Harris offers few regrets about 2024 campaign

Trump beat Harris by more than 2.3 million votes — about 15% of the popular vote — but the Republican swept the electoral college vote, winning 312 to 226.

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President Biden, left, and former Vice President Kamala Harris listen as President Trump delivers his inaugural address on Jan. 20. Harris lost to Trump by over 2 million votes, about 1.5% of the popular vote.

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Other presidential contests have been tighter, notably the 2000 contest between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore. Gore won the popular vote by nearly 544,000 votes, but Bush won the electoral college vote 271 to 266 in a deeply contentious election that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

Harris, faulted for failing to connect with voters about their economic pain in battleground states in the Midwest and Southwest, criticized former President Biden about his administration’s priorities. She said she would have addressed kitchen table issues before legislation about infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing.

“I would have done the family piece first, which is affordable child care, paid leave, extension of the child tax eredit,” she said, basic issues facing Americans who “need to just get by today.”

Harris spoke about her book in conversation with Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, the hosts of the “I've Had It” podcast and former cast members of the Bravo series “Sweet Home Oklahoma.”