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bloom

(11,635 posts)
Sun May 5, 2019, 10:16 AM May 2019

"Can a Woman Win? 2020 Candidates Offer an Easy Answer: 'I Have'"

....Ms. Warren, Ms. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris and Ms. Klobuchar can all claim an interesting distinction: They have never lost an election in their political careers. All of the most prominent male Democratic candidates, including Mr. Biden, Mr. Buttigieg, Mr. O’Rourke, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, have lost at least one


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/us/politics/women-candidates-2020-election-electability.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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"Can a Woman Win? 2020 Candidates Offer an Easy Answer: 'I Have'" (Original Post) bloom May 2019 OP
Biden / Harris is my pick. Biden 4 years, Harris the next 8! nt USALiberal May 2019 #1
Warren / Harris is the ideal team AFAIC. n/t bloom May 2019 #4
Clearly a woman can win the U.S. popular vote DesertRat May 2019 #2
I think they were addressing the sort of thing bloom May 2019 #3
Even the title of the story subtly undermines the female candidates DesertRat May 2019 #5
That really has zero bearing....politics way different from state to state beachbum bob May 2019 #6
 

USALiberal

(10,877 posts)
1. Biden / Harris is my pick. Biden 4 years, Harris the next 8! nt
Sun May 5, 2019, 10:23 AM
May 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
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bloom

(11,635 posts)
4. Warren / Harris is the ideal team AFAIC. n/t
Sun May 5, 2019, 11:57 AM
May 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
2. Clearly a woman can win the U.S. popular vote
Sun May 5, 2019, 10:44 AM
May 2019

Did these headline writers forget that Hillary Clinton already beat DT by about 3 million votes?

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bloom

(11,635 posts)
3. I think they were addressing the sort of thing
Sun May 5, 2019, 11:56 AM
May 2019

we can see - even around here - the idea that males are a more 'realistic' choice.

And the fact that males are higher in the polls - even when they don't have much to say about policies or plans.

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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
5. Even the title of the story subtly undermines the female candidates
Sun May 5, 2019, 12:24 PM
May 2019

Also, these women haven't lost a race, but I doubt they'd be given the luxury of a comeback if they did lose an election.

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beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
6. That really has zero bearing....politics way different from state to state
Sun May 5, 2019, 12:28 PM
May 2019

Vs national level.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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