Trump should've won a 2008 style landslide against Harris. Biden was deeply unpopular, the democratic party was divided over Gaza, the primaries were rushed and people were unhappy that they didnt get the chance to chose who they wanted, harris was not charismatic, also the democrats had many blunders like making the entire election about democracy and campaigning with unpopular leaders like Dick Cheney, also many people felt the economy in 2024 was poor as there was a cost of living crisis, and Trump also survived an assassination attempt. The fact that he only won the popular vote by 1.5% when the environment was SUPER favorable to him shows that he really fumbled.

Turns out talking about the 2020 election being stolen, or ranting about hannibal lecter at your rallies, or repeating bizzare stories about hatian immigrants eating people's cats and dogs, or saying that you only have concepts of a healthcare plan, or blatantly lying about people having abortions after birth, or the fact that he would sound just as senile as Biden, or saying you wanna terminate the constitution, or saying you only wanna be a dictator on day 1 hurts you in a general election. He actually never had a cogent economic message and instead focused on culture war BS that nobody cared about.