Advocating for open border policies, confiscatory taxes to support public employee pensions and government-guaranteed “gender-affirming health care” are received differently in Venice Beach and West Hollywood than in Dayton or Wilkes-Barre. This fact was fully displayed in 2019 when Harris withdrew from the 2020 Presidential election before the Iowa caucuses. Her go-to playlist of California favorites didn’t play outside California. When Harris was forced to turn outward and project a compelling message to a larger and (ironically) more diverse audience than in her home state, she lacked the skills to do it.