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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    I like what he’s doing right now. Mocking drumpf using his own stupid style of tweets is absolutely perfect and really seems to get under the pedo/rapist’s skin.

    But I am not sure about him running for the presidency. I mean yes he’s better that the orange cancer… But can’t we do better? We need better!

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    Nobody sensible wants Harris. She was shit before, no way she’ll get better. Is she trying to throw the next election too?

    FFS the centrists are failures.

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    Kamala is just looking for easy W’s, when she actually had to do work she decided to back out of “toxic” politics…

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

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            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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          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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            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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              I think there are a lot of older white men/women and hispanic men who vote Democrat but have conservative ideals.

              They’re called Neoliberals usually

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      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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    I think we should look to outside talent. The lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss is available and probably more personable despite several years of decomposition.

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    Democrats is somehow always able to find worse candidates than the last one…

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    Fuuuuck the DNC. I really hope that people actually vote in the primaries, if they actually happen, and we don’t end up with another fucking corporate fellating Dem on the ticket for the general election. Then again, I don’t want to hear about the goddamn next presidential election when the mid-terms are next in line.