If Hillary loses, will she claim sexism as a reason for it?

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I know some of you may think this is a ridiculous question, but still want to get the hard numbers on this.

[Speed of Sound]

No polling seems to suggest that it would play any noticeable role in the outcome, and frankly, anybody who wasn't gonna vote for Clinton due to sexism, was already in the Trump camp for a treasure trove of other horrible reasons.

[HAnnA MArin County]

No. She would have had a much more credible claim for sexism during the 2008 primaries (Obama himself kind of alluded to that) when her biggest mistake was not shining a light on the historical aspect of her candidacy in the same way as Obama was able to do so.

[Crumpets]

She might think it, but I doubt she'd bring it up.

[LLR]

Doesn't matter, because she won't lose

[Xing]

She certainly wouldn't say so publicly, although there are definitely people who antagonize her more than they would if she were a man.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

No, but she might blame the vast right-wing conspiracy to paint her as a criminal and a HP.

And she would be correct.

[IceSpear]

No, but she'd certainly be justified in doing so.

[Santander]

She might think it, but I doubt she'd bring it up.

[President Johnson]

She might think it, but I doubt she'd bring it up.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

In case she actually loses I can't see her personally raising this issue, but I can easily see former surrogates doing this.

[Cruzcrew]

She might think it, but I doubt she'd bring it up.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

In case she actually loses I can't see her personally raising this issue, but I can easily see former surrogates doing this.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Sexism would be a large part of it. It is impossible to look at her as a candidate or form an opinion of her without looking through the lens of—and having our opinions of her conditioned by—gender. I garauntee her trustworthiness and likability numbers would be way, way better if she was a man. Her ambition is socially threatening, and the large target that has always been on her back would not have been there if she hadn't entered the man's world of public policy in the 1990s.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Let's dispel with the fiction that sexism (although it's presence is hard to deny) is the only problem Hillary's facing. It's not even her biggest worry.

It would be very comforting to say, if the things go down, that it was all because of sexism, but it would be lying to ourselves.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Of course not, but some among her followers will.

I would fully expect Salon to scream sexism for a month with Amanda Marcotte calling anyone who didn't vote for the chance to have a female president sexist.

[Ricky1121]

Probably not.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Sexism would be a large part of it. It is impossible to look at her as a candidate or form an opinion of her without looking through the lens of—and having our opinions of her conditioned by—gender. I garauntee her trustworthiness and likability numbers would be way, way better if she was a man. Her ambition is socially threatening, and the large target that has always been on her back would not have been there if she hadn't entered the man's world of public policy in the 1990s.

Her trustworthiness and likability numbers would be much worse if she were a man.

I thought she was a man? Tell the truth, "Hillary"

[Hermit For Peace]

I don't think so. She's been ahead in the polls for quite awhile now, so that's an indication right there that people will vote for her.

If she loses, she should probably claim the election was rigged! lol

[RI]

Clinton has been aided by her sex far more than hindered by it.

[Hermit For Peace]

Clinton has been aided by her sex far more than hindered by it.

How do you figure she's been aided by her gender? I think you are deluding yourself.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Sexism would be a large part of it. It is impossible to look at her as a candidate or form an opinion of her without looking through the lens of—and having our opinions of her conditioned by—gender. I garauntee her trustworthiness and likability numbers would be way, way better if she was a man. Her ambition is socially threatening, and the large target that has always been on her back would not have been there if she hadn't entered the man's world of public policy in the 1990s.

If I were supporting a candidate who lied under oath, whose spouse lied under oath while occupying the same office, who entered a campaign under FBI investigation, the results of which were that she was considered extremely careless in handling classified information, and whose e-mails reveal, at a minimum, the appearance of impropriety, of "pay for play" in her relationship with the Clinton Foundation while serving as Secretary of State, then the above would be most comforting.  And I'm sure Hillary, if she manages to lose this election, will blame sexism, bigotry, and the like for her defeat.  She's a living, breathing case of eternal victimstance, which, oddly enough, is a posture commonly taken by criminals; it's never their fault.

Democrat John Gilligan lost his re-election bid for Ohio Governor in 1974, one of the most heavily Democratic years in history.  When he was asked why he lost, he stated, flatly, that the voters' verdict was a personal repudiation of himself.  And Gilligan wasn't expected to lose; he had no scandals, and it was a Democratic year, so he came to this conclusion.  And he was probably right; he was someone that did not cultivate likeability, and he lost to a Republican (James Rhodes) that was extremely likeable.  Gilligan took responsibility for his defeat.  You won't see Hillary Clinton come near to that standard of owning the loss.  As she is the Democratic Nixon, I would expect her concession speech (if she loses) to resemble Nixon's performance when he lost the 1962 California Governor's race.

[IceSpear]

Clinton has been aided by her sex far more than hindered by it.

lol

I'm sure as a white male, you are an expert in this matter.

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It's scary that I apparently voted in this poll yesterday but don't remember doing so at all.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Clinton has been aided by her sex far more than hindered by it.

lol

I'm sure as a white male, you are an expert in this matter.

Of course she's been aided more than hindered.  If she were a male, the DNC wouldn't have cleared the field for her, wouldn't have trashed Sanders, wouldn't have pre-empted Biden.  It's not that she's this great candidate with no baggage and a powerful track record.  Saying otherwise is to be a combination of willful blindness and intellectual dishonesty.