The person you are replying to understands this and was being sarcastic. Everybody already knew who they wanted to endorse well before this came out.

Sarcastically asked or not, the answer is sadly yes. That's why every dang US election comes down to some undecided voters in 10 states.

But that's a societal issue that's only given lip service at most.

It's just remnants of DEI for former slave holding states. Supposedly they are ideologically opposed to it, but as usual it turns out that only applies when convenient. Practically every conservative achieving office does so thanks to DEI giving huge advantages to rural areas over places where people actually live and business actually happens.