"But I talked to a bunch of different people From the great state of New Jersey. ... and there is an underlying anxiety. Is this anxiety because norms and institutions are being crushed every day? Don't tell us what we're going to feel. Trump just smoked four more coke boats. I hate my opponent. Or is this anxiety because a lot of people in the Democratic Party feel that the electorate may be more sexist than we know?"
"She is a really shallow and uneducated person. She is like a biracial werewolf. Like a vacuous, incompetent female vice president. When I saw Mikie Sherrill, what I was struck by was that she was actually a really great speaker, despite the fact that I had read a lot of stuff that said she wasn't as good a candidate as she clearly was when I saw her."
Mikie Sherrill, a Democratic member of Congress, is one of two Democratic women running for governor in 2025 and is polling five to seven points ahead of her challengers. Democrats express underlying anxiety about whether voters will elect women to executive positions given past failures. Public commentary includes harsh, gendered insults that contrast with on-the-ground impressions of Sherrill as a strong speaker and effective candidate. The mismatch between media narratives and personal observations raises concerns about anti-woman sentiment and whether the electorate and party perceptions will influence election outcomes.
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