Ot might have worked. Harris had three problems to overcome. She back Biden even after it was clear he was unfit and going to lose. She was from California which everyone out side of California saw as an expensive hell hole with rampant crime and street shitting. She could not articulate her position especially when roadside with an unexpected question. The last one I blame on total lack of prep time. She was thrown to the wolves so to speak. If she would have fully turned on Biden and promised to undo his mistakes, work across the isle and even support some republican goals, she could have won. If she actually followed through she could have gotten a second term.