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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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[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

I appreciate that you believe you are right and have good intentions, but I think I can cheer you up. Look at the kerfuffle over Bad Bunny. The guy is seriously, overwhelmingly popular. The show was watched and enjoyed by the majority. And he's not white, by your definition.

Also, think about Barack Obama for a second. If he ran again, he'd win easily, even with all the flaws we saw in his government. Sheer fucking charisma. A lot of Trump voters formerly voted for Obama.

AOC is young, progressive, and genuinely popular. She can talk like a normal person, unlike Trump or Hillary or Kamala. You watch her, and she seems cool, and she seems smart, and she believes in something, and she's not a hundred years old.

A lot of people respond well to these simple, positive qualities in a politician. Look at Zohran Mamdani. He had all those qualities, and good policy promises in his campaign, and very little bullshit. If she can add those two things, and stay consistent in her message, she's going to win the primary.

Her ethnicity is kind of irrelevant to all that. She is the best candidate for the Dems in 28.

And then me and all the other lefties can complain every time she compromises with the corpo bastards who actually run the country, while she hopefully manages to make the place even a little bit better than it has been. Just achieving small positive change would be a beautiful thing in these times.