And people voted for Trump because he’s rich. Does that mean we only need to run rich candidates. Fuck no. There isn’t a large enough group of people who would otherwise vote for someone like AOC who wouldn’t because she’s a woman. Either her positions are strong enough to win or they aren’t. The woman thing is bullshit, and it’s just people trying to push for a more generic candidate that doesn’t represent us.
I think they primarily voted for him because he hated the same people they did. I don’t think him having money had much to do with it. The closest I’ve heard is “he’ll run it like a business” which doesn’t really have anything to do with him being rich.
There isn’t a large enough group of people who would otherwise vote for someone like AOC who wouldn’t because she’s a woman.
Willing to bet your future and the futures of millions of others on that assumption?
Either her positions are strong enough to win or they aren’t.
That’s not the only factor in winning presidential elections in America.
it’s just people trying to push for a more generic candidate that doesn’t represent us.
If she doesn’t win then you don’t get represented at all.
I think they primarily voted for him because he hated the same people they did.
I didn’t say everybody. I’m certain not many people didn’t vote for Harris or Clinton because they were women either. It’s an equivalent claim that some did. If we can’t run women because some won’t vote for women then we also need to only run rich candidates because some will vote for rich candidates. Also, the same could be said for black candidates, yet Obama won. Clearly people being bigots is not the reason for a win/loss.
Willing to bet your future and the futures of millions of others on that assumption?
Absolutely. I’d rather bet it on that than another Biden. I have seen incredibly little evidence that women can’t win. I’ve only seen evidence that boring ass candidates can’t. 50% of candidates lose (slightly more if you include third parties). The chances that 2/2 women lose is reasonably high, if we look at raw numbers. If we also take into account that Harris had a grand total of a few months to campaign, with a ton of controversy, it’s even more likely. Far more male candidates have lost than female, yet no one bats an eye when we run male candidates.
If we’re going to elect someone progressive, it won’t fail because of some bigots. Anyone willing to vote for a progressive will not care. The only voters who would be “lost” by this are already lost by her policy positions. There’s no reason to consider their opinions further.
If she doesn’t win then you don’t get represented at all.
Oh no! I guess we should pull Biden back in then! We can’t have anything good because we need to pander to bigots, who are an incredibly small portion of society!
And people voted for Trump because he’s rich. Does that mean we only need to run rich candidates. Fuck no. There isn’t a large enough group of people who would otherwise vote for someone like AOC who wouldn’t because she’s a woman. Either her positions are strong enough to win or they aren’t. The woman thing is bullshit, and it’s just people trying to push for a more generic candidate that doesn’t represent us.
I think they primarily voted for him because he hated the same people they did. I don’t think him having money had much to do with it. The closest I’ve heard is “he’ll run it like a business” which doesn’t really have anything to do with him being rich.
Willing to bet your future and the futures of millions of others on that assumption?
That’s not the only factor in winning presidential elections in America.
If she doesn’t win then you don’t get represented at all.
I didn’t say everybody. I’m certain not many people didn’t vote for Harris or Clinton because they were women either. It’s an equivalent claim that some did. If we can’t run women because some won’t vote for women then we also need to only run rich candidates because some will vote for rich candidates. Also, the same could be said for black candidates, yet Obama won. Clearly people being bigots is not the reason for a win/loss.
Absolutely. I’d rather bet it on that than another Biden. I have seen incredibly little evidence that women can’t win. I’ve only seen evidence that boring ass candidates can’t. 50% of candidates lose (slightly more if you include third parties). The chances that 2/2 women lose is reasonably high, if we look at raw numbers. If we also take into account that Harris had a grand total of a few months to campaign, with a ton of controversy, it’s even more likely. Far more male candidates have lost than female, yet no one bats an eye when we run male candidates.
If we’re going to elect someone progressive, it won’t fail because of some bigots. Anyone willing to vote for a progressive will not care. The only voters who would be “lost” by this are already lost by her policy positions. There’s no reason to consider their opinions further.
Oh no! I guess we should pull Biden back in then! We can’t have anything good because we need to pander to bigots, who are an incredibly small portion of society!