It's Kamala!

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(08-14-2020, 12:45 PM)hollodero Wrote: Weird how he picked "the cop" though. I know that particular expression comes from the right wing, but it's not like they misrepresent a prevalent notion of her. Kamala, as far as I can tell, is one of the least liked black women within the black community he could have chosen. Which kind of contradicts that whole olive branch notion.

Yea, I agree that that will be a hurdle for her. I made that same point in my original post about her nomination.  The problem is the other major black contenders have issues themselves.

Quote:I think Susan Rice would have created controversy because she was NSA during the Obama administration which would have inevitably made people say "But Benghazi!" and that would have potentially relapsed us into a Hillary discussion which no one in the DNC wanted.


I think Karen Bass would have sparked "But communism!" because of her past comments on Fidel Castro which you want to avoid in this scenario as well.

And if he selected Val Demmings, I think a lot of people would have said "Who?" similar to the reaction when Tim "Who is Tim Kaine?" Kaine was selected in 2016.

Kamala is a recognizable person who gained a lot of fame for her questioning of Kavanaugh, which was viewed positively by a lot of people.

In recent polls, Kamala has a+49 approval rating among black voters and is +42 points among black voters when they were asked if her nomination will help Biden's campaign.

The thing we have to keep in mind is that a majority of voters are relatively uninformed. This means that, unfortunately, appearances are nearly as important (if not more so) than policy or past actions. Look at how black voters supported Biden in the primaries, despite his long history of racist policies. Despite his many issues with race related legislation, Biden still won a majority of black voters because they associate him with Obama.
The same basic thing may very well happen with Kamala. People will see her, identify her as black and then assume that she is the best person to vote for as a black person. Only a percentage of people will know her record on imprisoning people for marijuana possession, among other issues when she was District Attorney of California.

Of course, maybe I'm wrong and Trump wins 15+% of the black vote, which would likely be a death knell for Biden's chances to win the election.