This may be an afterthought. The independents who voted for Trump may have also seen what they termed as the hypocrisy of the left. In one sense individual rights that apply to a women's right to abortion were all over the front page when Roe vs Wade was overturned. In some cases, the democrats almost thought that this would guarantee the women vote in the 2024 elections!! What a shock they were in for. These same fundamental rights should also apply equally to women who do not want their washrooms accessible to transgender individuals. This concern however was overridden, courting the rights of transgenders! Then you had transgenders competing in women's sports and breaking records, and here, women were silenced and, in some cases, even cancelled when they objected. These woke wars were a big distraction to the public, as this article mentions, progress happened very fast, a lot faster than society may have been ready for. Some parts of liberalism are digestible, while some need time and patience.