Democrats lost the White House to Donald Trump - twice - because men can't see a woman as president. The data are a bit murky on the causation (I added mine), but it's pretty clear that when Democrats nominate a woman, she loses to Donald Trump. As Cohen notes, Trump himself probably adds to that gender shift, as he's a caricature of "masculinity." However, Democrats are the party that relies on women's votes, but when they nominate a woman, you get a lot of "Well, there's just something about her..." which is really just "Men are supposed to be president and women aren't."
I wish to hell that were not true, but it seems pretty clear to me that the road to Democratic success in presidential politics is to nominate a guy.
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