Never forget that the largest share of the 2024 US voting-eligible population went to "did not vote".
Harris received 97% of Trump's vote count.
There is not that strong a popular mandate for Trump, which shows in his approval ratings.
Multiple polls have found that Trump would have won by an even larger margin if those people had voted.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5447450/trump-2024-elec...
https://data.blueroseresearch.org/hubfs/2024%20Blue%20Rose%2...
Well, then I'd first have to ask how you define "communist" or "quasi-communist" to understand what you mean. The term "communist" means different things depending on the context of the person who uses that term.
They made their choice. It's damning for the Democrats that they couldn't engage more of them.