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SHOCK POLL: AOC a Close Second Place Behind Kamala Harris in 2028 Democratic Primary
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Why is Harris even mentioned? She should disappear like Hillary.
Nobody wants this person to run again.
Anyone doing a poll would be negligent not to include the previous nominee and former vice president. That's not to imply she's a good choice, only that she's an obvious choice.
Good point 👍
Harris polls in 1st place
Lemmy Leftists: "no one wants Harris!"
Y'all are in a bubble.
Harvard poll: 72% of Dem voters prefer more left-leaning candidates like Sanders and AOC over moderates like Harris.
Lemmy Leftists: Yes.
Cryophilia: Y'all are in a bubble.
Unfortunately that poll had some very loaded wording in it that doesn't necessarily lead to the conclusion it's trying to present
From page 20:
72% of Democratic voters answered "yes".
Go ahead and point out this alleged "loaded wording".
You don't see it?
You're assuming that because they want more candidates to obstruct the current administration, that they would also prefer those candidates and throw actual policies in every other situation.
Because they mixed progressive and opposing the admin together in one question, you can't tell which part is really what they're agreeing with.
Using this specific question to claim they want more progressive candidates is futile. This is basic polling literacy stuff...
The problem is that you think people are too stupid to understand the question, and only you are smart enough to figure it out.
It's a basic question asking if people prefer Dems like AOC and Sanders, who have a more aggressive stance against Trump, over moderate Dems who will compromise with Trump. It's very straightforward.
Nowhere did I imply I was the only one who could understand it. What i did say was that the was this was worded could not be taken to mean the same as the stripped down version you presented.
Half of Americans read at or below a 6th grade level. This is NOT a straightforward question in the way you're claiming. In case you haven't been paying attention, this country is full of absolute morons who continue to vote against their own interests because of some memes on the Internet...
Harris is guaranteed to lose 2028 if she is somehow the dem nominee instead of the republican nominee. There aren't enough right wingers willing to abandon the name republican to vote for her.
She just hasn't moved to the right enough yet! How many more cheneys are there? Any more minorities to break solidarity with?
We'll see how your fucking bubble turns out when the time comes. Harris couldnt even beat fucking Trump and you think she will win a primary? Batshit.
These are democratic primaries we're talking about.
One she already lost once. And was given the role without a vote the second time.
Exactly. As long as the nominee isn't progressive, they'll move heaven and earth to make sure our options are fascism and second worst to fascism. Regardless of who wins. The party prefers hereditary dictatorship headed by the trump family over a progressive in any seat for any length of time.
She has never won a Democratic primary in her life.
The same ones shes literally already lost before? Insane.
It's literally in the title. First place.
What an obnoxious and aggressive person. Yikes
So she'll win a primary this time, right?
If the vote were right now, then according to this poll, yes
You delusional fucks are literally denying reality
This is why Kamala Harris famously won the 2020 nomination and went on to become president, because she was polling in first place before the campaign process started.
Famously was a strong contender across all of 2020 and won her home state easily!
Wait she fucking flopped in a sea of other milquetoast candidates, which is why they all dropped out before Super Tuesday to help Biden.
It's in the title, dude. First place.
Yeah, just like she was in 2019 before the campaign started, which is why she was elected president.
I guess the difference is that those polls were only like a year out from the election while this one's over three years away. Maybe that means this one will be more meaningful?? Somehow???
Anecdotally, my sister does. I was baffled when she said it and had to try my best to respond politely, because she's the only other person in my family who isn't a Republican.
From my perspective, she bombed out of 2020 despite being a media darling cast as the frontrunner, and then was just handed the nomination in 2024 without a real primary and still lost, both of which demonstrate she has terrible political instincts and isn't popular enough to win. From her perspective, the fact that she dropped out in 2020 before any votes were casts means she was never given a fair chance, and the fact that she was handed the nomination meant she didn't have enough time to make her case and the unusual circumstances are what caused her to lose, and if she just had another chance she'd nail it.
I'm pretty sure she's an outlier though and most people are just saying Kamala because of name recognition.
Your sister is pointing at every tree while missing the forest.
I'm fine with her running in a Primary.
This bro lives in a bubble with steel plating.
Nah, thats you.
A lot more people show up to listen to people like AOC. Harris is MIA.
Get out of your bubble
A crowd of 30,000 in a metropolitan area of 3 Million people. We don't need our best to draw the biggest crowds we need them to get the most votes.