Saying they weren't perfect is still elevating Harris considerably above what many people saw her as in my opinion. The people who want police reform or support the defund police movement aren't enthusiastic about electing a hard-ass prosecutor. People who have no investment portfolios don't care about the stock market doing alright. People who care about social services don't like someone who is supported by and courting rightwing personalities. And progressives don't want "nothing would fundamentally change" after watching little substantial changes or reforms over the last 2+ decades while many people are barely hanging on by their fingertips.
Someone making $100K+ in a prosperous urban area might not see those things as too big of a problem. But someone making the median US wage or less while home prices continue to rise and police departments extort locals and basic education standards fall while secondary education prices rise have a big problem both for themselves and their children. I am not surprised people weren't enthusiastic voters, because many saw it as lose-lose. When people are offered either a slow death or a fast death, many will refuse to choose at all.
Someone making $100K+ in a prosperous urban area might not see those things as too big of a problem. But someone making the median US wage or less while home prices continue to rise and police departments extort locals and basic education standards fall while secondary education prices rise have a big problem both for themselves and their children. I am not surprised people weren't enthusiastic voters, because many saw it as lose-lose. When people are offered either a slow death or a fast death, many will refuse to choose at all.