What Went Down At The January Democratic Debate

That was, well, something. Warren made a bunch of points on electability that I had not heard from her so directly — and were complicated for the male candidates to really take on directly without them coming off poorly. I think she accurately captured that gender is a barrier for some of the female candidates.

Thought that was a good answer from Biden, too, pointing out that he’s the only one on the stage that currently enjoys a diverse coalition of support that isn’t largely concentrated among white voters (and in the case of Buttigeg and Warren especially, college-educated white voters).

It’s so hard to know whether the presidential race is different from races for governor or Congress, Maggie, because of the incredibly small sample size. But there is research indicating that voters are more reluctant to support women when they run for executive-level positions like president (or governor).