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[–] 20 points 6 months ago (10 children)

They're run 2 candidates that lost to the GOP that were women already. Where is the idea that the Dems won't run a woman coming from?

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I mean there are a lot of men who don’t want that.

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  • [+] -6 points 6 months ago

    Well, perhaps it is concern that the Dems shouldn't run a woman, not that they haven't. The reality of the situation is that there is still plenty of closeted (some less so) misogyny among Democrats such that a woman is going to have a harder time winning than a man (all other things being equal) in the general. Add a racial minority, socdem, and 8 years of GOPedo vilification on top of that and you have an even harder path forward than Clinton or Harris, especially if the GOP nominee in 2028 is an outwardly reasonable, straight, white, male. I still think that the GOPedos stole the 2024 election, but I also think that their steal may not have been successful if a straight, white, male had replaced Biden instead of a brown woman. Not that I want any of this to be true, but I think it is where we are currently.

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  • [+] -7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Ideologues that vote solely on what genitals a candidate has

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Even the chuddiest chuds I know don't express anything remotely like that opinion. Racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia are all either open topics or simmering just below the surface of political discussion, but not the sex of a politician. Nevertheless, the hand-winging centrists are sure there's a wellspring of otherwise gettable voters that are driven by that single issue. And its salience magically rises and falls depending on whether there's a popular female progressive.

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