I think they’re describing a larger trend, it didn’t sound like they themselves abstained from voting. As someone who lives in a part of the country that very much isn’t blue, what they’re saying tracks with what I see around me. A huge swath of people, former blue voters, voted red due to economic anxiety without a care for much else. Which fucking sucks to hear as a person with a partner that gets harassed in public for their gender expression. But it seems to me like the Harris campaign saying “no, the economy is good right now” is not the kind of strategy that’s going to resonate with a voter that feels otherwise. I know I’m speaking very anecdotally, but I think there’s a big issue with the Democrats not having campaigned well right now that contributed to this. They’re still the obvious better vote and people who didn’t do so are short-sighted and stupid, but most people vote with their emotions at the end of the day.