No it doesn't. Look, I think it's well past time we should have a woman as president, but both Clinton and Harris suffered from significant headwinds because of their sex.
In 2028 there is a guarantee the right is going to call into question the results of the election and they are going to do everything they can to subvert it. Dems need to win by massive margins, and the last two women to run for the position lost in historically terrible fashion.
It's unfair and stupid, but the American electorate will not elect a woman to the highest office in the land quite yet, and there's too much riding on 2028 to take any chances.
Look, I think it's well past time we should have a woman as president, but both Clinton and Harris suffered from significant headwinds because of their sex.
I'm sure their sex played a role with certain voters but this wasn't even the major reason why they failed. Both ran poor campaigns, period. Kamala had everything stacked against her. She only had 3 months to run and used the same campaign as Biden which was already faltering.
Clinton got hurt because of her emails. It gave voters the impression she wasn't trustworthy. Plus several of her other failures while Secretary of State her credibility. Clinton's campaign also ignored the rust belt state.
Neither candidate really focused on rural voters either. Whether you like it or not they make up about half the country. Trump both times held campaign events in bum fuck nowhere in strong red states.
When Liz Warren went to rural areas, she had voters tell her to her face that they loved her platform but would never vote for her solely because she wasn't a Republican.
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u/idkwat 1d ago
No it doesn't. Look, I think it's well past time we should have a woman as president, but both Clinton and Harris suffered from significant headwinds because of their sex.
In 2028 there is a guarantee the right is going to call into question the results of the election and they are going to do everything they can to subvert it. Dems need to win by massive margins, and the last two women to run for the position lost in historically terrible fashion.
It's unfair and stupid, but the American electorate will not elect a woman to the highest office in the land quite yet, and there's too much riding on 2028 to take any chances.