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%).

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[–] 84 points 1 year ago (16 children)

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.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Waltz/AOC would have a much better chance of success since America is still pretty sexist.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Dems should prove thsy by actually allowing a decent woman being the candidate

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Right now isn't the best time to try to prove a point.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Sexism is more of a problem when you're trying to win over conservative voters....

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    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.

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