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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Frankly, what won this election was misogyny and racism. That's the core of the Trump base and that is what drove those voters to the polls. Harris was a bad pick because she has a vagina. The United States will never support a female candidate for president. the patriarchy is so entrenched in the fabric of this country that it will never allow for a woman in the big chair. Project 2025 will push this country backward and provide further reinforcement of the patriarchy in the United States.
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I don't think this is true and takes the Democratic failures off the hook. The Democrats make too big of a deal about running a woman and a woman of color that the opponent makes a big deal out of it too. It's all about victimhood. Harris was parachuted into the VP position and then parachuted into this. Then she didn't run an inspiring campaign and all that turned people off. That's all there is to it.
If a woman candidate happens naturally and runs inspiring policies (you know, not courting Liz Cheney), she can certainly win. American is more ready to put in a woman today than a black man in 2008 but Obama was inspiring, he defeated an American hero! You can't say America is more racist now than in 2008.
The republicans don't fall into this trap. McCain picked Palin as a young woman in 2008, how that go for him? That turned a lot of people off. Everyone thought it was a slam dunk that Trump would pick a female running mate this time but he didn't fall into that trap. He didn't go into Harris' lane. He chose the other lane, chose Vance, a young white guy to court young white voters, specifically in the rustbelt.
If the woman were to win the GOP nomination, like a Nikki Haley, like a Kristi Noem, like a Joni Ernst, it would happen naturally. The fact that they are women won't be made a big deal and won't be the reason they won or lost.