SHOCK POLL: AOC a Close Second Place Behind Kamala Harris in 2028 Democratic Primary
SHOCK POLL: AOC a Close Second Place Behind Kamala Harris in 2028 Democratic Primary
Ocasio-Cortez, finished a close second behind only former Vice President Kamala Harris in one recent poll measuring how Democrats feel about 2028.
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Stop with this shit. It's 2025. This is stupid.
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Women can't be president in America. We have a shitty culture that prevents that from happening. We keep trying, we keep failing. If you want to win, find another candidate with a dick. That's a requirement in America. Not saying I like it. Just saying that's reality.
If that was the case Hilary would have not won the popular vote
Bernie would have won the presidency.
Voting for Hillary was voting because I felt like I had to. Voting for Bernie felt like voting because I WANTED to. I'm sure many Americans felt the same way.
Exactly my feelings.
Only the dems celebrate losing.
Harris was less than 2% behind, and Clinton was ahead in the popular vote. I don't think gender was not a factor, but I also don't think it was a major one.
was less than 2% behind
You wouldn't believe how many people say it was a "blowout".
To me, if it was a baseball game and one team did 2% better than the other, I don't think that'd be called a blowout, but the election was...
Actually this is a good chance to prove things. Most would rather vote for a woman than Trump right now. This could be a perfect moment for a woman to get in power and kick some ass.
"People need to vote Democrat to keep the country from further imploding, so we're gonna make the candidate a woman. That way they'll HAVE to vote for a woman and we can check that off our list!"
this is a losing strategy, you're even considering doing it with the same loser from 2024. We lost both 2016 and 2024 by doing this exact same thing. What are you going to tell me next, that the candidate should be Jill Stein?
At least AOC is an actual good candidate, but again: woman. You'll lose.
As much as I want AOC, she won't win not because she's a woman, but because she's relatively young. We are all tired of these old, greedy, out of touch fuckers doing shit they wont have to live through the consequences of, but they get away with that shit for a reason. They aren't old. They have experience. AOC would be presented as inexperienced.
Which is ironic given how inexperienced the current failure is having been in the white house fucking twice.
Hillary needs to run in 2028. It is Hillary her turn. Again. This has nothing to do with them being horrible candidates. Only misogyny is responsible.
Nah, women can. The Democrats just keep picking bad candidates. That's all.
AOC is great, but probably still a bad candidate.
I would go with Taylor Swift. It's about charisma and following, and at least some proven progressive credentials. She fits the counter-counter culture narrative perfectly.
This is the kind of thinking that got us here.
How so? Trump's supporters figured out how people think. No amount of righteous rationalism or appeals to people's better nature wins elections. Populism is what wins. I mean obviously right?
Are you saying kamalacaust and taylor swift are basically the same candidate? smh.
Are you saying want taylor swift as president?
Yeah. Not because she's qualified for the job, but because I think she could win it for the left. That is all.
We already picked a game show host... is this actually worse? 🤷♂️ at least she's a billionaire that pretends to care about people
I think there is some reason to believe she actually gives a shit.
Nobody becomes a billionaire without exploiting many, many, many people.
But yeah, she might also believe that she's a good person
I agree with you, but her "exploitation" is basically using the tools capitalism handed her. The worst that could be said for her is that she might be aware of her privilege and not doing anything to give that up. But here's the thing - what rational actor within capitalism who amasses any power would just give it all up? Benevolent intentions only get you so far, and principle rarely gets anyone anywhere in this world.
Edit: Unless it's all bullshit, she's probably done more good with her wealth than any other billionaire I know. Which might not be saying much, but says a lot for her candidacy as "not a complete piece of shit". Something few ultra wealthy can claim.
We know poor people can't get elected as well.
Not only that, the establishment Democrat will win the primary due to the progressive vote being split over infighting among 50 different primary candidates. That's how we ended up with Biden.
trumps not surviving another 3.5 years in office, let's be real
I am skeptical about your assertion about needing a dude. So how about a compromise? Both AOC and Bernie primary for president, putting the other on the ticket as their VP. If one of them is defeated, they hand over their voters to their counterpart. The best candidate wins, and we get a fully progressive ticket.
It's possible, but Trump would have to fuck up really bad over and over and over again right before election day and have dementia so bad he couldn't even say his name anymore and the race between a woman and Trump's 3rd term would still be close
I'd like to think it's close because the republicans purged the rolls of most democrats, but it's probably just the misogyny
Two failed bids is not even close to statistically significant when you consider the huge number of other factors at play in an election.
Women can win if the democrats wanted to win.
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