This poll asked voters to create their perfect candidate. Democrats picked an older white guy
WASHINGTON - Diversity is taking a back seat to Democrats' desire to dump Trump.
The 2020 presidential candidate field is well stocked with women, people of color and millennials, but a majority of voters who said they expected to cast ballots in a Democratic primary thought that candidates who were white, middle-aged and male would be the party's best bet for defeating President Donald Trump.
That finding from the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times national poll illustrates the hurdles that female, black and Latino presidential candidates still face despite Democrats' celebration of diversity in their ranks. The poll also illustrates the wariness - bordering on pessimism - that many Democratic voters continue to show in the aftermath of Trump's upset
