[DoodleDawg]

But does it make it more likely? Yes. If one deliberately chooses to exclude a large pool of candidates, namely, of men (for Reagan) and of women of all races except black, and men of every race (for Biden), there is a probability that a superior candidate exists but will be excluded

So what you are saying that it is impossible for a woman or a minority to ever be a superior candidate to a white male? What sets that criteria? The only way to be sure that one appoints the most-qualified candidate is to consider the qualifications of every single candidate, with no arbitrary exclusions.

What makes a single candidate the most qualified?

Unless, of course, your “qualifications” include who they are -

Like yours do?

[coloradan]

“So what you are saying that it is impossible for a woman or a minority to ever be a superior candidate to a white male?”

That’s not what I said at all. Don’t strawman me. I spoke in terms of probabilities, which your word above, “impossible”, precludes.