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[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago

No.

I like AOC and I think she has demonstrated that, of the entire "Squad", she actually knows how to be a politician and when to fight and when to bite her tongue.

She has zero chance of winning. First, this country has demonstrated that it will NEVER elect a woman. But second, she is still too young and the DNC will never give her that "Obama Moment" where she can win over the entire country in one speech. And third... republicans hate her so much that she would get shot at every single week AND would actually care about the people who took bullets for her.

Nah. I want AOC to stay in Congress. Not sure if she is more valuable as a Senator at this point, but she is increasingly showing she is well suited to being the politician who rallies and guides the other politicians. A Pelosi but not 90 years old and constantly pushing centrist viewpoints.

[-] NotAGamer@lemmy.org 10 points 4 months ago

She wouldn't win. The U.S. has shown the world twice that it would rather elect a convicted felon dictator over a women. The U.S. is fucked.

[-] Karrion409@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I love AOC but I don't think she'll win. She needs to focus on Schumer instead. Rn the DNC is in a death spiral and is in desperate need of new party leadership. She's the one for that. Newsom will likely be the 2028 candidate. Which yeah it's gonna suck to have to bite our tongue and back him but if it gets us out of a maga dictatorship then I'll gladly do it.

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

HELL YEAH THIS COUNTRY NEEDS AOC

[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

My right-wing friend finds AOC hot so he might actually vote for her if she runs.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 9 points 3 months ago

Right wingers love the idea of hate-sex

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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

I would love AOC as president. Unfortunately, she's a woman and she's a minority, and this country is just too racist and sexist - and stupid! - to elect her.

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't understand what people aren't getting here.

The last two female candidates to run for president, who were extraordinarily more qualified than their opponent, were denied in favor of a felon rapist clown.

If that isn't proof that this nation is not ready for a female president, I don't know what is.

I voted for both those female candidates. I am not against a female president. But can we exist in reality for a moment and acknowledge that if we run AOC, we're going to lose, again? Because America isn't ready for that shit. You will not capture independents with a female candidate. You will not capture disenfranchised Trump supporters with a female candidate. You will not win. A mayoral race is not the same as a presidential race and Mamdani is a man and that's the country we live in.

Edit: Scroll through this comments section. This is a liberal sub. And even here it's 50/50 about AOC running for president. She won't win guys.

[-] hefejefe@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

She is picking a fight with the billionaire oligarchs and unfortunately it seems like a losing battle. Democrats and republicans alike will campaign against her.

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It’s a sad but proven truth that the USA is not ready for a woman president.

I voted for both Hillary and Kamala. But I’m open minded. Too many Americans simply are not.

There is a clear prevailing consensus in the USA (not a correct or good consensus, but nevertheless it’s here) that woman should not be leaders. Even a large percentage of women believe in this.

We NEED to change the consensus. How do we change the consensus? It’s clear that pushing the envelope by making a woman the presidential candidate has not worked. The patriarchal front is dug in too deeply for such a frontal assault.

I believe the first woman president of the USA will be a woman VP who takes over after the president is removed, for whatever reason. A “side door” approach.

I could be wrong. I hope I’m wrong. But I think AOC running for the presidency will put another Republican in the White House.

[-] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 13 points 3 months ago

Of course the US is ready. Hillary won the popular vote. Don't use idosynchroncies of our electoral collage be what determines what US is ready for.

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[-] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Run every time and educate every time till the win and then win again.

[-] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

She should definitely run, but Democrat will certainly find a way to fuck it up, just like they did with Bernie.

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