TomC
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I don't know about threads, but in an important way I would say that they both were. Like VP picks have been for years, they both balance the ticket's demographics.I missed the"Pence is a DEI pick" and "Biden is a DEI pick" threads. Anyone got a link?
Picking an old white dude helped balance the black youngster aspect of Obama. Biden also filled some gaping holes in Obama's presidential resume. He was a long time Washington insider and had big foreign policy experience.
Trump desperately needed the Evangelical Christian community, with whom he had huge negatives. Mike "The Christian" Pence had tons of such credibility.
Biden was yet another old white dude. Adding a brownish female, who was already accomplished, helped him out a lot.
DEI and "balancing demographics" are pretty much the same thing at that level.
Tom