Donald Trump scored a decisive victory in a deeply divided nation so how did he do it the Republican president-elect exposed fundamental weaknesses in the Democratic base and beatback concerns about his own moral failings the results show that Trump’s criminal convictions pending indictments and concerns over his rhetoric were not a sufficient concern to keep tens of millions of Americans from voting for him Trump ultimately won over voters with promises to improve the economy blocked the flow of immigrants and his call to make America great again this was a movement like nobody’s ever seen before now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal the challenges kamla Harris faced during her campaign could have contributed to Trump’s Victory as well as she tried to distance herself from Joe Biden Trump succeeded in painting Democrats as culturally out of touch with Middle America now Democrats are left to ask to reconnect with parts of the country and slices of the electorate that rejected them