jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe Myth of Female Unelectabilitywww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down111
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down1·3 months agoWomen aren’t unelectable. Clinton was. Remember Ann Richards? Governor of Texas. Woman. Democrat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards
minus-squareunemployedclaquerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-23 months agoMartha Layne Collins, Kentucky Governor 83-87. Democrat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Layne_Collins
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·3 months agoShe still received 3 million more votes than Trump. So not quite “unelectable:” she only lost due to vote distribution.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·3 months agoYeah, because the overvotes in California and New York don’t count once you hit 50%+1.
Women aren’t unelectable. Clinton was.
Remember Ann Richards?
Governor of Texas.
Woman.
Democrat.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards
Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky Governor 83-87. Democrat.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Layne_Collins
She still received 3 million more votes than Trump. So not quite “unelectable:” she only lost due to vote distribution.
Yeah, because the overvotes in California and New York don’t count once you hit 50%+1.