For the second time in eight years, a woman ran for president and lost to the same man.

Despite strong support among women of color, Vice President Kamala Harris lost ground with

nearly every other demographic group compared to Joe Biden in 2020.

A number of factors separate Hillary Clinton's run from Harris's, and a number of factors

went into Donald

Trump's win.

But once again, the question is being asked.

Is America ready for a woman in the White House?

Aaron Haynes is editor at large for the 19th News and Kelly Dittmar is with the Center for American

Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

Welcome to you both.

And Aaron, I'll start with you.

There's a number of factors of play.

We know the economy, a truncated campaign, frustration with the incumbent.

But what do you take away from what we saw with voters in terms of how much gender played a role,

that there was a woman at the top of the Democratic ticket?

Well, you know, I wrote about how this election,

how elections are not just about either of the candidate,

but really about who we are as a country.

And again, what do we know about who we are as a country this year?

That America is still not yet ready to elect a woman to lead our country.

The issue of gender, not necessarily something that Vice President Kamala Harris was emphasizing,

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