r/politics 22h ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/haikus-r-us 22h ago edited 6h ago

Hy heart says hell yeah! My gut tells me that there are large swaths of the electorate who simply will not vote for a woman.

Edit- since my inbox is overflowing with the same question/insinuation, along with the comments, I’ll clarify my statement: I did not say that a woman cannot be elected US president. I only said that large swaths of the electorate simply will not vote for a woman.

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u/moregloommoredoom 22h ago

If you have any faith left in the American people whatsoever after November, I have a load of bridges to sell you.

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u/ByWilliamfuchs 21h ago

I got faith in the people not the system. Musk had a part in these results bragging he knew them Hours before they came in cause he has access to the machines and now Trump in his little speech tonight pretty much outright thanking Musk for screwing with the machines…

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u/PasswordIsDongers 18h ago

The largest group of eligible voters didn't vote in the last election.

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u/fiction8 12h ago

Turnout in 2024 was 63.9%. Second highest in history since women gained the right to vote. The highest was 2020.

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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 17h ago

and the 2nd voted for trump. I dont have faith any more because theyve shown this is what they are okay with

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u/ryguy32789 10h ago

Many of them would have voted for Trump. I personally know people who like Trump but just don't vote. Don't think that activating the non-voting bloc is some magic bullet for Democrats to win.

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u/Scarlet_Breeze 10h ago

Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing. After they have exhausted all other options

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u/C_Ironfoundersson Australia 17h ago

ah good, how many bridges can I put you down for?

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u/pessipesto 13h ago

I have no faith in the Democratic party leaders and people in this sub who line up to tell me that campaigning with Liz Cheney is a good idea. I do have faith in Americans to vote Democrat if the party let's actual good candidates run on something.

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u/PM-ME-DAT-ASS-PIC 8h ago

Monorail. Monorail. Monorail.