The senior advisers for the failed campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris admitted that the state of the economy and the willingness of President-Elect Donald Trump to use new forms of media while attracting disengaged young men contributed to their decisive electoral defeat.

Trump won all seven major swing states and the national popular vote as the Republican Party took control of the House and the Senate. Jen O’Malley Dillon, the campaign chair for Harris, remarked in an interview with The Washington Post that the candidate was unable to overcome widespread voter discontent even as their internal data indicated that the race could be won.

“There are certain things we’re looking at to understand if we made the right call,” Dillon said. “But fundamentally, there wasn’t just one audience of voters that would have impacted this, or one program. The headwinds were just too great for us to overcome, especially in 107 days. But we came very close to what we anticipated, both in terms of turnout and in terms of support.”

President Joe Biden indeed unexpectedly withdrew from the race on July 21 after a lackluster debate performance against Trump and increasing concern among voters about his old age.

Harris officials told The Washington Post that the emphasis from the Trump campaign on new media sources helped Republicans reach young men who are “not looking for political content,” admitting that there remains “a lot of ground for us to make up” with that demographic.

Joe Rogan, who hosts the largest podcast in the world, interviewed Trump in the days before the election. The campaign for Harris presented Rogan with several conditions for an interview with The Joe Rogan Experience, such as limiting the interview to one hour and Rogan traveling to meet Harris rather than recording the episode in his studio, both of which Rogan declined.

Trump and his surrogates also made appearances with comedian Theo Von and influencers such as the Nelk Boys and Adin Ross. Harris participated in an interview with Alex Cooper, who hosts the controversial sex and relationship podcast Call Her Daddy, to mobilize young women.

The election was indeed marked by a stark divide among young people with respect to sex. Trump secured 56% of votes from men between eighteen and twenty-nine, while Harris received 58% of votes from women in that cohort. The former commander-in-chief nevertheless increased his overall support with young voters as well as with blacks and Hispanics.