You need to listen to and meet some actual Americans who exist outside your narrative bubble. All the things you think people care about they don’t actually care about much. Some of those things have actually garnered sympathy, like the politically motivated lawsuits and prosecutions or getting shot. Other personal failings don’t really matter to voters much, especially when revealed through politically motivated lawsuits. Biden set the standard for Presidential lucidity, and Trump passes that bar. Good genes and quitting drinking can do wonders. If it wasn’t an issue 4 years ago when an already aged Biden barely had to campaign, and wasn’t an issue one year ago when he was clearly too aged, then why is it an issue now?

I live in NYC and come from a blue oasis in a red state. I experienced the local shift away from the Democrats over the last 4 years. Progressive Democrats used to hold huge rallies here not 5 years ago. Their last rallies were a dud. Trump held a big rally in the Bronx and a big rally in MSG (fascist because the American Nazi party also held a really there?). A man self immolated near the courthouse Trump was being examined. This was a city that blared the song “Fuck Donald Trump” on repeat 4 years ago after his defeat, I was here then, too.

The Democrats really fucked up. I mean, we can just start with the fact that Trump was nominated, Kamala wasn’t. The fucking “Democratic” party couldn’t even elect a nominee via the normative post ‘68 processes . It’s still not clear exactly how the decision was made to push Biden out and put Kamala in. The election results represent a big FU to the Democrats, for all their failures and blunders.