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Jeb Bell's avatar

Excellent article. What about voters that main reason for voting FOR a candidate is one’s color or gender. This certainly plays as large a role (probably more) than those that vote against for the same reason.

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Dale McConnaughay's avatar

It's also important to remember, and for Kamala Harris to remember, that Hillary Clinton was a wildly controversial and divisive First Lady, who sought to play an oversized role in husband Bill's White House. From firing the White House travel office staff so that she could reward the jobs to patronage friends to rewarding major campaign donors with Lincoln Bedroom bed & breakfast stays, her audacity was unmatched. Then there's her being placed in charge of crafting national health care legislation, which she did with unmatched secrecy or public input, and which when completed was so bad it could not garner even one vote from a Democratic Senator.

Harris has much to learn, notably from Hillary's misguided and misjudged bitterness about why she lost in 2016.

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