Trump was a lousy candidate and Harris was an excellent one. Biden never should have run for a 2nd term or should have exited much sooner, he hamstrung the process. That said, it looks like the electorate moved hard right and Daffy Duck could have run as the GOP guy and won. Inflation, brought on by Trump's mishandling of COVID, may have been the deciding factor. A trip to grocery store is a pretty dismaying event for most folks.