In a battle between two Californians considering Democratic runs for president in 2028, Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a slight edge over former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new poll.
The poll, conducted by Politico and The Citrin Center public opinion firm, found Newsom is the top choice of 25% of California’s Democratic voters in the 2028 Democratic primary, leading all prospective candidates including Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, who is supported by 19% of the state’s Democrats.
The two high-profile Californians are followed in the poll by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (13%), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (10%), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (4%) and New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (4%).
I don’t want newsom to run
Not Kamala. Democrats just refuse to learn fucking anything don’t they
I also don’t want Kamala to run either
I like what he’s doing right now. Mocking drumpf using his own stupid style of tweets is absolutely perfect and really seems to get under the pedo/rapist’s skin.
But I am not sure about him running for the presidency. I mean yes he’s better that the orange cancer… But can’t we do better? We need better!
It’s an obvious ploy to gain cultural following leading up to his run. He hired a PR team and this is the result.
Just to refresh memories, back in 2020 Democratic primary voters decided that picking a candidate exclusively on their perceived ability to fight Trump was more important than one who would be the best President. That didn’t end up working so well in the long run.
If the Democrats don’t elect a transformative President that will twist arms in Congress and put the people ahead of the oligarchs, then get used to the idea of President Vance in 2032.
Other than AOC, that list might as well be Republicans.
I’d probably separate out Tim Walz on that list as well, even if he’s still not quite AOC.
Yeah, I’m relatively cool with him. I like Minnesota politicians in general.
A sack of potatoes tops Kamala Harris. She dropped out in 2020 because she would not pass the first round.
Fuck you, Gavin. Stay home. We don’t need you effing this up.
Nobody sensible wants Harris. She was shit before, no way she’ll get better. Is she trying to throw the next election too?
FFS the centrists are failures.
I’m done voting for Neoliberals.
Kamala was the last one.
The lesser of two evils will not save us.
In the primary.
at any time
/gestures around in all directions
STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL
I really don’t want to imagine Newsom topping Kamala Harris.
Kamala is just looking for easy W’s, when she actually had to do work she decided to back out of “toxic” politics…
Shut the fuck up.
Harris better not even try. Even less people would vote for a “loser”. No matter who was to blame for her crash & burn.
A white, straight, male ofc it will Newsom that runs for dems 2028. Kamala for vp again perhaps?
I’m sure the comments here won’t be a complete shit show…
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An Ocasio-Cortez / Walz ticket would be a dream come true. I believe Newsom is too much of a neoliberal and opportunist to actually begin to revert the US into a progressive state, and would ultimately cause someone like DeSantis to be elected afterwards.
Waltz/AOC would have a much better chance of success since America is still pretty sexist.
Dems should prove thsy by actually allowing a decent woman being the candidate
Right now isn’t the best time to try to prove a point.
Time for more terrible candidates i guess
Yeah, because Hillary, Kamala, and AOC are all candidates of equal quality (women), and even considering a woman is a mistake, because as we all know, women shouldn’t and can’t try to become leaders in government.
Libs are so fucking eager to surrender to misogyny. It is sickening.
The problem isn’t that the previous candidates were women, it was that everyone fucking hated them and their policies were monstrous.
Hillary, Kamala, and AOC
What point are you trying to make? Because one of those is not like the other…
Each of them is better than Trump, but Hillary and Harris are basically Republican light with shitty, shady pasts.
They fucking managed to LOSE to fucking Trump that tells you all you need to know about them.
I think he was being sarcastic. “They are woman so they are basically the same.” Is the argument he is attacking.
I think he was being sarcastic. “They are woman so they are basically the same.” Is the argument he is attacking.
Also Walz will be in his 70s in 2036, AOC will be pushing 50. I’d much rather Walz 2028-2036 and then run AOC 2036-2044.
Sexism is more of a problem when you’re trying to win over conservative voters…
The dems who voted for Biden and stayed home for Harris were older white men/women and older Hispanic men.
Those groups have issues with toxic masculinity and racism, implying the reason they stayed home was because the canidate with the same platform was not a white man like Biden.
Sounds kinda conservative to me 🤷 I’m just saying if you’re a minority running for the office, don’t pivot towards people who see your identity as an issue.
I think there are a lot of older white men/women and hispanic men who vote Democrat but have conservative ideals.
They’re called Neoliberals usually
I am well aware. But my dream is AOC / Walz for 2 terms, then Walz and his VP pick
“Okay, we’ve had a 40 year old president now. Time to switch back to someone pushing 70.”
I just vomited a lot a bit…
Edit: honestly I’ve been having this reaction a lot when hearing about neo liberals and fascists. The first part of your comment is my dream and the last part is feeling like the nightmare reality.
Walz/AOC would also work
