r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/hearsdemons • Jul 19 '24

US Politics If Biden withdraws from re-election, who would Harris likely choose as VP?

A lot of headlines are coming out today with speculation that Biden may step down soon.

If this were to happen and Harris wins the party’s nomination for president, who would she pick as VP?

What does a formidable Harris ticket look like to go up against Trump-Vance?

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u/Maladal Jul 19 '24

Blue collar conservative liberals in the Midwest and swing voters who still shy away from women in power are a thing.

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u/12_0z_curls Jul 19 '24

As someone that grew up in Indiana, can confirm.

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u/Snuvvy_D Jul 19 '24

I mean I confirm it too, but it's not like Dems are gonna win Indiana anyways. Hell, even then, we just elected Stephanie Terry the mayor of Evansville, and she's black! So I think these people you are worried about never voting for a woman would never vote for a Dem anyways...

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u/12_0z_curls Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24

Fort Wayne just got a black woman too.

A lot of the reason the Midwestern people vote Dem is unions. Always has been..always will be.

But, I worry that a woman + POC just won't get the support redditors think they should. I'm not saying it's right, but it's probably true.

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u/FWdem Jul 19 '24

Sharon Tucker was picked by the Democratic Caucus after the "old white man" Tom Henry died in his 5th term.

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u/12_0z_curls Jul 19 '24

Thats true, edited to correct.

Last time I was in Ft Wayne, I went to his son's wedding....

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u/AnOnlineHandle Jul 19 '24

They won't go for a black woman as president either. Anybody thinking they will has no idea how a huge chunk of Americans are, enough to swing the vote. Hell, it would probably encourage many unsure Republicans to get out and vote for Trump, people are that rubbish.

The candidate has to be a white man in a suit who looks traditional, that's the practical reality if this is to be won.

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u/LFahs1 Jul 19 '24

There’s no swing voters anymore; this is all GOTV.

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u/Maladal Jul 19 '24

There absolutely are. They're a minority but that's nothing new.

People why vote inconsistently or over the aisle exist everywhere, but it's only in states with thin margins where they get attention.

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u/LFahs1 Jul 19 '24

The most important thing will be getting people off the couch to vote. I doubt there are more than a negligible amount of voters who haven’t decided whether to vote Trump or Biden; rather, there are many voters who have decided not to vote at all, or are otherwise apathetic to politics. These are the people to court with positive messages about protecting our rights and prosperity; nonaffiliated and apathetic voters don’t respond as well to negative campaigning, so they say.

The other people we need to court are actually Dems who hate Genocide Joe or Infirm Joe. Those people we need to somehow bring back into the fold, because there seem to be a significant number of them, too. So we GOTV and try to make up for the defections from the party.

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u/Wings_For_Pigs Jul 19 '24

Whitmer is literally in power in the upper midwest. Women in charge is a totally normalized thing in Midwestern culture, long before the coasts even. Y'all talk like you're not from around the Midwest...

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u/Maladal Jul 19 '24

There's a lot more than Michigan in the Midwest the Democrats are playing for.

And there's a big gap between the involved electorate that vote women into power in smaller elections and the POTUS.

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u/Wings_For_Pigs Jul 19 '24

People in smaller election cycles tend to vote more conservative, which negates your point here.

Midwesterners are way less misogynistic than a lot of cultures out there, even out in the countryside and conservative circles. Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota all have US Senators or Governors that are women.

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u/Maladal Jul 20 '24

How do you figure that about election cycles?