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Andrew Sidebottom's avatar

Harris has mentioned that she would be the first woman President a lot less than Hillary did.

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Henrik's avatar

Way way way less

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S Kolb's avatar

Yes, way way way less

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Wolfpack Dem's avatar

She has been verrrrryyyyy disciplined with that. And I think that's "Obama campaign people" influence. I recall Obama talking about anytime he brought up "race" - no matter how innocuously - his approvals dropped 10 points.

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James Lambert's avatar

Remember that Hillary's election night venue literally had a glass ceiling above it? She was leaning into the symbolism. I dunno, maybe it's just me, but I don't get the same vibe from the Harris campaign at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/us/politics/hillary-clinton-election-night.html

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Henrik's avatar

Harris has leaned much more into the generational aspect than gender or race

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NewDem07's avatar

For good measure, Obama is the only president we have had born after 1946 and there seems to be quite the pent-up demand to move on.

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Mike in MD's avatar

Obama and Harris are in fact the only major party presidential nominees we've had who were born after the 1940s. Of those in the 21st century who have fallen short, Gore, Kerry, Romney, and HIllary Clinton were all born between 1943-48, and McCain in 1936 (he's also the only now-deceased major party presidential nominee this century.)

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NewDem07's avatar

HRC played Katy Perry songs at all of her events (especially the ones with feminist themes), and frequently wore full white pantsuits to honor the suffragists, including at the 3rd debate and reportedly on election night.

Just on the topics of clothes alone, Harris has hardly worn white since the DNC I think. Mostly darker colors (which kind of fits the era of crisis we have been living in for the last 8 years).

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James Lambert's avatar

Pepperidge Farms remembers. One of her big closing ads was essentially a 1 minute music video set to Katy Perry's "Roar"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDHioNLb4I

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Zero Cool's avatar

Yes. The fundamental difference this time around is that Harris is just tougher than Clinton and is proactive in targeting wide variety of voters while staying true to her principles.

Trump and the GOP have been having a HARD time trying to define Harris. What, how she laughs is bad? ThatтАЩs it?

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