Well the thing is, it was quite literally a BLACK vs WHITE election, and that's why. I mean honestly that's why. There are still way too many sexist, racist people in this country that they would still choose literally the worst possible candidate for president in the history of humanity than actually vote for a black woman.
A white man who was generally respectful of his opponent, would shut down racist fearmongering and didn’t act out any of the current republican disinformation handbook. We live in an entirely different political climate from 17 years ago
Black men were given the right to vote in 1870 with the 15th amendment. The 19th amendment, which gave woman the right to vote, was ratified 50 years later. It’s sad to say, but a lot of Americans are not ready to vote for a woman president.
Yes Obama is a man, and his opponent did not feed into and basically run a campaign on seething hatred and racism.
And I think back then, the racist didn't understand that he could actually win. I think a lot of racist probably stayed home in 2008 and didn't vote because they thought there was no chance he would win.
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u/ranchojasper 17h ago
Well the thing is, it was quite literally a BLACK vs WHITE election, and that's why. I mean honestly that's why. There are still way too many sexist, racist people in this country that they would still choose literally the worst possible candidate for president in the history of humanity than actually vote for a black woman.