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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.

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[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I greatly fear that if AOC were to run, the terminally online left would pull the rug out from under her.

Any time she's ever done any action that went not 100% in favor of the delusional mindset of idiots who think single politicians can usher in perfect communism, the TOL screamed bloody murder and withdrew all support and hype.

The same would happen in Nov 2028

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

AOC didn't support Gaza and is not communist enough!!! I will protest vote Jill Stein or not vote at all.

  • Tankies and oblivious leftists (these people are the reason progressive causes never go anywhere).
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Mamdani had not even started his term and has already being cancel by the TOL.

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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure the terminally online left you mention make up a significant enough portion of any electorate to impact the race in this way.

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[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The election isn't won by getting the most total votes which means getting more than 50%+1 of liberal states isn't worth anything and losing 1% of swing states loses you the whole thing.

Anyone who is statistically tied with couch fucker is not a great bet

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (7 children)

This is off topic but God does she have a pretty smile.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The faces of democratic socialism: AOC, Kat Abughazaleh, Zohran Mamdani

The face of the GOP: [ insert bloated face Vance meme here ]

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

We also got Katie Wilson. Sure she isn't classically gorgeous like those three, but damn does that woman represent Seattle.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Kat and Zohr too, yeah. Gorgeous people. Brother Zohr might just be the most photogenic of all of them, ngl. Coming from me as a cis het man.

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[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

51?

This is what's wrong with people.

Even if trump had lost the election I was gonna be horrified if he had even gotten 30% of the votes. But this... Again. It doesn't matter if AOC wins if half the country is basically saying, after all this, they want more.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

These numbers mean absolutely fucking nothing. They could have surveyed people if they thought a rotten apple or pile of shit had a chance to win the white house and it would have been 49% to 51%

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

As we’ve seen in every election from 2016 on, election polling is useless now.

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