• foggy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Hey show me some stats to chew on. I am not out here stating facts just my gut feeling. Why I lead with an apology.

    I’d love it if it were true, but my personal experience leans towards El Sayed getting a statistically significant proportion of the votes any woman wouldn’t.

    That’s a problem that needs to be addressed, but like, I am sorry ladies. It needs to be addressed after we secure your right to vote/right the ship meaningfully.

    I digress. I’m here for it. I just worry.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      That’s the thing: There are no stats showing that a candidate being a woman is a significant disadvantage in American elections. It feels like it should be, but there’s just zero evidence showing it is. It doesn’t even show up in post-election polling. Meanwhile I couldn’t more recent data but a significant number of Americans across the political spectrum does not like Muslims.

      Edit: Found more recent data. In any case I think the point makes itself; if we’re choosing by whose demographic palatable to the American electorate (which is probably not the best method) then it’s AOC all the way.