The Democratic Party now finds itself grappling with how it lost so definitively, and how it so thoroughly misunderstood the American electorate.

Kamala Harris raised over $1 billion—much of which was spent on advertising—but internal polling showed that she still struggled to convince swing-state voters that Donald Trump had been a bad president.

Vice President Kamala Harris has called her election opponent, former President Donald Trump, to concede the election and congratulate him on his victory. Harris was expected to reach out to the president-elect before addressing the nation later Wednesday afternoon.