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Originally Posted by Pete.
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Shocked that people are discounting the factor of gender in this campaign when it's clear that a lot of backwards Americans will see that Clinton is a female and instantly turn against her/not vote for her. Correct me if that is wrong but that's how I see it. Was she even a terrible candidate too? At least she had policies and a mentality that seemingly worked so well under Obama...
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For the last part, that's not the consensus among her detractors. Bengazi was a huge red flag for her running our country, from a foreign affairs perspective...(I know, Trump isn't any better)
I don't fully discount her gender being a factor. I think that people are going to be more harsh of a female candidate, whether ingrained or not... I personally haven't heard anything about her gender here... just that she's not palatable. That's arguably gender-based.
I think that so many negative labels got attached to her... it's been happening for years. We knew she would run for president when she took the senate. People didn't like her then either, but we were prepared for her run.... she's had every negative label thrown at her, for a longer period much longer than Trump... she's never been the people's princess or anything.
I guess because people assumed Trump had all these negative headlines, that it would somehow be worse for Trump... not necessarily. Hillary has been in our consciousness longer and her wounds are deepened by the fact she is very much a part of the establishment.
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