The Enigma of Electability: Kamala Harris and the 2020 Democratic Primaries

The political landscape is often a theater of surprises, and few figures have experienced this turbulence more than Kamala Harris. When Joe Biden bowed out of the 2020 presidential race, endorsing Harris, the online world buzzed with a curious ad comparing her to Donald Trump. It painted her as the cool, collected leader in contrast to Trump's temper tantrums. But the ad, released in late 2019, was not new, nor was it a conventional ad—it was never meant to be seen by the masses. Harris's campaign, despite its early promise, was starved of funds, and the ad was a whisper lost in the digitalvoid.