The Democratic white male candidate (Biden) was polling so much worse than Harris that he was removed from candidacy. Harris was part of the Biden administrati

The Democratic white male candidate (Biden) was polling so much worse than Harris that he was removed from candidacy. Harris was part of the Biden administration, she was the 2IC of the Biden administration, she endorsed the policies of the Biden administration and the only official difference between her and Biden was that she was a different race & gender and polled much better than he did. Although unofficially she looked mentally sharper than Biden. It is difficult to say it was race and gender when the approved candidate of the appropriate race and gender was clearly unelectable. At least Harris was a close call, Biden had lost before the race started. If the Biden administration had been popular and had some achievements to run on then she'd probably have won.