The next Democratic nominee for president needs to be a woman.

[JHan]

16. I'm really surprised by the replies in this thread.

there is such a thing as the pendulum swing in politics..

This year women have been dominating democratic primaries - this has been a consistent pattern. So I expect should a woman throw her hat in the 2020 race she'll be competitive. Turn out among women has been high in elections this year.

Amy Chozwick recently said some lessons are being learned about Hillary's run in 2016. Amy still suffers froma bit of cognitive dissonance in her recollections about the part her paper played in it but she's right. And a lot of women , young women like myself, would love to see Trump defeated by a smart-as-a-whip Woman. He got help last time, but it won't be so easy this time.

And we're also tired of the sexism we saw on both sides summed up thusly:

Right Wing Dudes: Women are emotional, cannot be trusted with power and are weak.
Left Wing Dudes: so Yeah, I have no problem with women having political power right? It's just this woman who has changed her mind on things and while I agree with her in principle right now, the fact she changed her mind on something means she lacks conviction, so I don't trust her.. And I also don't trust this other woman for the same reasons.. and this woman too, she's problematic.. and this one here too..

Yeah, see that ^^ We're fed up of it.

And I like the idea of Harris... she'll connect to the base, and she will take the GOP by surprise because they don't think black women actually exist.

And frankly, anyone pretending representation isn't a thing is just lying to themselves. Obama's appeal was partly tied to his identity as the first African American to win a nomination and win the presidency. So let's not innoculate our politics from these realities as if we don't know what the deal is...

At the end of the day though, I'll support whoever wins the Dem primaries.