Future overhaul in the Democratic Party: Kamala Harris’ defeat spurs major personnel and ideological changes among Democrats

The loss of Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party in the presidential and congressional elections held on November 5, 2024, was one of the heaviest electoral defeats for Democrats in the twenty-first century.

For the first time in 20 years, a Republican presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, thus confirming his legitimacy with a mandate of popular trust, which was strengthened by the consolidation of the Republican party elite around the party leader, Donald Trump.

The positions gained due to Trump’s landslide victory in the internal party struggle and the presidential election were strengthened by the Republicans gaining control of both houses of the US Congress.