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.

  • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world
    4415·
    2 days ago

    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
      246·
      2 days 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).
      • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        52·
        1 day ago

        And notice how that was irrelevant to his election and then later opinion polls? Tankies are a tiny sliver of the progressive left. Like my entire real life social circle leans strongly progressive and not a single one even filters through the shadow of a tankie position. People who would literally like Communism to be on the political table still aren’t tankies.

        That doesn’t mean progressives are irrelevant, just that ‘tankies’ are used as a Boogeyman by conservative online Democrats to simultaneously explain all their failures while also saying we should keep listening to them when they counsel doing exactly the same thing one more time.

    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      11·
      2 days ago

      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.

    • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 day ago

      Yeah, I’ve already seen some of the idiots saying she’s a corpo-centrist they wouldn’t vote for.

      The perfect candidate will come around for them eventually, and until then- they will arrogantly sit on their smug little entitled asses and watch people suffer while America burns.

      They’re every bit as bad a MAGA.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, I have the same fears. These people are probably way more vocal than their numbers, but I do wonder how much they do to sway others.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      2 days ago

      AOC isnt running for President, they already promised her Schumer’s seat if she backs off for President. Gavin is the Next One Up!

        • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 hours ago

          No, Gavin has a key asset that the last two Democratic losing candidates (who were also the Next Ones Up) lacked…

          A penis.

      • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 day ago

        That’s what’s so disgusting and I fear.

        Gavin Newsom is pro-Israel, pro-billionaire and pro-blue MAGA while also being anti-universal healthcare, anti-taxing the rich and anti-charisma when left to his own vices.

        My sincerest fear is a repeat of the 2020 primaries. Ro Khanna or some other Bernie esc politician will run for the ticket and the left will once again divide themselves into oblivion. Bernie could still have won 2020 if the left didn’t stupidly allow itself to split between Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, and Andrew Yang.

        Instead Newsom will win because the left loves defeat and hates unity.