James Lopez Ericksen, via Facebook: "There's a lot of 'let the best person win, we live in a democracy' sentiment on this page.  What this fails to acknowledge is that we don't live in a world with an equal playing field.  Thus, just to get to the starting line, because of privilege, different demographics experience discrimination: obstacles.  And for voting for the best person, we need to acknowledge people's implicit bias.  Unless there are people challenging the system and the white men who run it, nothing will change."