The New York Democratic congresswoman would narrowly defeat the likely Republican nominee 51 percent to 49 percent, according to the poll.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds a slight lead over Vice President JD Vance in a hypothetical 2028 presidential matchup, according to a new poll.

The New York Democratic congresswoman, known as AOC, edges the likely Republican nominee 51% to 49%, in The Argument/Verasight survey released on Tuesday. However, the result was within the poll’s 2.7 percentage point margin of error, making the two candidates statistically tied. The poll asked voters who they would vote for if the election was between the two of them.

  • drhodl@lemmy.world
    25·
    1 day ago

    Despite your feelings, these are the people voting. If you offer a woman candidate, you will effectively freeze out the misogynistic 30% (approximately, don’t @me ) of the possible vote for that woman, and unless there is a literal Blue tidal wave of historic proportion, she ain’t getting past the post first. It is reality, currently, and I’m sorry your feelings don’t like it. Mine don’t either, but now is not the time for gender equality in the presidency. In this climate, a female candidate will be a liability. Did you not see how the last 2 Dem women candidates performed…?

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      31·
      1 day ago

      To be clear, I didn’t insist we run women candidates anyway. That’s a tactical decision I don’t feel qualified to make from the toilet where I make Lemmy posts.

      I just want us to agree that those 30% of men or whatever are trash. Because they are trash. Trash that votes, but still trash.

      (And not irredeemable - many things that end up in the trash can be fixed or repurposed. People are not immutable.)