“With more women in the race you’re less likely to become a caricature of ambition and more likely to have your qualities come to the fore and be examined,” said Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton’s former communications director and White House communications director under Barack Obama.
Jennifer Lawless, politics professor at the University of Virginia, said the 2020 election will not be about “one woman versus the male presidency we’ve always had.” Instead, “It’s going to allow for a really serious conversation about the extent to which Americans are sexist.”
The thinking goes that if multiple women are running and voters still throw out intangible criticisms like, “There’s something about her I just don’t like,” then it’s not just a Clinton problem.
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