In an interview with CNN's Van Jones this weekend, Democratic Sen. Kristen Gillibrand was asked if it was a problem that a recent poll shows three white men are leading for the 2020 presidential nomination.
There's also the fact that the last time the Democrats nominated a white man was in 2004.
So is it really a problem that the three leaders for the nomination are white men?
In looking at all of these electoral possibilities, it doesn't seem accurate to say that fielding a white male candidate is a problem for Democrats.
Sure, somebody not white or male polling over 10 percent would be the kind of PR win Democrats got with the photos of their wave of new female legislators.
In some sense, the core identity of the Democratic Party today is that it is diverse and inclusive, so maybe it really is a problem for them that only white men are scoring significantly in their presidential polls.
The political calculus that the Democratic Party and progressives in general must think about is how far they want to push the agenda of decreasing white men's power.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/18/democrats-white-man-problem/
There's also the fact that the last time the Democrats nominated a white man was in 2004.
So is it really a problem that the three leaders for the nomination are white men?
In looking at all of these electoral possibilities, it doesn't seem accurate to say that fielding a white male candidate is a problem for Democrats.
Sure, somebody not white or male polling over 10 percent would be the kind of PR win Democrats got with the photos of their wave of new female legislators.
In some sense, the core identity of the Democratic Party today is that it is diverse and inclusive, so maybe it really is a problem for them that only white men are scoring significantly in their presidential polls.
The political calculus that the Democratic Party and progressives in general must think about is how far they want to push the agenda of decreasing white men's power.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/18/democrats-white-man-problem/
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