If all else remained unchanged, would Hillary Clinton be as popular as she is if she was a) a male; and b) not married to a former (popular) President? If EVERYTHING else remained the same including her personality, charisma (or lack thereof) and political positions/plans, would there have been a high demand for her to run for President, and subsequently, a high demand to elect her?
On a similar note, if everything about Barack Obama was the same except his ethnic background, would he be as popular as he is? Personally, I think no. I used to post at a message board during the 2004 election when he was first elected to the Senate. As soon as he was elected, someone said "I think Marek Obema that black guy who was just elected should run in 08!" I asked the person if they knew anything about his positions, they said no, but they think he would be good regardless. Which shows that his race made him famous.
Hillary? Maybe she could do well if she was a man. The two most common words I hear used to describe her are "cunt" and "bitch" which wouldn't be the case if she was a man. And she is a very shrewd, calculating politician. I don't think Republicans would hate her as much if she was a man.
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In my opinion, if Hillary was a man and had no affiliation with a former President, I don't know if the same hype would have been said about her. But one thing is for sure, being a woman in this case is not a good thing. She gains an extra glance from female voters, but nothing more. As we saw in New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries, the female vote was spread out. Were more women for Hillary than Obama? Slightly. But not enough to where we should say being a woman is an advantage.
Being a woman does not sit well with the traditionalists and the males who are intimidated with a woman running our country. Its change, big change. And we can see this is a problem when the males are voting 2 to 1 for Obama.
Now, Obama is black and if you take that away from him, he has little. I think in a day in age where hip hop artists have the girls, money, and the bling bling and all the hottest athletes are black and doing the Sprite commercials, the thought of having a black president seems hip and trendy to a younger crowd. And sure enough, the older crowds tend to push for Hillary while the younger generation vote Obama.
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