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Who will become the next president of the United States? Well, a new poll may shed some light on who'll be running come 2028.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, has surged to the top of the latest 2028 Democratic presidential primary poll, the first time the progressive has led the field. According to the most recent poll by AtlasIntel, 26% of Democratic voters said they would back Ocasio-Cortezs presidential bid, with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and California Gov. Gavin Newsom coming in second and third, respectively.
On the Republican side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio leads the field of potential candidates with 45.4% of primary voters. Behind him in a distant second and third are Vice President JD Vance and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
As of now, President Donald Trump has refused to choose between Rubio and Vance to succeed him in 2028. During a White House event on May 11, Trump said the pair would make a perfect ticket for a run in the next presidential elections.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/aoc-rubio-lead-2028-presidential-194930035.html
Fiendish Thingy
(24,175 posts)Its still way too early to have any predictive value, but AOC did give a couple of excellent, passionate speeches this week that got some media attention (dont know if the poll was done before or after the speeches).
Rubio is sort of the winner by default- Vance simply has much higher negatives, as does De Santis.
Were still at least 8 mos away from any declarations of candidacies.
I better start saving now- I didnt expect AOC to run, but if she does, she will get my support.
(I still think she should run for Schumers seat in 2028, not president)
SheilaAnn
(10,785 posts)that statement is, it's probably true. America is quite primitive in many ways.
PatSeg
(53,603 posts)I really thought I'd live long enough to see a woman president; we came so close twice. Now I just can't see taking the risk of losing the next presidential election.
As for Ocasio-Cortez, I think maybe she should run for the senate. I don't think she has the experience yet for the presidency and she probably would do more good in the senate. Not every bright star needs to become president to make a difference.
Maybe my grandchildren will see a woman president.
mr715
(4,208 posts)'My ambitions are for something greater...'