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AOC surges to lead in 2028 primary for first time (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 day ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is such a bad, and bullshit, take. Half of male candidates lose too. The odds of 2/2 female candidates losing is pretty damn high, and one of those candidates didn't even have 99% of the campaign, and she still wasn't that far off.

Those two candidates were just shit candidates. They were even more shit than the average Democrat candidate. They didn't lose because they were women. They lost because they campaigned on status-quo, neoliberalism, pro-corporate ideas that inspired no one. AOC isn't that. The only thing they have in common is being women, and it's a complete fabrication to say there's any solid evidence those other candidates lost because they're women.

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip -2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Ah, yes, because Biden had such radical forward thinking progressive views. He was in no way a status-quo, pro-corporate candidate that didn't inspire anyone....

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago

Biden was able to run on a "lesser evil" platform. He won because he wasn't Trump. Hillary or Harris could have won in 2020.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Ah, yes, because Biden had such radical forward thinking progressive views.

Biden ran on a lot of progressive policy. Childcare, revisiting the public option, family leave, rescheduling cannabis. They were all lies that killed the party's credibility and made the 2024 bid a hard sell even before the genocide, regardless of which democrat was the candidate.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 13 hours ago

Biden actively pilfered Bernie's platform after winning the primary, so he was a forward thinking progressive compared to Harris and Hillary. Harris in particular explicitly ran to the right of Biden; she wasn't exactly subtle about this. Perhaps more importantly, however, he had COVID on his side. The 2020 election pretty much came down to whether voters prioritized the economy or COVID handling. If COVID didn't exist or happened under Biden's watch Trump would've wiped the floor with him.