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We’ll see how it plays out, but this could be helping her party ultimately. 1. She is a woman. Her party is very conservative and a male figure would project m
by d--b 2y ago
We’ll see how it plays out, but this could be helping her party ultimately.
1. She is a woman. Her party is very conservative and a male figure would project more strength and attract voters that she might deter to parties further on the right (yes there are a few)
2. She is been here a long time, so she doesn’t exactly qualify as anti-establishment.
3. It makes the party looked harassed, and it is easy for them to state that “everyone is cheating, but they’re the only one paying for it”. Further cementing the image of the party as one of resistance.
4. She’s not good at debates. She gets destroyed every time.
I have been thinking for a long time that she’s the main reason why the far right doesn’t win in France. People would vote a Trumpian president for sure.
- zahlman 2y ago> She is a woman. Her party is very conservative and a male figure would project more strength and attract voters that she might deter to parties further on the right (yes there are a few) From what I've been able to discern, among countries that have had an elected female head of state, those women often - if not typically - represent the right wing of the local politics. The idea that conservative parties would disdain a female leader as "weak" strikes me as a strawman created by their political opponents. (However, female conservative candidates for leadership do seem uninterested in treating their gender as a reason to vote for them.) > She is been here a long time, so she doesn’t exactly qualify as anti-establishment. This fundamentally misunderstands the meaning of the term.
- jordanb 2y agoHer father was the original party leader and she was vastly more successful as a leader than him.