Book contents
- Learning from Loss
- Learning from Loss
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 When the Fools Were Right
- Chapter 2 What We Know About Identity, Ideology, and Electability, and What We Don’t
- Chapter 3 Interpreting Loss
- Chapter 4 When Parties Try to Fix Themselves
- Chapter 5 The Persistence of Faction
- Chapter 6 How Narratives Change Voters
- Chapter 7 The Invisible Primary Becomes Visible
- Index
Chapter 6 - How Narratives Change Voters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2020
Book contents
- Learning from Loss
- Learning from Loss
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 When the Fools Were Right
- Chapter 2 What We Know About Identity, Ideology, and Electability, and What We Don’t
- Chapter 3 Interpreting Loss
- Chapter 4 When Parties Try to Fix Themselves
- Chapter 5 The Persistence of Faction
- Chapter 6 How Narratives Change Voters
- Chapter 7 The Invisible Primary Becomes Visible
- Index
Summary
During a visit to Iowa in 2017, I spoke to an experienced political activist in Des Moines who had had a pretty negative interpretation of the 2016 election. “I really don’t think nominating a woman is going to get us what we need,” she said. “The reality is we are an old state and it’s that lack of willingness to accept women in those leadership roles.” The results of 2016 suggested to her that it was risky to nominate a woman for president if the election was likely to be close.
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- Learning from LossThe Democrats, 2016–2020, pp. 186 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020