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.
And how is Buttigieg qualified to lead the country? He did fuck all as the Secretary of Transportation. He's a pro-corporate hack.
I'm gay and he has never given me a reason to like him. Him acting like Medicare for All would be a bad thing was what initially turned me off from him.
He's mouthy and good with the bully pulpit, which is engaging television and probably wins over hearts and minds WAY better than progressive policy (sadly).
The right person has to have the charisma AND the progressive underpinning. Style and substance.
But I would take enough charisma to shut down MAGA at this point, even if it was a bit establishment. Piecemeal it. IDK if we'll get the style and substance candidate, or how much that will matter.
Unfortunately, we can't afford to mess around. The fresh water crisis is something America has to deal with - sooner, rather than later. There are many other crises than water and health care, and they are all very urgent.
If being a progressive has been reduced to: "I'm slightly to the left of Republicans, but just as pro-capitalist as them", then the term has been co-opted or watered-down to meaninglessness.
It's like the term "Libertarian" being co-opted by capitalists. The original meaning of libertarianism had nothing to do with capitalism, free markets, deregulation, and privatization.
AOC.
American society has demonstrated, twice, that it prefers a mentally retarded duck to a woman, perhaps we should take note.
God I hate that this is true.
Hey, remind me, what place did kamala get in the primary against Joe Biden in 2020? Oh wait, she dropped out because she was literally the most divisive and least popular candidate. Elizabeth Warren was like fucking 3rd. I still have her "billionaire tears" mug. Which was a strategy she was told to tone down because she was offending the rich donors.
Yes, the worst, most divisive female neoliberal warhawks lost. DNC candidates truly suck.
Idk if you want this to be your mindset. It's dangerous and can lead to collapse. This is the start of a potential snowball into total mistrust of the society towards the government. Just look at this as an exception like your darkest days.
AOC
Can we clone her so she can run for President, and Schumer's seat at the same time?
Please don't pick ass kisser of the year Pete Buttigieg. Dude is just another corporate cuck.
I guess that all depends on who else runs. If it's just a bunch of standard establishment Democratic neolibs, then sure, let's go with the one who knows how to talk. Of course, if that's what the entire field looks like, then we'll be back to getting wiped off the map again in 2032.
More than that. His dad is one of the translators of Antoni Gramsci to English language. He is well educated in how capitalist states use cultural hegemony to maintain power and chose to serve the ruling class interests.
She wasn't who they wanted in 2024 either. If there was a real primary she would have been demolished.
I'm pretty sure that Kamala was the establishment's first choice in 2020 then, after voters rejected her, they switched to Biden and stuck her in the VP slot.
I dislike Kamala, but because of bidens hubris, she was the best choice for 2024.
She immediately got access to bidens war chest and was immediately able to start campaigning with infrastructure and money…
Biden dropping out so late made Kamala the only real choice…
She was a terrible candidate who always chose the wrong way to campaign, but unfortunately she was the best candidate.
AOC should be the first choice. Buttigieg is not in tune with lower and middle-class America. However, he is a former Naval Intelligence officer and he is not an idiot.
I've seen interviews with him, I think definitely don't think he's an establishment Democrat. Him with AOC as VP would be a progressive ticket, at least as far as the US would go.
Wall Steet Pete worked for McKinsey on grocery pricing in Canada. Recommend you head over to lemmy.ca to see how that's going.
"Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez and Harris are the top three picks for Democrats" - just through polling. No announcements on running from either
They've been grooming Buttigieg for a run since the start of the Biden admin. They paraded him out at every televised crisis and he was going on every swing voter talk show. He's kicked into high gear going on podcasts and putting out YT and tik too content. If they don't run him in 2028 I would be so surprised. Imo he should announce his intent now and start a years long tour of podcasts, rallies and TV appearances.
Like Harris, I don't think Biden cared to build up Buttigieg. Remember those train disasters? Or the rail strike? Biden faded into the background and tasked Buttigieg with handling then, which at first blush just looks like the Transportation Secretary getting stuck with handling messaging for transportation problems, except trains aren't actually under Transportation and he was just getting tasked with shit issues because Biden's team wanted to hold onto power for as long as possible.
He's obviously going to run, but instead of a conspiracy by elite masterminds working for a common purpose, the establishment seems more like a bunch of selfish assholes who are constantly trying to maximize their personal wealth and power.
Remember those train disasters? Or the rail strike?
Or the interminable shipping logjam in which the price of everything went through the roof and therefore the economy was great and shut up?
This is ridiculous. None of these 3 will ultimately get the nod. It's been pretty obvious for a while now that the "safe" candidate for 2028 will be Liz Cheney. Pete of course will be the VP pick.
I dunno, seems like Pete's just playing to the base, and they have no choice but to vote Democratic. Maybe Mitt Romney instead. Now that's a ticket that can net us a few hundred Never Trump Republicans.
It'll work this time!
Seems bizarre that Newsom is not on the list when he's the most likely to win.