A number of the post-mortems here have commented that Harris ran a less identity-politics driven campaign than either Biden or Clinton. Be that as it may, I do remember the very first action of the Harris campaign, where she held a series of zoom calls by racial and gender affiliation. (I.e. black women, black men, Latina women, etc., with white guys going last.) As someone who has long thought identity politics were a stumbling block for the Democratic Party, I had a strong WTF reaction to this initial move. Fundraising is obviously not campaigning, but for me it set the tone.
It was never clear to me whether that was coordinated by her campaign or outside groups outsider of their control. If it was the former I agree that was not smart.
A number of the post-mortems here have commented that Harris ran a less identity-politics driven campaign than either Biden or Clinton. Be that as it may, I do remember the very first action of the Harris campaign, where she held a series of zoom calls by racial and gender affiliation. (I.e. black women, black men, Latina women, etc., with white guys going last.) As someone who has long thought identity politics were a stumbling block for the Democratic Party, I had a strong WTF reaction to this initial move. Fundraising is obviously not campaigning, but for me it set the tone.
It was never clear to me whether that was coordinated by her campaign or outside groups outsider of their control. If it was the former I agree that was not smart.