FlashMobOfOneMay 31, 2025

New poll shows who Dems want in 2028 — and it’s not Kamala Harris

https://lemmy.world/post/30538904

New poll shows who Dems want in 2028 — and it’s not Kamala Harris - Lemmy.World

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.

Show threadFlashMobOfOneMay 31, 2025

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.

Show threadFMT99May 31, 2025
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.
Show threadÆnima
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!
Jun 1, 2025 at 2:31amWeb
Show threadFlashMobOfOneJun 1, 2025
It seems Democrats are content to just ignore how Bernie and AOC are filling football stadiums in red states, because MSNBC just repeats that common drumbeat that only centrists are electable.
Show threadÆnimaJun 1, 2025
Looking back, the old guard in the DNC needs to go. They’re still reeling from when they last ran a progressive and Nixon took like 48/50 states. I think that explains some of their hesitation. However, those were vastly different times and before Nixon – and moreover Reagan – started dismantling the guardrails that helped create the middle-class.