US election: Why Kamala Harris lost to Trump – Ex-CBN Deputy Gov, Moghalu

Former Deputy Governor the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu has suggested factors likely to have made former President Donald Trump defeat Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 presidential election.

Moghalu stated that Americans were not ready yet for a female President.

CityNews Nigeria reported that Trump on Wednesday defeated Harris to emerge the 47th President of the United States.

The ex-Deputy Governor also cited the perception of the economy by Americans, explaining that inflation was high for most of the campaign season.

In a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Moghalu explained that the election showed that despite Trump’s controversial legal record and personality, Americans broadly wanted him.

His words: “Why Harris lost to Trump:

“1. Sexism (Americans are not ready yet for a female President)

“2. (Perceptions of) the Economy – Inflation that’s coming down but was high for most of the campaign season.

“3. Harris could not overcome the skepticism of the white working class.

“Many reasons for this, including both racism and sexism. Obama overcame racism, but his mother was white and the timing was propitious.

“4. That Trump’s victory was sweeping, encompassing virtually all the “battleground” states including the “blue wall” of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin says something: despite Trump’s controversial legal record and personality, Americans broadly wanted him. They are not as enamored of the “woke” liberal agenda as the left-leaning media would have us believe. They want a return to more “traditional” values, even if Trump was not necessarily the perfect exemplar of those values.

“Traditional values” cloaks many things, some good and some bad. Harris ran an excellent campaign (in a short 100 days!), worked hard, and organized well. She simply could not overcome the factors (good and bad) that drove support for Trump.”