Kelly Dittmar is an assistant professor of political science at Rutgers-Camden and a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. She is the author of"Navigating Gendered Terrain: Stereotypes and Strategies in Political Campaigns" and co-author of"A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen's Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters." The views expressed in this commentary belong to the author.
Waging a successful campaign for office is hard enough for any candidate. Imagine waging two at a time. That's what is required of the women running for president, who have to oversee a traditional campaign in addition to a second one to convince skeptics of their"electability." Women and people of color are used to doing more work to reach the same results as white men. But women running for president in 2020 are not simply waging the same campaigns"backwards and in high heels" -- they are also engaging in different work that is not required of their opponents.Kelly Dittmar Stacey Abrams' 2018 campaign communications director Priyanka Mantha called this work a"concurrent campaign of belief" to convince voters that their success is possible.
Opinion Liz has to overcome her blatant lies about being Native American. Thats super offensive.
Opinion Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Opinion And men like trump didn’t? There was a time when everybody doubted he could get the republican nomination, let alone actually elected president. He was probably the candidate least likely to be elected president to have ever even ran. How is that any different?
Opinion Nonsense. Garbage leftist victimhood.
Opinion What a bunch of pure nonsense these women candidates are being treated like royalty by the fake news media who are 100% democrat and all want to play a part in electing the 1st women president
Opinion So....they’re both going to lose two campaigns?
Opinion Identity politics is bullshit. Quit pushing this lie.
Opinion Doesn't really matter what they're running 1/2 campaigns it's moot because neither one of them are going to win they're just collecting money to put in their private bank account and walk away from the Democratic nominations. They're both frauds!!
Opinion Or maybe just have good ideas 🤷♂️
Opinion So a traditional campaign is not about winning over skeptics?
Opinion You don’t support Tulsi, do ya?
Opinion And all for nothing because neither of these two wild-eyed, lying, pandering clowns have what it takes to beat the man in the oval.
Opinion Especially Harris and Warren !! One slept her way into jobs and the other claimed she was native American to get preferential treatment !! They both scare the shit out of me !! Look the other way and reelect Trump !
Opinion 'Women Too Dumb To Get Elected' Alleges CNN.'
Opinion It’s not their sex it’s their typical lies that makes them in-electable
Opinion So you’re saying they’re not electable because their women? OK🙄
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Opinion So many lies to keep track of!
Opinion Boo hoo
Opinion 2 poor excuses for candidates is how I read it
Opinion 'Dont be too harsh. Shes just a girl!'
Opinion Wait a minute, did you leave out Tulsi Gabbard on purpose?
Opinion ZZZzzzz
Opinion Dumb and Dumber.
Opinion Women have been PM's, etc. in other countries. Why is 'dual campaigning' an issue in the 'States'? Feel that a Woman can win through substance rather than spectacle. A tact used by Pres. Trump to great, but massively destructive affect. KamalaHarris will lead with substance...
Opinion Waaaaah so weak
Opinion That would be a hell of a ticket👏🏼👏🏼🍪
Opinion The two pictures aren’t electable.
Opinion New rule woman can’t use the D**k word. It’s offensive to men and only men can say it. Thank you.
Opinion KamalaHarris, ewarren & the others are campaigning as if for class president; which makes the so called 2d campaign moot. Promising higher taxes to fund more government give aways & more regulation is enough to make some democrats vote republican.
Opinion One to show how full of crap they are, another to deny they're full of crap.
Opinion That seems more true if you were running as a republican woman. Electability of women and homosexuals in the democratic camp has a certain preaching to the choir ring to it. It might even be an advantage. Clintons problem wasn't her sex but her character. Should've let Bernie run
Opinion Electability! I guess they are if on one hand you want a stoner & on the other hand one who has to claim minority statue to get ahead. Then again they’re Dems aligned with Fake News, they qualify. Hell, media will lie for them, at least the chosen one
Opinion This was already proven when HillaryClinton won the popular vote in 2016. Women can win the presidency if the elections aren’t rigged.
Opinion Hillary won the popular vote. She could have won if it wasn’t for exactly what is happening to Biden now. Bernie voters are hateful enough to make Democrats lose if he isn’t the winner, the media has an agenda against the front runners etc. in short, we suck.
Opinion Every candidate has the same objectives and requirements!
Opinion lol
Opinion Why would a woman have to convince the all inclusive, everyone is equal, we don't judge anyone D party that a woman is electable? Just doesn't fit with the image the D's are trying to project. Are the women saying the D's are gigantic, 2 faced prejudiced hypocrites? Sounds like.
Opinion Why should I?
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Opinion That's pure BS. Every single candidate has to convince skeptics. What a crock to say that it is only these two candidates. You just make up anything you think will further your political agenda. It's pure BS.
Opinion That may be because not all women are identical.
Opinion Brothers & Sisters are listening me that's why 184K impression in one day...People think I'm BOT. GOD give me more blessings for helping my AMERICA.
Opinion I'm forever GRATEFUL to CNN...because...with GOD's grace ...my same pinned tweet from ITProfess_Actor to CNN got 60K Twitter Impression on 23rd Feb 2019.
Opinion Isn’t this their choice to run. CNN paints them a victim because they are the sexist ones.
Opinion I'm forever GRATEFUL to CNN...because...with GOD's grace ...my same pinned tweet from ITProfess_Actor to CNN got 60K Twitter Impression on 23rd Feb 2019. Brothers & Sisters are listening me that's why 184K impression in one day...People think I'm BOT. GOD give me more Blessings.
Opinion TALKING TO MEDIA....TOO MUCH DISCUSSIONS IN TOP MEDIA/SEMINAR.......PHOTO EXCHANGE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA....FEELING HAPPY ONLY IN THESE ACTIVITY ? THIS WON'T HELP....BELIEVE IN ACTION.....ACTION...ACTION....GET UP SISTERS. ...WAKE UP..............................WAKE UP.
Opinion How come you can expect nice things from an Indecent Man under the influence of these bad habits ?
Opinion Dear Sisters, When will you realize that until you fight against ALCOHOLISM, DRUG, PORN, PREMARITAL SEX & EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS. ...You can't achieve Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality.
Opinion My Philosophy : The moment someone faces CAMERA while holding MICROPHONE to share his/her Social service Plan/Status......immediately his/her OUTPUT of that Social Service will get reduced by 20%..... so always do the Social service in hidden mode.....not like Politicians....
Opinion 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah ok. Nobody is allowed to critique them whatsoever.
Opinion My Philosophy : The moment someone faces CAMERA while holding MICROPHONE to share his/her Social service Plan/Status......immediately his/her OUTPUT of that Social Service will get reduced by 20%..... so always do the Social service in hidden mode.....not like Politicians.
Opinion It's BAD LUCK of our planet......if you're not going through my tweets. PLEASE REQUEST EVERYONE TO GO THROUGH MY TWEETS IMMEDIATELY. OUR AMERICA/WORLD IS CRYING FOR HELP. POLITICIANS & SUPREME COURT BOTH ARE SLEEPING DEEPLY.
Opinion If you LOVE your kids and your planet......then.....you must go through my tweets and find the solutions for several problems.......and make our World happy, healthy & peaceful. POLITICIANS are sleeping deeply. WE OURSELVES HAVE TO DO IT.
Opinion This is their choice. No one is forcing them to run for two different offices at the same time.
Opinion Politicians can never make our AMERICA happy, healthy and peaceful. We ourselves have to do it.
Opinion Politicians have never asked our youth to QUIT Smoking, Alcohol, Drug, PORN, Premarital Sex and Extramarital Affairs. How come they can debate for HEALTH CARE & CRIME PREVENTION
Opinion Politicians have never asked our youth to QUIT Smoking, Alcohol, Drug, PORN, Premarital Sex and Extramarital Affairs. How come they can debate for HEALTH CARE & CRIME PREVENTION ?
Opinion Stop trying to make these women victims ! They are rich and powerful anyone running for president has to run a campaign and convince skeptics of their electability it’s just some aren’t good at it
Opinion so , why exactly did you pick two photos that display your theory of that shadow second campaign they run? They look like wild mice fighting, and its obvious you have no qualms about promoting them into continuing skepticism. It's just there's a lot of women in the US.
Opinion Imagine waging 3 or 4 against Dems media Hollywood and intelligence agencies hmm
Opinion Look at this shit, we give women the right to vote and these are the two the dems want to run? Ha. No one stands a chance to defeat Trump, the left made damn sure of that!
Opinion When you want to pair pathetic identitarianism with a 'victimhood' worship, all within a group of people among many others who have their own trials and tribulations (that aren't as kitsch), who want to rule over you. Pity your would-be rulers. 😮🙁😢😪
Opinion What a load of garbage. Why isn't TulsiGabbard not getting any media attention?
Opinion Considering countries like Saudi Arabia now have women in government, is it really that hard to convince an apparently civilised country that a woman is perfectly capable of being the POTUS. The latest male holder of the office should be enough of a warning
Opinion Once the election is over you can blame men for their failure, we can handle your liberal accusations effectively 😜
Opinion what are they waiting for with their mouth open so that the manna of heaven falls into their mouth?
Opinion They also have to overcome being lumped together, when the only thing the two have in common is gender.
Opinion Men never have to convince voters of their electability. Oh wait they all do
Opinion JFC, it's like Hillary Clinton didn't accomplish a damn thing even in the eyes of *liberals*.
Opinion ... because the media said that Trump was electable?
Opinion Maybe they are both tragically unelectable!
Opinion Trump did a good job of persuading people of the opposite of “electability”. And still does…
Opinion One woman in the race is also fighting a corrupt system hellbent on silencing her msg. Her supporters are w/her because she speaks truth2power not because of her gender. If had bothered to pay for the dnc sanctioned poll, she'd be on that stage too.
Opinion 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Opinion They do not look happy, what will they look like as a president
Opinion Isn’t that the same for every candidate?
Opinion Identity politics is all liberals have! Qualifications are never important! It’s whoever can “buy” the most votes with “everything for free! NOT IN MY AMERICA! Socialism/Fascism will destroy our country! Trump2020
Opinion It’s not because they’re women, it’s because they’re nitwits.
Opinion We don’t vote for gender. We vote for issues. KAG 2020.
Opinion both are crazy
kdittmar Opinion Poor Liz Warren needs to convince people that she's really an Indian too.
Opinion The problem here is both of them lie all the time. Perhaps if they didn’t they would do better.
Opinion That is a load of horseshit
Opinion I wouldn’t vote for either one of them.
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Opinion Lyin Lizzie and Kam the Con. See them here on the Crap News Network!
Opinion Yes they are expected to behave in a different way than the men and are held to different standards which is disgraceful.
Opinion Why did you use these pictures? To make Harris seem exhausted by this and Warren seem angry? They both seem more than competent and up to the challenge. This portrayal is part of the problem.
Opinion So you're saying the 18 men running for Democratic presidential nominee are not vetted to determine if they are electable? That they can get the nation behind them to defeat Trumpy. I call BS. Are you able to stop with the victim mentality? I assume not.
Opinion Isn't that what they're supposed to do?
Opinion So this means Tulsi2020 is running a triple campaign … or is it quadruple? Quintuple? I can't keep track. In the present climate everything is a counter indicator - she has so many adversaries she must be the best candidate of them all - right cnn?
Opinion Aren't there at least 3 other women running?
Opinion CNN is a Fake News Network playing an Evil game.
Opinion Not really, honey. I firmly believe that we are ready for a CAPABLE woman President. The operative word is CAPABLE.... (Get my drift?)
Opinion KH is a race baiter.
Opinion Ladies scream who! Someone in blue! Everyone else has poo on their shoe
Opinion False People see through Fakeness ! And these two take the Cake
Opinion Imagine the ULTRA CORRUPT DNC deciding that the peace candidate Tulsi being pushed out the next debate do to corruption. Can you say America not the land of ideas of of corporate coups?
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Opinion Isn't that what all candidates have to face?
Opinion context women should vote for a women that is qualified Warren and Harries are qualified are they not why is the media down playing their electabliity
Opinion Imagine two women, one slept her way to a level of her incompetence, the other didn’t have have enough white privilege so she conned her way as a Native American while scamming Harvard forb$400k.
Opinion That’s all made up in your crazy heads
Opinion I don't see either of these women capable of being elected. Sorry, next.
Opinion Imagine being TulsiGabbard and having to do 3 at a time because whenever she does well in debates, the media and her own party think she’s a Russian tool
Opinion They could just drop out. I don’t feel bad for them at all.
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Opinion Nobody cares
Opinion TulsiGabbard is a better person than both of these neoliberals. Tulsi2020
Opinion Yep, fighting on two battlefronts contradicting their old positions mostly......
Opinion I think that has more to do with their history than their gender.
Opinion I think all of the candidates are doing that.
Opinion and imagine if you chose to include the other two Dem women running for president. You don't find it contradictory to not include all the women?
Opinion Everyone’s a victim
Opinion Its not about sex but character and these pair fail miserably on the later!
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Opinion I expect more from a woman than I do a man. Women are supposed to have fresh ideas since they have been 'oppressed' for so long. But they don't have any fresh ideas. These two are writing checks that our govt can't cash.
Opinion even worse for a native American
Opinion Carly Fiorina didn’t feel the need to signal this last election, but keep using your “struggle” to try to gain a following why don’t ya
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Opinion BULL💩 all you need is a GOOD candidate. All Democrats have is 💩
Opinion Vs trump anyone is electable
Opinion So basically any candidate for president.
Opinion So does Bernie
Opinion Every woman faces additional obstacles. That’s why we need women making the rules.
Opinion That’s because they are unlikeable with phony narratives based on lies. KamalaHarris aka “Chuckles” SenWarren aka “ Pocahontas” POTUS FoxNews
Opinion Bernie is running 2 campaigns too. One against the republicans and another against the corporate democrats. Both parties would rather trump win than him.
Opinion They should be doing their job in the senate
Opinion 🤦♂️
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Opinion It’s rough for them fake news!
Opinion Many American voters are misogynist - it’s that simple
Barbara77051620 Opinion Who wants to vote for women playing the victim?
Opinion Women everywhere.
Opinion Garbage. Usually the best candidate will win the Presidency...and the one who commands the most popularity. Don’t create a false story as to why your beloved Hillary lost...FakeNews
Opinion They don't need to convince the skeptic!!! Just the voters!!! The skeptics won't vote for them.
Opinion Plus they play victim. Pathetic
Opinion Uh the male candidates do they same thing...
Opinion Kamala is Hillary2.0 and Warren is a watered-down Bernie Sanders
Opinion Can anyone please clearly explain to me how a woman who got ahead in life by lying about being an American Indian is still in the running for president? She wouldn't even be where she is if she wasn't a 100% complete and total liar. How is this okay now? liar
Opinion Hot take......HillaryClinton did that? Yeah right
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Opinion Tulsi Gabbard
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Opinion That's not true. Warren wears the pants at home and she gets to order her beer and her butler/husband will bring it.
Opinion Lying about your heritage isn’t known to help your electability. But you can blame it on being a woman if it makes you feel better.
Opinion How hard is it running around promising free crap to gimme-crats for votes?
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Opinion that's a ridiculous statement
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Opinion Imagine being this triggered all the time
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