Independent Senator Bernie Sanders floated Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a potential presidential candidate in the 2028 elections, saying that even though it’s “her decision to make,” she is a “very, very good politician.”
Speaking to Axios, Sanders said that he has been “out on the streets with her” and noticed how she responds when people come up to her. “It’s so incredibly genuine and open.”
Ocasio-Cortez is seemingly positioning herself to run for higher office, whether it is challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his seat or to make a run for president.
As inappropriate and watered down as it sounds, I honestly don’t think this country is going to vote in a female president this decade. Race plays a part too, but I honestly think that this country is more sexist than it is racist when it comes to presidential voting. It’s partially a gut feelings, but I think gender played a bigger role than many people think in the 2016 and 2024 elections. As messed up as it sounds, I think Bernie POTUS with AOC VP would stand a better chance of winning right now as opposed to the other way around. Even with all of the socialist/communist boogie-man bullshit that Bernie gets thrown at him.
I kinda agree, but crucially I think it’s less that the country isn’t ready to vote for a female president, it’s that after Kamala and Hillary, the Dems think the issue is with them being women.
Also the republicans would have no issue voting in a woman if it was one of their own.
And also, Bernie is way too old to be president. I think the most realistic thing would be to put a “”“moderate”“” dem on the ticket to help ease the pearl clutching from corporate Dems you would get by running AOC so someone like Waltz or Newsom.
I’ve said this before, but I listen to a politics podcast and one of their commentators was in the US for several weeks in the run-up to the last election. They said that over and over again they heard variations on “I hate Trump and everything he stands for, but I couldn’t trust the country to a woman”. That includes people who’d voted for Obama and Biden.
Obviously that wasn’t the only factor, and it doesn’t mean that AOC couldn’t win, but we definitely shouldn’t hand-wave it away, either.
Everyone demanded Biden step down for someone better and younger. So he did.
and all that accomplished was that the left started shutting on her instead of Biden. as a non American watching it all unfold, race and especially gender was noticeably what turned people even on the left off of Kamala. And were talking before the gaza shit show turned into an election issue.
Again im not American, but your last election definitely felt racist and well, here we are. That there are still people on the left shitting on her as if they’re not living under the alternative is crazy. How can anyone in 2025 say she wouldn’t be better than this? Can’t explain it but with sexism
You’re not wrong, but I shit on Kamala because she was a shitty centrist candidate, not because she was a woman. I would back AOC in a heartbeat.
They asked for a better and younger but she was younger but worse. Harris is one of the dumbedt politicians ever
Trump is better?
If you didn’t vote Harris or stayed home you’re straight up stupid. You’re asking for the Democratic Party to change but you don’t take part so why would they care. Everyone on Lemmy complains about the democrats but when was the last time you guys registered as official democratic voters and voted in the primaries and local elections to get your people in? When did you join the newsletters and reply to the questioneers? Did anyone here go volunteer to work for the local politician that fits their view? If you show up at the end, at the federal election, how are you mad at the decisions that got them to this candidate when you took no part in the process?
It’s not hard, the last election i helped my local candidate hand out information and cards throughout dozen condo buildings within 5 minutes of my home. My wife helped them with some online work for their website and Facebook. Take part, from top to bottom, make sure the party knows you’re a member and you demand change.
I dunno about that race vs gender analysis.
Obama sent them into a racist rage, and thats what trump actually campaigned on/what people actually voted on.
Worse still, thats what hes delivering, and conservatives are mostly happy enough to make sacrifices if it means the dark skinned marginalized people get hurt.