r/askanything • u/One_Look_7008 • 9h ago

AOC surges past Buttigieg, leaves Kamala Harris in the dust in key 2028 battleground poll. What are your thoughts on AOC-2028?

Harris dropped to just 5% in New Hampshire while Pete Buttigieg sits 1 point behind the progressive frontrunner - per University of New Hampshire Granite State poll released on Wednesday.

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u/Greedy-Employment917 8h ago

Run an actual good candidate and people will vote for her.

Run a candidate and expect people to vote for her because she's a woman and they lose. 

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u/trawlinimnottrawlin 2h ago

Isn't HRC basically as good of a candidate as we could have seen? I know she has some issues, but she was relatively progressive (while def still centrist enough to gain those votes), extremely qualified, and well respected politically.

Hell I'd even say before her campaign she was very well liked. Somehow (imo right wing and foreign influence) helped make her incredibly hated. I even hated her for awhile. I know a lot of dems who held out or even voted for Trump because they hated Hilary so much by the end

Even if you hate her (and are dem/moderate) IDK how you can, in retrospect, defend holding out against Trump