Posted on 04/16/2025 10:07:05 PM PDT by Angelino97
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has come a long way since 2018.
When she first arrived on the political scene by beating out not just an incumbent, but a member of her party’s leadership in a Democratic primary contest, she was a rebel — an avatar of insurgent impulses within her coalition.
And, among Republicans, something of a joke.
Now, she’s the Democratic Party’s most popular elected official.
A Yale University poll released this week found that among Democrats, Ocasio-Cortez boasts the single highest net favorability rating of all the party’s many potential 2028 presidential candidates — a sky-high 62%.
In addition, 41% of the same cohort said they have a “strongly favorable” opinion of the progressive congresswoman — again, the largest proportion to say as much about any Democrat.
And when asked who they would support if the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries were held today, AOC finished a very strong second.
Former vice president Kamala Harris, at 28%, was the only prospective candidate to edge her out.
Ocasio-Cortez’s 21% placed her well ahead of bronze medalist Pete Buttigieg, at 14%.
It’s hard to overstate just how impressive a feat this is, especially considering the 35-year-old New Yorker also had the second-highest name recognition in the poll, behind only Harris.
Just 11.7% of the poll’s Democrats said they haven’t heard of or have no opinion of her, which makes her superb favorability rating all the more breathtaking.
But wait, there’s more.
Harris is a very, very soft front-runner, if she can even be called that.
The 2024 Democratic presidential nominee lost every single battleground state to Donald Trump last fall.
As Trump continues to facilitate liberal teeth-gnashing through his second term, anger at Harris over her dismal performance will only grow.
And so will Democrats’ appetite for a fire-breather like AOC...
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I will laugh, because she is worse than Kamala laughingstock outside of her democrap media cocoon.
Please, oh please, oh please, let them keep thinking this kind of foolishness!
No, she doesn’t. She is a product of hype with nearly zero substance. Important people will not allow it. Also she is hated by the hard core serious DNC establishment.
Going nowhere.
I do laugh, in AOC’s general direction.
Just run some ads like when she went to the border and claimed she visited a children’s detention center, but was actually fake-crying towards an empty parking lot.
Quote her when she complained that she could not afford to live in DC, and then a few weeks later bought a very expensive house, in DC. Where did she get the money?
That wins the prize for the most ridiculous headline of the year.
Now, where’s my copy of the Fall of The Roman Empire?
well sure she has been a great puppet/actor so far since she was selected.
I agree.
It is stupid to underestimate her. The Trump haters would vote for Hitler over Vance. Trump derangement syndrome is solid.
Not by any sane people.
The only thing her “frontrunner” status shows is how shallow the Democrat bench is. There’s some pretty slim pickin’s over there and the bottom of the barrel has been scraped pretty clean. She’s only slightly more articulate, attractive, and likable than Kamala, but just as dumb.
She’s the least foul smelling turd in the septic tank.
I like what that says about Kamala. :)
AOC is beloved by the left, whereas Harris was merely accepted because she was there.
Every dem will vote for her. Holding their nose.
That didn't stop Obama.
Important people will not allow it. Also she is hated by the hard core serious DNC establishment.
Important people in the serious GOP establishment failed to stop Trump.
Yeah. There are a lot of those on FR.
Don’t be swayed by her “large rallies”- those are not organic rallies- they are filled with col,even kids who have mush for brains but who can yell and scream and pretend she is making sense- she will not win over moderate independents who know what how uneducated in po,itical ways she is. Shemis really dumb when it comes to stuff- the 9nky people she appeals,to are emotionally driven drama queens who feed off of her incitement rhetoric beczuse that is how emotionally driven people thrive- hate fills their tanks, but even moderate de ocrats are now realizing g that their party is in trouble beczuse of all the hatred and ignorant resistance to common sense that is part a d parcel of the party
Aoc is a radical over-the-top liberal and is the reason that moderate liberals are turning on the party- shouting and screaming ignorant talking points by angry liberals is quickly becoming a cause for concern for their party- they know they lost the last election because their only “plan” was to call pres Trump Hitler and “convicted felon”- that all backfired spectacularly on them znd they know it. I really doubt that the more common sense democrats are going g to advance her to run for president knowing g that America is rejecti g far left extremism
RE: Not by any sane people.
There you go, changing the subject. We were discussing Dems, not sane people.
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