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To the young people who are watching, it is OK to feel sad and disappointed,
she said
It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working-class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,
said independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the DemocratsIt's simple, really. We liked the way things were four years ago,
Samuel Negron, a Pennsylvania state trooper and member of the large Puerto Rican community, said in an interview with the BBCI'm not necessarily the biggest fan of Trump,
he told PoliticoOut here, you pay $5 for a dozen eggs. It used to be $1, or even 99 cents,
Negron added
Yesterday, I spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory, and I assured him that I direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition. That's what the American people deserve,
Biden said during a speech from the White House Rose Garden
Well, number one, take a look at what that coalition was that delivered President Trump the win. I saw a stunning statistic. This came from the NBC News exit surveys, was the fact that President Trump earned the votes of one out of every three voters of color in the United States,
Miller said
President Trump was in very good spirits last night obviously, after winning not just the presidency, but in a manner that was such an overwhelming landslide, winning the popular vote,
Miller addedPeople were left to their own devices, with all this misinformation Trump was putting out there that the economy was better under him,
Murietta said
At the end of the day, if you’re not able to put food on the table or make a living, you’re going to vote in your self-interest,
said Noble
Here it’s clear that what we knew as true in politics, a lot of the normal rules we had, those are dead and gone,
said Mike Noble, an independent pollster who has been studying the electorate in Nevada, Arizona and UtahThe Democrats just aren’t who they used to be
affirmed Kidany Perez, 32, an asphalt worker and longtime Democrat who voted for Trump this yearThey leaned into the right on immigration, into the promise of militarising the border,
said Leo Murritata, director of the progressive group Make the Road Action Nevada, which focuses on turning out Black and brown votersThere’s a disillusionment and distrust among Hispanics with the Democrats,
Wadi Gaitan, a communications director for Libre, said in the weeks prior to election dayI think that [Democrats] did turn out who they thought were their voters,
said Jon Ralston, Nevada’s preeminent political oracle and cofounder of the Nevada Independent, during a post-election panel discussionI feel so happy right now, I feel fantastic,
said Yolanda Wright, 47, beaming as state after state lit up red on the big screen at the Republican watch party in Las VegasI’ve been a Democrat my whole life,
she saidPerhaps they would have had a presidential or VP nominee with appeal in one of the battleground states,
DuHaime saidDemocratic enthusiasm for Harris was sincere, but borne of desperation,
Schier said
Joe Biden made a promise to the American people when I was sitting in this seat four years ago,
Christie told an ABC News panel