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Gavin Newsom surges in 2028 presidential primary poll

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2d ago

Gavin Newsom surges in 2028 presidential primary poll

www.newsweek.com /primary-presidential-poll-newsom-surge-2115412

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no matter what i will not vote for him
I don't want to lose him, but Gov Ned Lamont from CT is a pretty good governor. Maybe a little bit more towards the center than some would like but he's done a good job with jobs, taxes and covid
Fuck this guy. Fuck him. He's a piece of shit that's desperate to be the next president because he's seen how low the bar is.
I'm a Californian, and I know we can do better. Demand better, America.
This fuckin guy has been moving right for the last several years. This is the same strategy that lost the Democrats the last election, and it will lose them the next one.
- He has always been on the right
  
  You're probably right. I just watched as he wasted no time implementing the Supreme Court ruling that cities could outlaw homelessness. More recently he's been sitting down with far right media personalities.
- I don't think so. A white centrist man beat Trump in 2020. That's all the qualification it takes apparently which is handy because that's all Newsom has to offer but I can see him coming out on top.
  
  Biden won in 2020 on a "not Trump" platform. He then proceeded to do fuck-all for working people, and fuck-all to prevent another Trump term. Dems figured they could skate by with the same type of campaign again, and they were wrong.
  
  At some point you people are going to have to accept the fact that there were extenuating circumstances in 2020. And without those Trump would have been a consecutive two-term president.
  If the Democrats shove Newsom down our throats we'll have another GOP president following Trump.
I hate how stupid my fucking country is.
- "Biden failed. This we can agree on." "but.... But, maybe Newsom!"
  I also fucking hate it here.
  
  It's the same people who then say Clinton and Harris only lost because they're women
- Yeah it's going to be Newsom vs Vance and the left will scream that it should have been Bernie and that they'll be voting for Jill Stein.
  
  Then maybe we should offer the left a candidate that they'll vote for. It'd be a nice change of pace.
  
  No, it's going to be Newsom against Donald Trump Jr. , In an epic battle of Kimberly Guilfoyle's exes....
  (Yes, she was married to Newsom, and then engaged to Junior for years before they split up)
Eww no
No. He should do what he can to push out and fight against this current regime, but nobody likes him or wants him as a president. Nobody.
- That's a pretty good point
  I'm appreciating Newsom as a foil to Trump, and want him to continue that, but I really wouldn't want him to be the Democratic nominee. I'd much rather have a Mamdani-esque nominee
- You've got to remember that you and I are not the average Democratic primary voter. Clearly there are plenty of Democrats who think this is a good idea.
  
  You should read the article. In the pole referenced Newsom is in 6th place. He got a higher than expected percentage of the poling which the author has blown up here with their deceptive clickbaity headline. Possibly in an effort to make people think that Newsom is the favorite.
  Not that I'd be really happy to vote for the actual favorite in the pole which is Kamala Harris. Though I would absolutely vote for her over Newsom any day of the week.
  
  NOBODY.
  ...yeah I know just let me have something
It is twenty-fucking-twenty-five. Why on earth is this a thing that even exists?
At this point, it's tantamount to a name ID poll.
He's nothing if not a political opportunist. Really hoping a better candidate starts gaining traction though.
We really are in the idiocracy timeline.
Politicians are picked on their staffer’s ai meme game
- It's far worse than Idiocracy.
Republicans are rigging elections because they know that if they lose power, they're going to hang for their crimes.
While I know this is nothing more than name recognition at this point, still just ugh...
Dem party infighting is exactly what the GOP wants. Don’t fall for it.
- Why are you talking like this before a primary even happens? Why do you want the Democratic party to lose? What you disparage as "infighting" sane people would call debate.
  There's a toxic impulse among some centrists, the kind of folks that the label "Blue MAGA" applies to. This toxic impulse is to take a very Big Brother or Trumpian approach to politics. Circle the wagons. Support the leadership no matter what. Don't try to improve the party or make sure the best candidate wins. Don't focus on holding bad actors accountable. Just vote for dear leader and everything will be fine.
  You're not even waiting til the after the primary to start vomiting "Vote Blue No Matter Who."
- Are you kidding? Infighting is the only thing that will lead to a decent candidate. Primary fights are great
  
  My cat’s name is Toast
- good thing I'm a leftist and not a dem.
  respond "Nobody asked" if you're a fascist
  
  Nobody asked
  Keep up the edits, “lEftIsT”
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Because every candidate surging in polls 3 years ahead of the election have ever made it close to winning.
It's kinda sad to just hope that there will still be elections, at that point...
- Oh there will be "elections".
Ughhhhhh
Ew. Patrick Bateman much?

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