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As Dem Voters Seek a 'Fight' With the Superrich, AOC is Now Their Favorite Candidate: Poll (www.commondreams.org)

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"An unmistakable majority wants a party that will fight harder against the corporations and rich people they see as responsible for keeping them down," wrote the New Republic's editorial director.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s sad but a ton of people won’t vote for her just because she’s a woman, and not white. It’s a sad mark of America but that’s just what it is.

People say that because Hillary and Kamala had zero charisma and policy to the right of the dem voter base, and performed as such.

AOC might be a little further left than some Dem voters, but she's still closer to them than whoever runs under an R will be.

But before Obama won everyone said you had to be full white and just half white, and he absolutely stomped 08 because of charisma and a policy platform a little to the left of the Dem voter base at the time.

It goes beyond that, there's a lot of reasons someone like AOC could easily become the next president, the thing is absolutely none of those people have anywhere near the name recognition as AOC.

They'd have a chance, but no one has as good of a chance as her, and that won't change before 2028.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't know. Definitely Clinton and Harris (have you noticed how women politicians are always referred to by their first name only, not their last name?) were the worst possible women to pick.

I truly hope she has the charisma and policy to get through despite being a brown woman (in the eyes of Americans).

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

have you noticed how women politicians are always referred to by their first name only, not their last name?

It started with Hillary because she intentionally blurred "Clinton" to refer to them as a "power couple". Bills first campaign they literally ran as a "2 for 1".

With Kamala, if I said "Harris" after Hillary it would be confusing for some people unfortunately.

I truly hope she has the charisma and policy

If you look at the three of them and can't tell AOC is leagues ahead of the other two...

It starts to make people who insist her skin color and gender matter really really start looking like bigots.

You know, that whole "reducing someone to only gender and race" thing bigots are known for...

That thing you insist on doing...