This was *extremely* apparent during the 2020 primary. The first weeks of February, much of (white) progressive twitter talked of Sanders' win as a forgone conclusion, with Biden as an afterthought. Much of black twitter, however, was saying "don't get over your skis." Media focus was on the former.
it feels like the whiteness of big political media spaces right now is having a big effect on how people are thinking about the debate. eg I have seen relatively little discussion of trump's "black jobs" comment, which immediately exploded on black twitter
All I'm saying, and perhaps @qjurecic.bsky.social
would agree, is that we should be *far* less certain about how this plays out in the coming weeks. Democrats, unlike Republicans, have multiple prominent factions and they might not respond the way you think.
You wanna argue the bottom will fall out of Biden's support? Sure, I can see happening. But I could just as easily envision people not budging or lethargic constituencies even getting fired up and angered by Trump's debate performance.
