2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We are the base of the party. The POC, the LGBT, the feminists. [View all]anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)I'm queer, I'm married to a person of color, and we both favor Hillary, notwithstanding past disagreements with her - we were both Obama supporters in '08 and '12, and I had a rather low opinion of Hillary's candidacy in 2008. But she earned my respect and indeed admiration during her stint as Secretary of State notwithstanding the fact that I disagree with her on some things.
I don't think we necessarily represent the base or that we're somehow more democratic than this or that other demographic, but like LLP I felt really offended at that post yesterday saying that Bernie would be winning if it wasn't for the sexual and ethnic minorities, like our needs and political views are somehow of lesser importance because some of our issues are more narrowly focused than others.