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Frank D. Lincoln

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9. Manifest Destiny?

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:34 AM

Jan 7

Regarding Trump and the 2024 presidential election, there were definitely racial overtones. Undoubtedly many people viewed it symbolically as people of color (Kamala Harris) versus white people (Donald Trump) or as a contest between a multi-racial, egalitarian society and a white supremacist society.

For the above reason, I think we lost the presidential election as soon as Biden stepped aside and immediately endorsed Harris. That apparently resulted in many of the people who voted for Biden in 2020 not voting for Harris in 2024.

With Barack Obama being an anomaly, it seems clear that Americans prefer to have a white man to lead our nation. Even if it means a white man totally unfit for public office versus a black woman who was pretty close to an ideal presidential candidate (though gender was also a factor, of course).

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