• HalfSalesman@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Second place to Harris??? Holy fuck we deserve our fate.

    Edit: upon reading the article (I know…) AOC has the best net favorability. So a little more hopium there.

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      The majority of the voting population answers this question based on name recognition alone. You’re way more up to speed on the options than the average American voter. We need to put energy into getting people like AOC in front of as many disengaged and unaware people as possible. NOT complain and whine that everything isn’t handed to us on a platter.

      She’s in second place and we have 3 years to move her into first, that sounds worth a shot to me. But go ahead and throw your hands up in the air, tuck your tail, and say there’s nothing we can do.

      We are closer than we’ve ever been in my lifetime.

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        5 hours ago

        I’m curious, do Americans even have a “Modern World” class that explains current world politics in high school?

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        The majority of the voting population answers this question based on name recognition alone.

        Yeah I read the article, that headline is almost misleading in its support for Harris if anything. AOC has the best net

        NOT complain and whine that everything isn’t handed to us on a platter.

        She’s in second place and we have 3 years to move her into first, that sounds worth a shot to me. But go ahead and throw your hands up in the air, tuck your tail, and say there’s nothing we can do.

        I shouldn’t have to educate grown adults on shit this important they ought to desire to learn on their own. They should know who the hell AOC is JFC. So I’m still disgusted, just significantly less so. And like, I’ll inevitably try to promote AOC, but I don’t owe this country shit. I want to leave, I only can’t thus far due to money/resources.

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        I jumped the gun, its still bad but AOC has the best net favorability out of them all. Harris has the most support by sheer name recognition. Its bad that people don’t know who AOC is though.

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      This poll is pretty pointless, as far as actually getting to know who people specifically want. The top runner this far out is pretty much always the last person to have run, because the political climate hadn’t changed that much and nobody has campaigned for the next nomination yet.

      The important takeaway is that AOC, and presumably progressivism more generally, is getting more popular.

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        The important takeaway is that AOC, and presumably progressivism more generally, is getting more popular.

        Embarrassing (for me)… upon actually reading the article, the headline is almost misleading. AOC has the highest net favorability of them all, and Harris is only past her due to name recognition.

        I’m baffled how there is that many people unaware of AOC though.

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          That’s alright, happens to the best of us.

          As for AOC’s recognition, It’s not too surprising, given that she’s a House Rep. Who hasn’t held a leadership role. I’d bet that a lot of people haven’t even heard of Hakeem jeffries, and he’s the party leader in the House. The last time a House Rep. Got elected President was in 1880, with James Garfield. As time goes on though, her notoriety is likely to keep increasing. As will her popularity, I suspect, or at least I hope.