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You know what’s interesting though is I think that a Republican woman would be unbeatable. Many Democrats would be salivating at the historical opportunity.
by BanAntiVaxxers 9mo ago
You know what’s interesting though is I think that a Republican woman would be unbeatable. Many Democrats would be salivating at the historical opportunity.
- andsoitis 9mo agoIdentity politics is not the way. A Republican candidate could be a Muslim, a women, or trans, but that's not a good reason to vote for them. It should be about what they stand for. Voting for a Kristi Noem would be terrible, for example. Similarly, the Democratic Party, if they're to win, should not depend on the opposition failing or on identity, but instead on solid ideas and the ability to communicate it well. Kamala wasn't that.
- nathan_compton 9mo agoI think you're right in the sense that people, when given some kind of muscular policy or attitude, don't really care about gender per se. Only when nothing else is on the line will they say "I won't vote for a woman."
- bilbo0s 9mo ago>You know what’s interesting though is I think that a Republican woman would be unbeatable Not anymore. Three more years to climb out of the dumpster fire though. Then, maybe? But right now? No. In this moment, the political reality in the US is that Democrats would have to lose. Republicans, male or female, can't really win without that help. Especially in light of MAGA. I would have thought Wisconsin would have been a wake up call for Republicans. But it hasn't happened yet. So far both of these parties are sleepwalking into disaster and the world outside the US will pay a portion of that cost. Which is sad.
- brightball 9mo agoHaley would have been that person.
- NetMageSCW 9mo agoThat would have required the Republican Party to not have been infested and eaten out from the inside by the Trump party.
- pinnochio 9mo agoA woman would never win the Republican primary as long as MAGA dominates the right. And Democrats aren't so broadly driven by identity politics that a Republican candidate merely being a woman would attract significant Democratic defectors. She would still have to be somewhat inspiring/charismatic, fairly centrist, and probably pro-choice. Even in the peak-"woke" Democratic primary of 2020, all the women lost to two old white men.
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- RandomTisk 9mo agoMost likely the first Republican female president will be a former Democrat.