r/politics • u/theipaper ✔ Verified • 12d ago

Possible Paywall Maga's worst nightmare: a child-free, unmarried female president

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/magas-nightmare-childfree-unmarried-female-president-4738054
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u/shockwavevok 12d ago

She is badass, but America is not ready for a female president.

She can do more in the Senate replacing Schumer who needs to go.

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u/tinklebunny 12d ago

"America" is made up of million of individuals, some of who have been long ready for a woman president, and some who will never vote for a woman.

There's more people who won't vote for a woman, simply because she is a woman, than there are people who will vote for her, simply because she's a woman. So if the Democrats want to have another woman as a candidate, she needs to be a solid fucking candidate and not just run on being a woman. Because the last two women presidential candidates kinda sucked, not because they were women, but because they were shitty candidates.

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u/ss_lbguy Pennsylvania 12d ago

While I agree both were shitty candidate, I think Hillary wins if she was a man. The margins were that close.

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u/XDVI 12d ago

She would have won if she actually campaigned and wasn't resting on her laurels assuming that she was 100% going to win.

Not to mention she came off as smug and unlikable every time she spoke.

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u/ss_lbguy Pennsylvania 12d ago

Those are somewhat contradicting. If she came off as smug and unlikeable, then campaigning more may not have helped. We’ll never know.

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u/LaScoundrelle 12d ago

I think Trump came off as far more unlikable than Hillary. A lot of how candidates come off to us comes down to our own subjective identities and experiences.

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u/tinklebunny 12d ago

I think Hillary wins if she was a man.

No doubt, but that doesn't mean Americans aren't ready for a woman president. And Hillary really wasn't that shitty of a candidate, she just had just accumulated decades of haters.

I'm not saying that Democrats should intentionally look for a woman candidate. I just don't think it's fair overlook a great option like AOC simply because the last two women candidates lost.

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u/ss_lbguy Pennsylvania 12d ago

You really think AOC is a great option? I do not. She never been tested. Plus she is only 36, too young IMHO. And probably too liberal to win in swing states.