Sen. Kamala Harris is taking on the idea of 'electability' on the 2020 campaign trail – a concept other females candidates have had to navigate as they seek higher office.
Sen. Kamala Harris is taking on the idea of"electability" on the 2020 campaign trail – a concept other females candidates have had to navigate as they seek higher office.
Some experts, however, say that politics has changed since the candidacies of former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Dittmar said"it's far less the question of if they can win. It's much more a question of how they generate the voting base that can yield both their nomination and their potential success."
"There certainly is a racial element of electability. And if you frame it in the context of when they talk about winning, Midwestern voters are thinking of working-class white voters. But I think electability also relates to ideology," Gillespie said."Is there such a thing as too progressive? Will that turn off centrist voters by the time we get to the general election? I think that that's also sort of a really important component of it.
In 2018, I flipped 18 Trump counties in NY. My 2012 vote share is the highest a statewide candidate has won in NY—ever. So yes, I'm “electable.” But I’m also the right candidate to take on Trump because I have the experience, vision and record to win.https://t.co/HRve7bvUzB
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