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Nate Silver Predicts Who Will Be The 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee

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Nate Silver Predicts Who Will Be The 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee

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Nate Silver? The gambling addict now funded by Peter Thiel to pump out pro-Trump analysis? That Nate Silver? The one who is no longer affiliated with FiveThirtyEight for undisclosed reasons?

Polling pundit Nate Silver predicts Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will be the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee.
- I kinda dare them to run Trump against AOC. Too bad our voting machines aren't open source so they are transparent and Musk will likely control elections going forward.
  
  Musk will likely control elections going forward
  Elections are run by the states themselves even for federal office. Notable race in particular for Musk was the Wisconsin Supreme Court race earlier this month. Musk poured millions to try to make it go the other way and tried to bribe voters with $1 million lotteries if they "signed a petition against activist judges". The Musk backed candidate still lost by 10 points
  Don't do his dirty work for him and suppress the vote before anything happens. The fight ain't over till it's over
  
  Trump can't run again, no matter what they keep saying about it. States control their own elections, and will not allow him on the ballot on the majority of the states because they actually give a shit about the constitution.

I think you need a Tim Waltz. You need to peel back some MAGA and a white man would do just that.
We'll see, though, I would love to see AOC at the house.
- You need to peel back some MAGA and a white man would do just that.
  Yeah, like the last Dem who flipped red states all over and helped out with down ballot races...
  You know, Barack Obama.
  People want progressive policy and couldnt give a fuck who the candidate was.
  AOC would smash trump or anyone else, because she has good policy and isn't ashamed of it.
  
  "People want progressive policy and couldnt give a fuck who the candidate was."
  I don't think this squares with reality. Democrats ran women against Donald Trump twice, and a boring old white man once.
  I think ignorance runs too deep, and there's a larger swath of "well-meaning" centrist voters who "daggum just know a woman cain't do the job!" than we want to admit.
  And it fucking sucks.
- I'd rather her be Speaker of the House or go Senate and be party leader. Progressive needs to be more that a minority that's afraid to push too hard or get shut down by their own party. Plus both of those are more long-term positions of power, and in some ways more powerful than a President (well, legally). She can run for President later to finish off her political career.
  
  This would be a great path for her.
  
  Yup. Aoc is perfect for a party leader.

They've already picked newsom.

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