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Women candidates are constantly asked about their electability. Here are 5 reasons that’s misguided.

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August 16, 2019

Women candidates are constantly asked about their electability. Here are 5 reasons that’s misguided.

Source: Vox

An August poll highlights a trend that’s emerged in the 2020 presidential cycle thus far: Voters favor Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as one of their top choices for the Democratic nomination when the focus isn’t on “electability.” When it is, they wind up picking former Vice President Joe Biden.

These dueling results, from a survey by Quinnipiac, underscore a conflict that some Democratic voters seem to be wrestling with. While many people have candidates they’re excited about, their top priority by far is beating President Donald Trump. And for some, because of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, they’re not sure certain candidates — namely, women — can do it.

“Biden and Warren are our top two choices,” voter Connie Esbeck recently told Vox’s Tara Golshan in Iowa, adding, “I’m still afraid there’s going to be people that are prejudiced against electing a woman.

Click here to read the full article published by VOX on 15 August 2019.

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An August poll highlights a trend that’s emerged in the 2020 presidential cycle thus far: Voters favor Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as one of their top choices for the Democratic nomination when the focus isn’t on “electability.” When it is, they wind up picking former Vice President Joe Biden.

These dueling results, from a survey by Quinnipiac, underscore a conflict that some Democratic voters seem to be wrestling with. While many people have candidates they’re excited about, their top priority by far is beating President Donald Trump. And for some, because of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, they’re not sure certain candidates — namely, women — can do it.

“Biden and Warren are our top two choices,” voter Connie Esbeck recently told Vox’s Tara Golshan in Iowa, adding, “I’m still afraid there’s going to be people that are prejudiced against electing a woman.

Click here to read the full article published by VOX on 15 August 2019.

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