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maxrandb

(15,347 posts)
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 03:05 PM Jan 2019

I figured out how the MSM determines that female Democratic candidates aren't likable

It's all in the poll question that they ask;

"What is it about (insert female Democrats name here) that you don't find likable"?

Voila! Polls show Dem female candidates have a "likability" issue.

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I figured out how the MSM determines that female Democratic candidates aren't likable (Original Post) maxrandb Jan 2019 OP
Funny.... Ohiogal Jan 2019 #1
Oh come on. Gore, Kerry, etc. Azathoth Jan 2019 #4
Recommended. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2
So true. Ohiogal Jan 2019 #3

Ohiogal

(32,044 posts)
1. Funny....
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 03:08 PM
Jan 2019

Seems like male candidates never have much of a "likeability" issue ....

If male candidates did, we sure wouldn't have ended up with this repulsive idiot we have now.

Azathoth

(4,611 posts)
4. Oh come on. Gore, Kerry, etc.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 03:11 PM
Jan 2019

Lots of male candidates (and potential candidates) have likeability issues. Dubya "won" in part because he was the candidate people "wanted to have a beer with."

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Recommended.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 03:08 PM
Jan 2019

Polls can be crafted to "prove" whatever the pollster wishes to prove.

And women candidates are judged by a different standard.

A man is a firm leader, while a woman behaving the same way is unlikeable.

A man is making a valid point, while a woman making the same point in the same manner is being rude.

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