Game of Thrones

[Divine Spark]

That was an interesting sort of social experiment there. Jon was a bastard and Sansa was a woman... neither on paper was a slam dunk. I guess they were more sexist than elitist.

In all seriousness though, Jon was the obvious choice. They were going to war, and Jon as Commander of the Night Watch on paper at least was probably the more experienced military leader than Sansa. Not that Jon's necessarily the best guy on the planet in this regard... but he's seen his share.

I imagine now that they're in a more peaceful time, someone like Sansa would have a better shot. Though being the only Stark left in Winderfell, I suppose she basically wins by defualt anyways.

They always had the option of making Jon a legitimate Stark like how Ramsey became a legitimate Bolton. So him being a bastard isn’t really much of an issue and so he definitely had the stronger claim to the throne than Sansa.