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In the end, The Hill lied and Harris was right. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I have NO idea why the democrats chose Harris as the nominee. The country wouldn't vote for a white woman last time. You REALLY think they're going to vote for a woman of colour? REALLY? And then a bunch of them didn't. As predicted.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The country did vote for a white woman the previous time: Hillary Clinton won the popular vote.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm saying that more people voted for Hillary Clinton than her male opponent, which flatly contradicts the claim that people wouldn't vote for a woman. But let me ask the question: If the GOP nominated Kristi Noem as its candidate for president in 2028, would you rest assured that she couldn't win because of misogyny?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That is true, but I will add that most people I knew that voted for Hillary also did not like her.

    The people will vote for women, but a disturbing amount are unhappy about it. I don't even like Hilary, but people were more biased against her than Biden for what feels like manufactured reasons to me.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    There were a lot of issues with it being anyone else. Since she was already the VP and already "on the ticket", switching to anyone other than her would have brought with it a whole lot of complications and probably would have tied up all the money the Biden campaign had raised. The whole process of deciding on anyone other than her posed huge risks, especially given the time constraints. Harris was effectively the default option so they took the path that appeared to be easiest and guaranteed that the campaign kept its funding.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I have NO idea why the democrats chose Harris as the nominee.

    Well, that's the thing: they didn't. She didn't win the primary, Biden did; and Biden won because there was no opposition. My ballot had two choices: "Joe Biden" and "Uncommitted". I voted Uncommitted.

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