I feel I like this idea gets repeated a lot as if it’s a time-tested universal truth. But really, can you conceive of a voter for whom a brown, mixed-race woman as president is just fine, but a second woman is a bridge too far? In other words, anyone who has a problem with two women on the ticket probably wasn’t going to vote for Harris anyway.
The same goes for a VP candidate who is gay (Buttigieg), Jewish (Shapiro), or, I dunno, bald (Kelly).
I agree in principle, but people have messed up subconscious prejudices that will definitely reveal themselves statistically in nationwide voting habits.
I feel I like this idea gets repeated a lot as if it’s a time-tested universal truth. But really, can you conceive of a voter for whom a brown, mixed-race woman as president is just fine, but a second woman is a bridge too far? In other words, anyone who has a problem with two women on the ticket probably wasn’t going to vote for Harris anyway.
The same goes for a VP candidate who is gay (Buttigieg), Jewish (Shapiro), or, I dunno, bald (Kelly).
I can definitely conceive of voters for whom an entirely female ticket is a bridge too far.
I agree in principle, but people have messed up subconscious prejudices that will definitely reveal themselves statistically in nationwide voting habits.