Early Predictions 2028: AOC, Whitmer, Newsome or …?

[Anonymous]

What'd she get in the 2020 primary? Like 1%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only a white Christian male can win.

Don't worry people Trump already told you there will be no elections "working on the third term" "working on the fourth term"

I don’t necessarily think they have to be white but a Christian male will have the highest likelihood of winning if we are being honest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are little clusters of Democrats in this country, & most of you live in one of these clusters. If you get away from these clusters, you will find that what you guys call facism, the rest of the country calls repairing the damage that Democrat administrations have caused. High crime, bad schools, rampant illegal immigration, homelessness—these are the legacy of Democrat policies, and everybody knows it.

These are just ignorant talking points and sound bites. And people can come on here and say whatever they want and think that their opinion is equally valid as others, or as sound as other. And they're not always. This is one of those times.

FASCISM has a specific definition and characteristics. We've seen it in other authoritarian regimes. And we are seeing it here now. The extreme Nationalism. Trying to take control of elections. Suppressing free speech. Using military force against their own citizens. Extreme rhetoric and name-calling. Willing to manipulate data and research and numbers. That's all MAGA. So fascist is an accurate label. You may not like what Dems stand for, but the way you're reacting and what your supporting is most definitely fascism. And your doing it with a smile. Which is LITERALLY every dystopian movie. And you're too stupid to recognize it.

Stupidity = your post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

I think she will make it to the end of the primaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

I like her and would vote for her but I think that she reads way too NYC. We don't need any California or NYC candidates this time.

I think it's important that we let the primary play out and really see who communicates well. The most important thing (rather than dictating demographic characteristics before the race even starts) is sussing out who has appeal and knows how to draw in voters. Like him or not, Biden had that. Obama had that. Clinton had that. The first term Dem candidates who have lost in the past 50 years, didn't have that broad appeal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

Yes, all the above…but wrong skin color and sex. This is America after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

I think she will make it to the end of the primaries.

Sure. And then lose the election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

I think she will make it to the end of the primaries.

I don’t disagree but she is not a viable national candidate. Winning the most liberal states, as we have seen, is not enough in a presidential election. She needs to be able to connect with voters in purple states and I just don’t see it. She’s a NYC liberal with some far left rhetoric and policies (that I know she has tried to tone down as of late) that will not play in Ohio, Michigan, Arizona.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

Yes, all the above…but wrong skin color and sex. This is America after all.

It's not her skin color and sex. I'm not voting for a strident, argumentative New Yorker who rarely says anything that's conciliatory or compromising or tactful. No, thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

I think she will make it to the end of the primaries.

I don’t disagree but she is not a viable national candidate. Winning the most liberal states, as we have seen, is not enough in a presidential election. She needs to be able to connect with voters in purple states and I just don’t see it. She’s a NYC liberal with some far left rhetoric and policies (that I know she has tried to tone down as of late) that will not play in Ohio, Michigan, Arizona.

!1 Exactly!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

I think she will make it to the end of the primaries.

I don’t disagree but she is not a viable national candidate. Winning the most liberal states, as we have seen, is not enough in a presidential election. She needs to be able to connect with voters in purple states and I just don’t see it. She’s a NYC liberal with some far left rhetoric and policies (that I know she has tried to tone down as of late) that will not play in Ohio, Michigan, Arizona.

Sure, but if AOC runs she is going to get 20/30 percent of the vote in every single primary and caucus, whether Iowa, NH, SC, Nevada and so on. If there are ten other candidates splitting the remaining vote, AOC will be leading the delegate count very quickly for the Democratic nomination. She will certainly have the money and the staff to make it to the end. If Democrats don't coalesce around a viable alternative to AOC by Super Tuesday, then I think the nomination is hers as she then racks up big wins in California, NY, etc and takes those delegate hauls.

Can she win the general? Conventional wisdom says no. But these are weird times. Americans will be sick and tired of old men running the show. Vance is cringe and unappealing. Republicans will be broadly unpopular and mostly loathed. Rural conservative boomers are dying every day. Younger people and Hispanics who voted for Trump are once again repelled by Republicans. I don't think anything is predictable today.

But I do believe AOC is far stronger than people in DC think. Being the anti-establishment candidate is a huge plus in this environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

It is electoral votes that count, not the majority of voters. AOC will be interesting to watch. She could sweep the primary, but whether she can garner enough independents is the question. The independents are key.

The other question is whether the dem candidate is likely to pick up where Trump started in terms of censorship, manipulation, etc or clean things up. I think the candidate is unlikely to roll back anything that gives the President more power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, back to naming potential candidates at this point in time.

Will Harris run again? Is her book giving her some traction or is she cooked?

Harris is cooked. The field remains wide open. There are no favorites or front runners at present.

I don't expect much to happen until after midterms, but I will be watching AOC. She has her committee and is deciding whether to run for Senate or President. She would start off strong. She'll get the Sanders voters and she will get a lot of the youth vote. Democrats are going to have to coalesce around someone else early if they want to stop her. Having 6-12 candidates going deep into the primaries would work in AOC's favor.

I think Newsom gets wrecked by AOC if he's the alternative. So Democrats should probably find a midwesterner or southerner. I think AOC is going to be a juggernaut if she decides to run. Her charisma, authenticity, and her online game is on point. She will be tough to beat in this climate. People are pissed - both at the GOP and establishment Democrats. Some kind of "rebel" candidate is appealing for many voters. And after 12 years of 80+ geriatrics in the White House, her youth actually works in her favor. It's not a liability. When it comes to the nomination, she looks strong right now.

There is no way AOC will get the majority of American voters to cast their votes for her.

It is electoral votes that count, not the majority of voters. AOC will be interesting to watch. She could sweep the primary, but whether she can garner enough independents is the question. The independents are key.

The other question is whether the dem candidate is likely to pick up where Trump started in terms of censorship, manipulation, etc or clean things up. I think the candidate is unlikely to roll back anything that gives the President more power.

She got tons of Trump voters. So much so that she asked her followers about it and did an IG live about it. They said she and Trump were both pro-worker.