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78. diversity is absolutely a consideration

...and can make for the 'best' candidate.

When did diversity cease to be a concern in elections?

Records were smashed in 2018 and then broken again in 2020, and diverse candidates made further progress in 2022.

More women than ever have been nominated for governorships and state legislatures. More Senate nominees are Black. More House nominees are openly L.G.B.T.Q., and more are also Hispanic women.

Democrats more likely than Republicans to nominate people who differ from the historical norm of straight, white men. And while both parties’ candidate fields are more diverse than before 2018, they are still far from accurate reflections of the American population.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/05/us/politics/midterms-diversity.html