What Harris Learned From Clinton’s 2016 Election Strategy | WSJ

Vice President Kamala Harris’s rapid climb to the top of Democratic ticket has thrown gender into the center of the 2024 presidential election race against former president Donald Trump. But Harris’s tactic is different from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.

WSJ takes an inside look at how the politics of gender have shifted since Clinton lost the presidential race in 2016 and what it could mean for the 2024 election.

Chapters:
0:00 Politics of gender shifts
0:40 Attacks on Hillary vs. Kamala
3:19 Impacts in the polls
5:40 Rhetoric around campaigns
7:39 What’s next?

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[llamaliammm]

i think the biggest thing she learnt was to pivot away from her gender and race as the highlight of her race

[FalconsEye]

she's more popular than Hillary was. Between Hillary and Trump back in 2016, they were each so disliked it made many people decide not to vote and thats what helped Trump win. They are desperate to not let the same happen again

[MeetThaNewDealer]

"The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election." Nikki Haley

[GiorgioDagerini]

Back in 2016 we didn’t know who Trump was, but now we now it and that’s working against him, he wants to play his 2024 campaign like he did in 2016

[Anthony-dycq]

How it's even close is beyond me.

[jeffrylouis]

The gender of the president does not matter. Their policies, especially the economic ones do.

[samlam]

It’s a sad reality that Kamala race and gender was always going to be front and center - especially as an attack. And it’s ironic since Trump is literally the most whiniest candidate we’ve ever had.
But I’m glad Kamala doesn’t focus on any of those and just tries to focus on issues. Break the glass ceiling without actually focusing on it. That’s what’s different between Clinton and Harris. Let’s see how it pans out

[marc]

One of the most easiest things was simply not being Hillary Clinton. She was a bad candidate out the gate

[maryjeffries]

One thing I'm noticing over and over is how so many people call female candidates consistenly by their first names and the male ones by their last. Now that I've noticed it, I can't unsee it. It's over and over. Pay attention to how the subtle disrespect plays out.

[jacob_massengale]

The reason Women weren't galvanized by Hillarie's campaign is that she made the campaign about her being a women and thus making history. This made her come off as patronizing, self congratulatory, and ultimately condescending to women. She didn't make it about the real bread and butter issues.

[ts.elliot]

I'm still disapointed in Hillary. She didn't know how to deal with trump. Biden would've been a better choice imho. Harris has a totally different energy. I'm loving the difference.

[luxury_musings]

I read a comment the other day that really says everything. “When people vote for a man he only has to be good enough…they only have to agree with him on some things…not all. But if the candidate is a woman? They have to agree 100% on all
topics… and even on topics having nothing to do with politics. Also she needs to be perfect in every other way, too. She had to be strong and assertive, but not seem aggressive. She had to be intelligent and well educated, but not make anyone feel inferior by comparison. She had to be attractive, but not too attractive. She had to dress well, but not be too well dressed. She had to be confident, but not too confident. Basically, any candidate who was a woman was held to a standard that was impossible to achieve, and the goalposts constantly shifted.”

Sadly this still applies. VP Harris is so qualified it’s insane that there’s even a choice.

Jasmine Crockett said it best yesterday:

Crockett: “This election is the best example of why you all are so afraid of diversity, equity, and inclusion because then you can't have a simple minded under qualified white man somehow end up ascending…instead you have to pay attention to the qualified Black woman.”

[KeliK]

Some people are just wicked. "She slept her way up", "She is a DEI hire", I am extremely shocked and disgusted by these allegations. Harris, you get all my support. You fully merit this job and you're the one America needs to heal because it's really sick. You will win overwhelmingly and these bitter detractors will hide their tails.

[ilovephotography]

I'm a registered Independent Voter. When I go inside of the voting both, I'm not considering the sex or color of the choice of candidates. I'm voting for who will be the best leader. In November there is not doubt who is best for our country. With enthusiasm, I will be voting for the Harris/Walz ticket.

[ev.c]

Come on, America! This is the great opportunity to give Trump the greatest payback for his sexist comments on woman. Just imagine, losing to an African American who can possibly be the first woman president.

[UncleSam]

“Go to Michigan” i think is what Kamala learned the most from Hillary

Hillary won the popular vote, the piece is good, but you miss the key issue...

[jacko.]

One key difference (which I at first thought was a mistake during the debate) was that Clinton stated the facts about the economy and unemployment when she was running. This made her seem insensitive to the problems of Americans who weren't doing well. Harris avoided discussing the strength of the current economy (or decreasing crime rate) and did not try to contradict Trump's false claims, but instead talked about her vision for the future. She played offense instead of defense.

[thrngaming]

How does one sleep their way into an elected position?

[MandkhaiTsetsen]

I think the biggest thing she learned was that to not skip the rust belt, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania! Hilary literally spent 2 years campaigning in Iowa then spent the next 8 months in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Hilary just assumed rust belt was “safe” and spend billions on flipping South Carolina to blue. Dumbest campaign strategy ever! Wisconsin was already turning Red by 2011, and Hilary’s campaign thought it was a solid blue in 2016 baffles me. That campaign was so out of touch from reality.