I think the results demonstrated that it would have been an uphill battle for a white man as well. I think this result was pretty much a foregone conclusion after the 2022/2023 inflation surge.
Edit to add: I now think that. It isn't what I expected to happen until the results actually came in last night.
Well ... yeah, of course. This isn't some unusual thing.
Lots of things are foregone conclusions for a long period of time before you have the data to know it.
Think: A competitor is working on a product that massively outcompetes yours, but you don't know that until it is launched. Or you have cancer that is progressing but you don't know until it is diagnosed.
Edit to add: I now think that. It isn't what I expected to happen until the results actually came in last night.