“Our process has resulted in more women and candidates of color participating in our primary debates than billionaires,” said Xochitl Hinojosa , a committee spokeswoman. “No one who has failed to reach 4 percent at this point in the race has ever gone on to be the nominee. “I don’t know how you fix it now without upsetting the apple cart,” she said. A growing number of voters, especially younger black voters, have rejected the notion that mere representation equals the kind of change the Democratic base is hungry for. Ms. Harris, they note, had qualified for the December debate but chose instead to drop out, they said.

Source: New York Times December 05, 2019 18:08 UTC