This stupid topic again

But sure

  • xmunk
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    4 months ago

    Black voters aren’t a monolithic block and they aren’t as identity focused as people accuse them of being (well outside of Obama being the first black president). If the candidate has a solid track record of helping minority communities we’d likely see a pretty good turn out.

    • MagicShel@programming.dev
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      4 months ago

      No, but if they turn out in lower numbers we are in trouble. They don’t have to leave as a monolith, just takes agitators to decry the action as racist hypocrisy by the left and maybe 10% of them stay home. That scenario works hurt a lot.

      I mean it’s speculation. I don’t know what the risk or damage would actually be. Maybe I’m overly concerned, but I am concerned.

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        4 months ago

        It’s definitely worth being concerned about, but the entire democratic shitshow has been worth being concerned about for a good while now.

        I think it would depend heavily on who they skipped over her in favour of. Unfortunately I can’t really think of an obvious replacement that won’t ruffle feathers one way or another, it’s just a matter of minimizing it. A pretty middle-age-or-older white guy is right out, bad plan, so that’s probably the plan the DNC would go with