Predictably, Julian Castro ending his campaign is being blamed on the primary process itself (IA/NH are "too white"). Castro himself has also done this. Which effectively amounts to blaming the voters themselves. Because non-white voters have consistently favored white candidates
It seems like the punditocracy would prefer if the primary electorate split into pure ethnic factionalism. Which has sometimes happened in US history in different contexts. The fact that this *is not* happening in the Dem primary seems like a... positive development?
And even if you want to go full-bore into ethnic factionalism, Castro had every opportunity to court the Latino vote in Nevada, which is one the early primary states. He spent a lot of time there. It apparently didn't work. OK, now what?
