New poll shows who Dems want in 2028 — and it’s not Kamala Harris
New poll shows who Dems want in 2028 — and it’s not Kamala Harris
The poll finds that the former Vice President and Democratic candidate for 2024 isn't the top pick for Democrats going into 2028.
The poll, released on May 30 by Atlas Intel, found Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former transportation secretary in the Biden administration, to be the top pick among Democrats who responded to the survey.
A total of 31.5% of self-identified Democrats who responded to the poll said they would vote for Buttigieg for president in four years, according to the poll.
Other surveys in May from firms such as Echelon Insights and McLaughlin & Associates have found Harris in first place in the hypothetical primary, making Atlas Intel’s poll stand out among the rest.
Harris is the third most popular pick among Democrats in the poll, falling behind U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
That's it? After not having primary and being force choked with worst possible candidates for years the indigned dems turn around and point to... Mayo Pete as their desired candidate?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't worry, I can assure you they'll rig another geriatric fool and gg ez their way through the primary to make sure AOC or any serious progressive doesn't win just like Bernie.
If Trump actually managed to remove the two term limit, you bet your ass they'd prop up Clinton with some puppet wire.
TLDR: It's Mayor Pete in the lead in this poll, followed by AOC in second.
And an AOC candidacy would really, really excite me if I didn't know that Democrats rig their primaries. It'll be someone that rich people love who gets the nod, likely Mayor Pete or Gavin Newsom, and then Democrats will wonder how they could have possibly lost to JD Vance.
And an AOC candidacy would really, really excite me if I didn't know that Democrats rig their primaries.
Yeah at this point I think you could take a person from my own life that I have literal love and respect for and I would still be more inclined to interpret surviving a primary as a character indictment than as reason for optimism.
Pete has been making the rounds on various right and left'ish podcasts and channels, that's probably why his name is coming up. Though he avoids discussion on specific policy or make any firm stances.
Basically he's doing the Democrat Dance. Saying lots of words with little or no substance or committment.
Host: "America is feeling a lot of economic pain."
Pete: "I aknowledge and empathize with that pain."
Host: ".....and? What would you do about it if you were president?"
Pete: "Yes! So, about that local sports team..."
Democrats will wonder how they could have possibly lost to JD Vance.
Lost to Trump. He's running for a third term and he's tearing down as much infrastructure as he can to do it. This isn't going to be a representative democracy if Trump and the goons behind him stay in power. Infighting and implosion is all we can hope for.
He's repeatedly said he won't... not that he can't change his mind but I'd be really surprised if he ran again. There's a much better chance of him dying in office than running again, let alone winning given he'd literally have to get a constitutional amendment passed. The supreme court is conservative but they have a strong record of swatting down his more ridiculous claims, including when he tried to challenge the 2020 election results.
Even if she got past the primaries the US public is so brainwashed that I doubt she'd make it. I'd love it if she did but.. I don't see it.
You forget the split ticket in the last election where people who voted down ticket for tRump and republicans only to overwhelmingly vote for AOC. She has the popularity to bridge the divides and unite labor against the wealthy. This tour with Bernie will further cement her popularity with the masses!
It's already been decided that Newsom will get the nomination. He has the most important asset, that both Harris and AOC both lack: a penis. If there's one lesson that Democrats have learned over the past 12+ years, it's that penis-havers have an advantage.
Buttigieg is an interesting wild card: Is simply having a penis enough to win, or does it matter how you use it?
If there’s one lesson that Democrats have learned over the past 12+ years, it’s that penis-havers have an advantage.
That's the only lesson you learned? Really? Nothing else comes to mind?
Oh, I've learned a lot more about why we keep electing shitty people, but that's the only lesson the Democrats have learned.
Seems like the more important take is that 68.5% do not want (or at least does not prefer) the most popular candidate, that's a level of fractured that should be prompting some introspection from the party.
Not really? We're still 3.5 years out from the next presidential election, most people aren't even thinking about who they're voting for yet. People won't be announcing their candidacy for another 2 years so this is all premature anyways.
That's fair, we didn't want her in 2024 or 2020 either...
I'd vote for Illhan Omar or Rashida Tlaib.
Not that I really think elections are going to happen.
McKinsey Pete to the rescue!