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Poll Has AOC Leading Schumer by Nearly 20 Points in 2028 New York Primary
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AOC has it all. She's progressive, well educated, from a humble background, intelligent and good looking. I am rooting for her but I don't expect the Democratic Party to have a fair primary for that Senate seat.
People are turning against Chuck "my job is to keep the left pro-Israel" Schumer? Say it ain't so!
Schumer has already started cozying up to the most important election lobby.
Israel.
Activate AIPAC
I’ll be glad to see the back of Corporate DINO Schumer. Though after being booted, he’ll probably regularly show up on Fox News as a token Democrat to criticize anything the government does that helps the people more than the billionaires and corporations.
Trump already told U.S citizens that they won't be voting anymore after his election.
Any poll three years out is worthless bullshit.
I remember a time when the United States actually took a break from reporting on elections instead of manufacturing hype for four solid years between major elections.
The current political media landscape is exhausting, and I'm so sorry to everyone who is young enough to think that constant election projections are "normal."
yeah they do that so it burns people out and they check out
Plenty of time for her "own side" to stab her in the back.
I mean the polling shows for the 2036 race has me for the next car. /s
For that matter, any action three years out is worthless bullshit.
Primary for what position? What are they running for?
Aren't they both already representatives?
People have been pushing her to primary Chuck Schumer for his Senate seat which goes up for election in 2028
What does that mean and why is that different from her current role?
She is currently in the house as a rep for her district. There are 435 members.
She’s campaigning for the senate to represent the state. There are 100 members, two from each state.
Then she can have the voice of 10 million people count for 1 vote. And a Senator from Montana can have the voice of ~5% of that count for the same 1 vote.
Sorry for sounding down about it, we need better senators, but we need to overhaul the way the Senate works
This is why we have both the house of reps and the senate. The house of reps means that states with a high population get adequate representation, and the senate means that states with lower populations can still have a say instead of having no chance of outvoting the high pop states
Yeah I think thr house and senate are good as they are for that reason. It's the electoral college and gerrymandering districts that are the biggest election problems.
There are two seperate houses in congress, the house of reps, and the senate. Each state gets a number of reps proportional to its population. But they each get two senators no matter the size of the population. AOC is a rep in the house. Schumer is one of two senators for NY.
A primary election is an election within a party (in this case the democrats, of which they are both members). When he has to run for office again, she (or anyone) can challenge him as the Democratic candidate. If she were to win, then the only other way he could run would be under amother party (or without a party, called an independant).
Good succinct explanation.
Further reading on this type of legislature.
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Hypothetical race.
Don't think I can support anyone running against AOC. She's the best candidate by a country mile.
It's not even that she's so spectacular, it's just the other options are horrendously shit.
Gearing up for the tsunamis of useful idiots though telling me why we need a moderate candidate just like hillary and kamala.
why we need a moderate candidate just like hillary and kamala.
Screw the "don't rock the boat" candidates... unless they're the only option compared to the "let's destroy America!" candidate on the other side.
Not rocking the boat is better than setting the country on fire for no goddamn reason (if the system were burning down with a reasonable expectation we could make it better that'd be arguably different). I'm sure there are plenty that feel smugly superior for having "protested" by not voting, and I trust you don't mind the whole "country's on fire" thing going on (insert "this is fine" meme).
It's a two-pronged strategy.
The lesser-evil candidates piggyback on the greater-evil ones by saying "Hey, at least we're not as bad as that guy!"
It's super effective against useful idiots.
lol 🤡
Not American but from my point of view it looks like you need her more than anything. Her, and preferably many more just like her. Normal intelligent people from all walks of life. Decent human beings.
This is also why I've never had an issue with Elizabeth Warren, not that I want to be shilling for her here. I would've loved to see her get a real chance at the presidency though. While she might be relatively wealthy now she also came from a comparatively normal background, and she seems to remember living it, too (I obviously don't have her voting records in front of my face, but I've read almost everything she's ever written).
Got called a misogynist at Reddit back then for daring to suggest she might be a good candidate, because apparently that's what you are if you think she might have a better temperament than trump..
I digress, though. AOC is awesome.
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Good. I'll never forgive that simpering, cowardly, weak, spineless bitch for stabbing Al Franken in the back. He should quit while has a chance to do it without looking too bad, but if he won't, she should run him out in embarrassing and humiliating fashion.
AOC got into Congress by beating the #4 Democratic Congressional leader in the primary, now she's poised to beat the top Senate Democrat in the primary. She's an actual giant killer. All other Democrats should take note - it's not her politics that people are responding to, it's her strength. We need people who aren't afraid to stand up to the Nazis, and she is fearless.
It is her politics and her strength, and Also her transparency and her target demographic. She represents the people - not the big corporations, even the corporations that favor Democrats. She's here for the 99%, and to help her people, she is willing to take from the top 1% that never should have the money they possess.
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Promote AOC to senate!
I was thinking more like President but you do you.
Uh oh establishment dems... that's a huge margin.
Better pull strings to shoehorn the controlled opposition back in!
Quick! Gather the superdelegates! 🥴🦸♂️
The ONLY thing I'm learning from these Polls is that we need to go FURTHER RIGHT and Bring Back HARRIS!
-The DNC!
Biden is already offering to come out of retirement to help!
Fuck off you old POS. I’m so ready for someone like AOC to be the front runner. This country needs it whether the majority of people realize it or not.
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It's amazing to me that she's still only a congresswoman. I can't think of anybody who has been in the national spotlight for that long without moving up to at least senator, if not a cabinet position.
Senators are congresswomen, no?
Technically yes, but we commonly refer to members of the House as congressmen/women and members of the Senate as senators. Being a senator gives you more power because there are only 100 of them compared to 435 House members, so it is a meaningful distinction to make.
She speaks reality. People in control deal with very controlled messaging. They don’t like people they can’t control.
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