ battlegrounds to be known.
The Republicans have also won the House, the Senate and Congress and Trump is on the verge of winning the popular vote (photo Trump with wife Melania and son Baron)
“The whole thing just tells you how overwhelming the outcome is,” Aly said.
“And we should point out that the Republicans took the ticket.
“The House of Representatives, the Senate, Congress, it’s an extraordinary level of power that they’re going to enjoy.”
A day earlier, Aly sang to a different tune and stunned his fellow panelists on The Project when he was asked on the spot who would win the race to the White House.
“Kamala Harris. There is a name,” he said without hesitation.
“My theory is that Trump has fewer ways to win. “Kamala has a little more room for error with the people she is targeting and to whom that could happen,” he said.
“What Trump is actually after is a certain kind of voter – especially a male voter [and] especially a young voter.
“The problem he has is that these aren’t people who normally come out to vote.”
Aly further admitted that Trump could win if certain factors go in his favor, including whether the voters he targeted during the election campaign showed up and voted for him.
Trump’s victory does not stop there: he is on his way to winning the popular vote.
If successful, this will be the first time a Republican has won the election since George W. Bush in 2004.
Aly said he was surprised by the speed of the outcome that gave Trump victory over Kamala Harris (pictured)
In Trump’s victory speech, he said he would fight for a “golden age of America.”
“Every day I will fight for you, with every breath in my body,” he said.
“I will not rest until we deliver the strong, safe, and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve.
“We also won the popular vote, which is great.
“Winning the popular vote is a lot of fun.”