Why Won't Virginia Elect Women? (Lynchburg, Triangle: house, bankrupt, taxi)

[LynchburgLover]

^^ That should be "most who move into the DC area" -- I was thinking about Alexandria/Arlington/Fairfax. Those liberals tend to choose MD or DC.

And, of course, there are still pockets of liberals throughout the state -- Charlottesville (but not Albemarle/Madison/Nelson), some parts of Lynchburg (but not Bedford/Amherst/Campbell), Richmond (but not Henrico/Chesterfield) etc. The small pockets in the cities are cancelled out by the rural communities.

Just look how badly Deeds/Perriello etc went down last time. Virginia is still predominately a Red state.

[IndiaLimaDelta]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Mary Sue Terry ran for governor in 1993 against George Allen. She lost obviously. People generally run for office if they think they can win. Perhaps women don't run because they don't think they can.

Must be... That's probably the same reason so many women run for local offices all over the state, because they think they can win local offices, but because they can't win state-wide ones. Apparently there is no sexism locally, but there is state-wide. Makes perfect sense.

[richmondpics]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

1 in the past 20 years. There are 5 statewide jobs so about 4%-5%?

Well that answers the question posed for this thread. If virtually no women have run for statewide office, then they can't be elected.

You can't blame the electorate on that. Let's ask women why they don't run.

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by richmondpics

Well that answers the question posed for this thread. If virtually no women have run for statewide office, then they can't be elected.

You can't blame the electorate on that. Let's ask women why they don't run.

Keep in mind that was in the generals. I have no idea how many women have run and lost in primaries. It's possible the electorate of both parties have rejected them.

Just imagine if Blacks or Asians represented over half the population and not one had been elected in the past 20 years. I imagine there'd be a bit more outrage.

[IndiaLimaDelta]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Keep in mind that was in the generals. I have no idea how many women have run and lost in primaries. It's possible the electorate of both parties have rejected them.

Just imagine if Blacks or Asians represented over half the population and not one had been elected in the past 20 years. I imagine there'd be a bit more outrage.

Only if they thought like you did. Perhaps some of them do, but that would not make it the right thing to do, would it?

Thankfully, I think enough people, women included, care about the candidates' other traits that matter more to them, such as policy positions.

I personally don't care if a candidate looks like I do or has the same type of sex organ. If he or she supports the policies I support, he or she has my vote.

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by IndiaLimaDelta

I personally don't care if a candidate looks like I do or has the same type of sex organ. If he or she supports the policies I support, he or she has my vote.

So according to that only men support the policies that most Virginians support. Why do you think that is?

[LynchburgLover]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

So according to that only men support the policies that most Virginians support. Why do you think that is?

What we have here is a failure to communicate. Read carefully.

If a qualified conservative woman were to run, she could probably be elected. Nothing is a guarantee but she'd have a shot.

Apparently, the only female candidates that have actually run have been on the more liberal/progressive side; therefore, they have lost. It's their STANCES not their gender.

I'm with IndiaLimeDelta -- I don't care if they are male/female/black/white/orange or green. If their platforms are what I believe in, I'll vote for them. And, since you brought also brought race into it as well as gender -- give me a Nikki Haley, I'll vote for her.

I'm looking at Jamie Radtke's background/record. I might go with her over George Allen -- but let's be realistic. I DON"T want to get stuck with Tim Kaine so I have to weigh who can actually win. She has, however, raised a boatload of cash.

You might actually get your wish CAVA1990 -- a female senator from Virginia.

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by LynchburgLover

You might actually get your wish CAVA1990 -- a female senator from Virginia.

I think Paul Ryan's pretty much sealed the fate of Republicans in 2012. She might want to wait until sometime after then.

[LynchburgLover]

I guess we'll have to wait to see how this plays out. Kind of like all the economic warnings about inflation if Obama's policies were enacted . . . .

Welcome back to Jimmy Carter, part two. Unrest in the Middle East, disastrous housing issues, high gasoline, inflation . . . . . Can't wait until we have to alternate days that we can get gasoline.

Remember when there were "even" and "odd" days, depending on your license plate, that you could purchase gas. And you could sit in looooooong lines for the pump?

I do remember it. That's when I stopped voting for liberal Democrats.

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by LynchburgLover

I guess we'll have to wait to see how this plays out. Kind of like all the economic warnings about inflation if Obama's policies were enacted . . . .

Welcome back to Jimmy Carter, part two. Unrest in the Middle East, disastrous housing issues, high gasoline, inflation . . . . . Can't wait until we have to alternate days that we can get gasoline.

Remember when there were "even" and "odd" days, depending on your license plate, that you could purchase gas. And you could sit in looooooong lines for the pump?

I do remember it. That's when I stopped voting for liberal Democrats.

Maybe so, but the opposition party wasn't run off the rails by a bunch of nutcakes who wanted to end medicare, collective bargaining, child labor laws, environmental protections and every other law passed since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. I feel sorry for any Republican candidate having to run with those millstones around their necks. Did you see how Ryan got booed at his own town hall? That's pretty much what every Republican will be hearing. I've never seen so many supposedly accomplished politicians bent on electoral suicide. Not sure even George Allen can overcome all that.