Do i really need to pull up the voting record in the south? They go conservative no matter what color the Liberal candidate is. Its not like Al Gore was going to win Alabama.
Are you implying that racism prevails in the Bible Belt?
I was just at a large gathering where I heard a large group of older women (75+ year olds) talking about how they don't like women doing these 'men jobs' nowadays. Keep in mind these were women, not men. There are still a lot of traditional people who would not vote for a woman, plain and simple.
Any country that elects a woman as it's head has really passed the point of no return. Decline of civilization, folks.
Any country that elects a woman as it's head has really passed the point of no return. Decline of civilization, folks.
Any country that elects a woman as it's head has really passed the point of no return. Decline of civilization, folks.
Merkel > Obama
Germans > Modern day Americans
I wouldn't doubt that many German high-school graduates are smarter than most American college graduates. German education standards completely trump ours.
Germans > Modern day Americans
I wouldn't doubt that many German high-school graduates are smarter than most American college graduates. German education standards completely trump ours.
As much as I hate to say it, modern day Americans are mostly trash. Our politics are merely a reflection of the American public.
This is because they have to be. European countries are all smaller than bigger US states and most have unique languages. Outside of Quebec few Candians are bilingual for similar reasons--at least in my experience. Sure all took at least some French but they don't use it and don't know it. They don't have to.Most of them are far more likely to be bilingual too.
If he was backpacking in Australia he was likely at least middle class and well educated. Importantly knowing another language doesn't mean you're smarter, though it does provide cognitive benefits.I traveled with a pack packer in Australia from Germany. He was a stoner version of what most Germans would be and he was still smarter than a lot of Americans I meet.
This is because they have to be. European countries are all smaller than bigger US states and most have unique languages. Outside of Quebec few Candians are bilingual for similar reasons--at least in my experience. Sure all took at least some French but they don't use it and don't know it. They don't have to.
I know and work with lots of Europeans and all are multilingual. That does change when you start going to smaller towns or interact with less educated people. A grocery checker in Germany is going to have less than a smattering of English but University classes even for undergraduates may be entirely in English. (Supposedly there's a biology (II) professor at LMU in Munich that has has never taught a class in German)
If he was backpacking in Australia he was likely at least middle class and well educated. Importantly knowing another language doesn't mean you're smarter, though it does provide cognitive benefits.
Well, I think it's obvious that Obama didn't win solely because he was black because I think that it's obvious that it hurt more than it helped, but if your preferred takeaway is that it wasn't a major factor either way, that's also defensible. I don't think it's right to say that it made no difference, though. And, yeah, I don't think any good analysis of 2016 is going to put much weight on Clinton being a woman.