Fair points. I googled Jenny Marshall to get some context for your argument. The first thing I found was this article from the W-SJ coverage of the NC primary.
https://www.journalnow.com/news/big...cle_72d83f2f-14e9-5efd-a0e1-8aa9dfc08ca7.html
Seems like there is plenty of support for your argument given that Marshall won every country except Forsyth and still lost 54-46. But I don't understand your issue with Adams or why you think Black voters wouldn't support her. Adams was a W-S City Council member since 2009. As to my presumptive name recognition argument, I got a kick out of this.
“It was crucial,” Adams said of her name recognition in Forsyth County. “It’s my home base. I’ve spent my life here. My work here in the city and the county, people have seen what I can do. I have a body of work.”
So then I looked at their bios. Adams is on page 2 and Marshall is on page 5.
https://www.journalnow.com/fifth-co...ion_51869096-3b72-11e8-8e13-2b2cf94d1e96.html
Adams first ran for office in 1990 and has been serving in W-S in some capacity since 1990 as well. Marshall is a teacher whose only political experience was working for the Democratic Party. So Adams has a huge edge in experience. So name recognition and experience worked in her favor with Black voters.
By looking at their bios and top priorities, I'm wondering why you see Marshall as one with the "material benefits." Adams was an elected member of the Democratic National Committee. But Marshall was also a DNC delegate and was on the platform committee.
Here was Marshall's priority statement:
"Making sure our economy works for all of us with stable jobs that pay a living wage."OK. Seems like a boilerplate liberal priority.
Here was Adams' priority statement:
"
Health care is a right, not a privilege. Ultimately, we need to move to a single-payer system. This must be a thoughtful process, because our national health care industry (insurance and providers) represents a sixth of the economy. Health care employs almost 500,000 people and comprises $2.5 trillion of the U.S. economy. We have the ability to provide health care for all while protecting current jobs.
The first step is to address the ACA and to make sure all states sign onto the Medicaid expansion.
Then we must initiate a transition to Medicare for all. This will take time. The current health care plan reduces coverage, drives up costs and increases profits for the insurance industry."
Now I wasn't intimately familiar with this race, but I'm trying to figure out why you think Marshall's priorities line up better for Black voters than Adams. I'm also trying to figure out how Marshall comes across as more progressive than Adams aside from the fact Marshall founded the Progressive Caucus of the NC Democratic Party.
It just seems weird to claim that Black voters selecting an experienced candidate with 28 years of public service who supports M4A didn't pick the best candidate for them.
