Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Interesting pre-autopsy of Mondale's doomed 1984 campaign [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He was, to me, so non-noteworthy and mediocre. A nice guy. Maybe good on policies. But you gotta have that "it" factor. I was very disappointed when he won the nomination. Then again, no one had much of a chance against Reagan, I think.
I remember more about Ferraro. I watched her in a debate and giving speeches. I noticed the attacks on her were biased because of her gender. I think they probably knew they wouldn't win, so took the opportunity to name a "game changer" as VP, but I thought most people in the country wouldn't vote for a woman at that time. I also remember thinking that it's the pits that she is second on the ticket because of her gender, when the ticket positions should have been reversed.
But Reagan was popular, the economy was good....I figured he'd win, although I didn't imagine him sweeping almost the entire country like he did. Ouch.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided