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Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House . . . Yet
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ISBN13: 9780063058637
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Published: Aug 23 2022
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
The political landscape was shaken to its core when President Joe Biden announced he would be stepping down from re-election. Not only was the announcement unprecedented, it thrust Vice President Kamala Harris into the spotlight as the presumptive Democratic nominee, marking the second time Republican candidate Donald Trump will face off against a female candidate. The road to the Election Day is long, but this time can a woman finally break the glass ceiling and win the White House in this fascinating look at women in politics?
Opening with the moment when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were finally declared the winners of the 2020 race--the long, drawn-out journey towards who would next inhabit the White House--from former MSNBC Road Warrior and now NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali, Electable is a sweeping work of political journalism that takes a look at a lingering question from that Presidential race. Why, when we saw more women run for President of the United States than ever before in our history, did we still not cross that final hurdle?
Following the 2020 race minute by minute as the reporter embedded with Elizabeth Warren, Ali Vitali witnessed up-close the behind-the-scenes politics of the campaign trail and the way that our most recent election was unique--not simply for the way in which the incumbent conducted himself, but for the ways in which the field, rich with Democrats from all kinds of backgrounds, was both modern but also more of the same. With more female candidates than ever before, this was a history-making race, and yet these women--most of them incredibly qualified with decades of public service on their resumes--dealt once again with a different level of scrutiny than their male counterparts. Woven throughout is close examination of gender in politics and the treatment of Hillary Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro, Shirley Chisholm, and those on the right as well. Grappling with ideas around the likeability and electability issues, as well as fundraising hurdles many female candidates face, Vitali asks the same questions she and so many have been grappling with for decades, but especially since Hillary Clinton's devastating defeat in 2016: Why is it so hard for a woman to be taken seriously as a presidential contender? What will it take for men and women to be held to the same standard? What happens next?
Electable tackles these questions, with specific, behind-the-scenes, play-by-play detail.
With unprecedented access and sharp analysis, Electable tackles the tough questions facing women in politics:
- Behind-the-Scenes Reporting: Go beyond the headlines with minute-by-minute details from an NBC News correspondent embedded on the campaign trail with Elizabeth Warren.
- The Electability Question: A sharp analysis of why the electability and likeability of female presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris are judged by a different, tougher standard.
- Sexism in Politics: Connects the dots from Shirley Chisholm and Geraldine Ferraro to the pink wave of 2018, showing how history repeats itself for women seeking the nation's highest office.
- A Journalist's Perspective: Weaving her own story as a Road Warrior reporter, Ali Vitali offers a raw, firsthand account of the biases and barriers faced by women in the press and in power.
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