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Originally posted by Raster
white straight male > black straight male > white straight female > black straight female > gay male > gay female > Muslim > atheist
I think that's the electorates order
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Perhaps, but I think the #1 takeaway from this election (besides the DNC rigging) should be that when push comes to shove, the majority of Americans don't really care about identity politics all that much. Just like when the majority said they'd never vote for a Mormon in some polls, yet Romney did fairly well against Obama and could have won against a less liked candidate (ie: Hillary). Pretty sure people never thought they'd go for a black man with an Arabic sounding name (while at war in the middle east lol), nor a woman... yet the majority did.
I think the democrats focused too much on identity politics, being #WithHer, all the talk about Mexicans and Muslims and sexism, etc. The one thing I learned from black people taking longer to come around on gay rights, racism/misogyny/bigotry within the gay community, and all the MANY cases of people (even conservatives) coming around to gay rights only after finding out they have a gay family member, is that people are fundamentally selfish. They care only about their own struggle, things that impact them in their own lives. Should it be this way? No, of course everyone should have the spirit of activism and a sense of justice in them, in addition to being active on political issues that impact them. But it's just the cold reality - racism/xenophobia/misogyny didn't win, Middle America just heard Trump on trade and jobs, and thought he'd be the candidate to help them with that.
I'll admit, as someone who wasn't too partial to Hillary, I only watched one or two of her speeches in full, but every time I did it seemed she focused a TON on social issues/anti-discrimination and drawing a contrast to Trump on them, when that was always a losing strategy. Besides the fact that she based a campaign around another candidate, basically, those things just aren't enough to get most Americans off of their fat asses to vote, sadly. In 2020, we really need to put the focus back on how we'll help the poor and middle class.
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Originally posted by Letemtalk
If we are looking for someone younger:
Tulsi Gabbard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
On the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees
Military service with Hawaii Army National Guard unit and was deployed to Iraq
Was Democratic National Committee vice-chair until she stepped down so she could endorse Sanders for the nomination.
Born 1981 (age 35)
Would be 39 in 2020 and 43 in 2024.
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Tho I'm not totally sure about her, the good thing is with an early endorsement from Bernie, the majority of his people would likely flock to her. She definitely won "progressive street cred" when stepping down to endorse him (at a point when it wasn't likely he'd win), and the subsequent emails where fundraisers went off on her are basically vindication to wounded Bernie-or-Busters.