Hillary Clinton
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The sexist double standards hurting Hillary ClintonThis is the essence of Clintons trouble: If she cant plausibly offer pie in the sky, and she cant raise her voice, how does she inspire people? This hurts particularly with young voters the same segment that shunned Clinton in 2008.
Clintons likeability problem also has something to do with her lack of a Y chromosome. Its a direct consequence of the imperative that she demonstrate her toughness. Men can be tough and warm at the same time think Ronald Reagan but for women, its a trade-off.
In 2008, she played down gender and positioned herself as ready to lead on day one. This time she took a softer approach but eventually found herself back in the position of arguing that shed be a better wartime leader than Sanders. For Clinton, its a really tough needle to thread to be tough enough to be a commander in chief and still be likeable, Newton-Small said.
Kath1
(4,309 posts)At least I would hope so.
Statistically, older and wiser voters overwhelmingly support Hillary.
Bernie keeps petulantly whining to the kids Hillary won't let them have all that "free stuff!"
IamMab
(1,359 posts)It's the story of his whole career, letting Congress do the heavy lifting, and watching Democrats take the hard votes, while he played at being "pure" with his protest votes.
Even with that double-standard, though, I'm confident that Hillary will be the next President. Women account for a greater share of the vote than men, and we've probably all seen the 538 article now about how Clinton is dominating in the states that most resemble the Democratic Party. States that also just happen to be swing states and big Electoral College prizes!
The people who matter are recognizing Hillary Clinton and supporting her, and that's all that interests me.
I can't wait to see her elected.
Just... Can't...Wait!