Biden dropped out, and the Democratic nominee for president will be Harris. Who should she choose for vice president? Think strategically: Trump's base is working-class white men without a college degree. Harris is likely to attract more young people, more people of color, and perhaps others than Biden did, but she's likely to be weaker than Biden among working-class whites. It doesn't do Harris any good to win the electoral votes of California and New York by even larger majorities than Biden would have. Harris needs working-class white votes in the industrial Midwest. The analysis should start, and perhaps end, there.
Some folks don't like identity politics, but the world often thinks in terms of identity. Winning Booker's state of New Jersey doesn't help the ticket (Democrats will win New Jersey even without Booker) and having two African Americans on the slate would probably not be the best way to attract working-class whites.
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