| katliamom:
It's true unfortunately, that some people do care about the race and gender of the candidate but there's progress. There are enough people of various races and genders in high level political postions now that I don't think most people would even blink at the fact that a particular member of congress or high level presidential appointed position isn't a white male. I think it's now considered fairly normal so people can focus on real issues rather than attributes that the candidate has no control over (race, gender, ancestry, height, handicaps, etc.) and are largely irrelevant.
However, back to the OP's question, I don't think it would be fair to conclude that if Obama loses to Hillary it's due to racism or if Hillary loses to Obama it's due to sexism or if either loses to McCain that it's due to either racism or sexism. |