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I actually don't think running women was the problem. plenty of women have won positions at all other levels. It's just that the way the DNC does it is to bypass primaries and put in a woman who might do well in closed-door insider politics, but is bad at public speaking in a normal election.
Isn't "closed-door insider politics" exactly how the examples of Thacher and Merkel rose to power? I don't entirely understand the parliamentary systems used in the UK and DE, but my limited understanding is that people vote for the party and the party produces the leader primarily through "closed-door insider politics". OTOH neither Thatcher nor Merkel ever won a direct election either. This comment is admittedly from a position of partial understanding of those system.
yeah, those are parliamentary systems where the party (mostly) selects the candidate and voters simply vote for the party. very different system. But it is somewhat analogous to how American politics works in "safe" seats, like Harris's California senate seat, where you simply have to win inside the local party political machine and then they'll guarantee you a victory.
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Exactly exactly. Women in the House do just fine, though how often they emerge from the recruitment process varies greatly. I honestly don't think gender matters a whole lot anymore. Sure there are some double standards still, but also some advantages for a woman (though fewer), but overall it just doesn't move the needle a lot.
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