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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks are tired of the elites. Enough of Obamas, Clintons, Hollywood and Fake News. It’s over.[/quote]

This is interesting to me because a born-rich Wharton grad and a Yalie just beat two people with no Ivy League credentials. Walz was a school teacher who attended State schools and served in the Guard. Harris went to USF for law school and worked her way up in the prosecutors office. Neither grew up wealthy. They aren't elite.

I actually think Americans LOVE elites and are suspicious of people who don't have elite backgrounds. They want an elite who is folksy and doesn't feel like he's (and he's got to be a he) condescending to them. GW Bush or Clinton. Obama managed to do this despite initially being too slick, through disciplining his public image and utilizing oratory skill. Trump did it by being gross and flooding the zone (literally he just says things over and over until people believe them). But you need to start with the Ivy League education and elite resume and then dumb it down. You can't do the reverse. People won't believe you (especially if you're a woman or not white).[/quote]

Biden is somewhat of a counter-example, but I think your point is generally true.[/quote]

I think Biden's long Senate career and "old white guy-ness" served as a stand in for an elite background for Biden. Also the fact that he was running against a field of women, minority candidates, and a gay man. He became the nominee by default because voters did not feel the general electorate would accept the others. And they were probably right![/quote]

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