Re: Obama wins nomination ??
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Originally Posted by Incognitas
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I find it so odd that America has always been thought of as the country where women have true equality and yet despite all that this is the CLOSEST a woman has ever got to the presidency.
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If no women put their heads above the parapet - then how can any woman get elected? Thatcher proved that if a woman does put herself forward (in the so-called nasty, mysoganist party), with an electable political stance, then she can win. When you are citizen that feels the repercussions of a government, politics and political actions matter, not gender.
I personally think its to do with self-belief than anything else. In politics especially, people don't want to be the first as it sets a precedent all future candidates of that ilk will be measured against. That creates a lot of pressure. If they are brilliant, people would be more willing to elect a similar candidate in the the future. Otherwise it can have the opposite effect, That's why females in power, certainly the the initial ones, tend to be the very-alpha variety. They are the ones with the confidence and self-belief to risk putting themselves open to attack, instead of the more meeker, moderate, humble, woman who may be a more suitable candidate if she ever ran.
I'm sure there are women out there that argue Thatcher hurt women's chances of being re-elected in the future. Unless Labour or the ever-so-enlightened Lib Dems, have any women in the ranks willing to step up, we'll never know. However, with Harriet Harman as deputy leader of the Labour party, who knows?
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Originally Posted by danielf
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What I'm saying is that people are more likely to give desireable answers when asked who they will vote for. Less popular considerations (He's black) may be more likely to play a role in the actual voting booth.
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But the poll results I quoted (from Daily Politics Show on BBC2 couldn't read their source) say who would someone vote for, not why. A vote for McCain could be someone who doesn't want a black president, or it could just be someone who likes McCain. If what you said was true, it would make all non-election polls invalid. If they were that inaccurate, then noone would commission them. |
