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In reply to the discussion: For Biden VP, Black Democrats are torn between Harris and Warren [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)If helping the ticket win is the only purpose of the VP nominee, I don't think Warren brings much to the table, since I don't think she would necessarily bring any voters to the table who aren't already there.
On the other hand, I do think Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Val Demmings and some of the other black women mentioned would bring out many voters - particularly black voters - who might not otherwise come out.
And they're not staying home because they don't care, but because for many of them, voting is just too damned hard. The suppression efforts aimed at them force them to jump through so many hoops and spend money they can barely apart to get registered and stay registered and then spend hours in line - often sacrificing desperately needed income. A black female on the ticket would be incentive for these folk to crawl across broken glass to vote for Biden and thereby increase turnout tremendously.
I don't see that kind of bump with Elizabeth Warren on the ticket since most of the people who would be energized by her presence are already going to vote no matter what