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Conway's argument begins with the observation that Donald Trump captured the cultural zeitgeist, particularly in battleground states like Georgia and North Carolina. Here, she contends, many citizens felt disenfranchised and in pain, grappling with hardships that political elites – such as Kamala Harris, who was raised in the relative comfort of San Francisco – seemed painfully unaware of. This disconnect, she argues, shaped the electoral results, where perception and lived experience trumped the media narratives pushed by Democratic figures.