If we assume that Obama, despite not being eligible for re-election, will still implement policies that are likely to preserve the image of the democratic party with the majority of voters, then the nomination of Loretta Lynch for U.S. Attorney General is a positive sign that the median American voter is evolving.
It is hard to think that 30 or even 10 years ago a president would feel "comfortable" nominating a female African American as the Attorney General. The fact that Obama is willing to do so shows that much of the negativity that may have previously been associated with this ethnicity and genre combination is fading away (slowly). Otherwise, the choice of Loretta Lynch would be political suicide - especially when the President's approval ratings are at all-time lows. Consequently, we can infer that the American median voter is evolving towards a more accepting and open political actor.
Such evolution of the mindset of medium voters is very welcome in our political environment, as without it we would neither have true incentives towards meritocracy in government, nor would we have ease of political negotiation between different citizens, as they would not view each other as equals. Furthermore, the shift in this ethnicity/genre dimension is likely to be correlated with broader evolutions in many other important dimensions of democracy, and thus Loretta Lynch may be here to shows us much more than just a new Attorney General.
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