Sadly yes, she didn't have time to turn the narrative around. Let's remember the main criticism of Harris was that she was DEI hire, because Biden wanted to appeal to the progressives in his camp. Harris didn't run on a 'woke' agenda, but when you lose the popular vote to a convicted felon the problem isn't him, the problem is you. And I mean the collective you, not Harris specifically. The answer in 2016 was to run Sanders, they didn't - they leaned into Clinton. Biden was the anomaly because he was just about able to connect with the sort of voters the Dems turned off from 2016 onwards.

And yes, you can create the most pro-labour administration ever, but if the costs of eggs go up that's what matters to poor people. You have to talk to people about the price of eggs. The Democrats had four years to pivot away from blaming everything on the evils of patriarchy, racists, and white supremacists and to make a cogent economic position for change. They gave Harris about 20 minutes in the final stages of 2024 to do it - but she was the wrong person in the wrong place without enough time.