Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: For those of you who support Warren, Buttigieg or Harris.. [View all]Demsrule86
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the ticket as VP...this election is too important and polls show a reluctance of voters to elect a woman president. Given Biden's age, I would not do it... I would add that I will vote for any person in a general...period. I was taken aback by recent polling which showed that even some Democrats had reservations about a woman president...and Trump is so bad...I wish to take no risks in 20. Believe me it doesn't make me happy to see how sexist this country even in 2019.
"A record number of women are running to be the next president of the United States, but Americans still dont seem to think the country is ready for them, according to a new Daily Beast and Ipsos poll.
Only 33 percent of voters surveyed believed their neighbors would be comfortable with a woman in the Oval Office, despite 74 percent saying they themselves would be comfortable with a woman president. The poll, which was conducted in early June, also showed 20 percent of Democratic and independent men also agreed with the sentiment that women were less effective in politics than men.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/17/18681964/poll-sexism-electability-2020-warren-trump-harris"
And this is an interesting read in the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/06/how-gender-bias-is-shaping-democratic-primary/?utm_term=.3eb493b18f37
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden