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Trump's numbers were more or less constant for the last two election cycles, but look at the difference in voters between Biden and Harris in the same two elections.
Yeah and without the disinformation campaigns from the tech ceos money (mostly Musk) and Russia the numbers would have not been like that. Acting like the failures of democrats are the sole reason the election turned out the way it did is ignorant as hell. Many things contributed to the way the past three elections turned out and there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that shows Russia was running disinformation campaigns for Trump.
I didn't say it was the sole reason, rather that it is measurable and clear as day (look at the difference in the number of voters between the last two US presidential elections). You don't need foreign actors to explain why democrat voters didn't bother to show up.
They are not mutually exclusive things but you are treating them as such. Democrats didn't show up enough AND there were multiple disinformation campaigns going on that not only got Trump more voters but also convinced others not to vote at all.
This is all well documented stuff. You are acting like none of that exists.