In the summer of 2016, I was living in Washington, DC, and working at The Atlantic, both places that were consumed with the presidential election later that year. The conventional wisdom—backed up by polling, news coverage, and rationality—was that Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump. At a work happy hour one evening, I remember talking with one of my then bosses about what might actually change under a Clinton administration. Pragmatically, the answer was: nothing much. Emotionally, though, the stakes felt astronomical. I can remember arguing that Clinton’s inauguration would upend the way America thought about women—that seeing a woman elevated to the most powerful job in the world would overwrite decades of conditioning about who was allowed to have authority and what might be possible. The shifts would be seismic, I argued, even if they weren’t immediately obvious. This was a moment when progress still felt inevitable.

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[–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Clinton won the popular vote though.

Kamala did not.

Sarah Palin being the largest cluster fuck of the three almost seems unfair.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    The more public appearances they have, the less popular they become?

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago

    Theyre dumb as fuck and only care about serving the billionaires.

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    [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Sexism was a part but was not the reason people didn't vote at all. I think if Hilary and Kamala stood firm against Republicans and Israel they would have won.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago

    I donno, I wasn't aware of the full extent of the sexist remarks and backlash these politicians faced, and the article only grazes the surface. It was more pervasive than I let myself believe at the time.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I don't know how many of you guys noticed this, but when Kamala started running, she started talking about fixing the housing problems, and a week later, she stopped mentioning it and never mentioned it again.

    If she would have leaned into that and actually fixing real people's problems and also tried to support Palestine, she would have won in an incredible landslide.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    overwrite decades of conditioning about who was allowed to have authority and what might be possible. The shifts would be seismic, I argued, even if they weren’t immediately obvious. This was a moment when progress still felt inevitable.

    Having this perspective after eight years of Obama is either ignorant or insane.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Hillary won the popular vote...

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