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2028 Looks Like Trouble for Democrats — and Republicans Are Poised to Capitalize
Fox News ^ | August 29, 2025 | Chuck DeVore

Posted on 08/29/2025 7:08:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Vance starts the 2028 race with advantages in the Rust Belt and Sun Belt

As we settle into the second Trump administration, eyes are already turning toward 2028. With President Donald Trump barred from a third elected term by the 22nd Amendment, the Republican nomination looks like a coronation for Vice President JD Vance. Polling shows Vance dominating the GOP field, with 46% support in a recent survey. That's far ahead of potential challengers.

Vance, the Ohio senator and author of "Hillbilly Elegy," embodies the Trumpian blend of populism, economic nationalism and cultural conservatism that has reshaped the GOP. Operationally, his run would extend Trump's legacy, focusing on border security, trade deals favoring American workers and an America First foreign policy.

On the Democratic side, the picture is murkier. The list of potential nominees reads like a progressive wish list: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, former Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.., and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2028; 2028election; americafirst; bordersecurity; culturalconservatism; democrats; economicnationalism; election; election2028; hillbillyelegy; jdvance; maga; ohio; populism; rustbelt; sunbelt; tariffs

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1 posted on 08/29/2025 7:08:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Bernie will be pushing 90 in 2028.


2 posted on 08/29/2025 7:12:33 PM PDT by Mercat
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The left will nominate Beshear to counter JD, along with some woman (probably not white) as VP just to check the box (again).

The left is already going sooooo crazy, it is going to be a Battle Royale because of their violence, cheating and use of the leftwing media to spew lies for the next 3 years... Buckle up and pray.


3 posted on 08/29/2025 7:15:01 PM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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Might as well throw Polis into the mix.


4 posted on 08/29/2025 7:19:06 PM PDT by Ben Dover (Terrorism is a cancer that can only be cured with massive doses of radiation.)
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To: nickcarraway

Never wise to under estimate the evil that the Democrats can and will do in order to get their way in anything.


5 posted on 08/29/2025 7:21:00 PM PDT by drypowder
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2028 Looks Like Trouble for Democrats — and Republicans Are Poised to Capitalize


Republicans “Pounce”!


6 posted on 08/29/2025 7:21:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Isn’t the Rock in the lead? Cage match. Pay-per-view.


7 posted on 08/29/2025 7:23:58 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: nickcarraway

Of course, it’s a bit early. I recall “President Nelson Rockefeller” in 1961, “President John Connally” in 1973 and “President Colin Powell” in 1993.


8 posted on 08/29/2025 7:28:25 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Republicans do not poise to capitalize. Winning scares them.


9 posted on 08/29/2025 7:29:42 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: drypowder

> Never wise to under estimate the evil that the Democrats can and will do… <

Voter fraud remains a thing.

Beyond that, the Republican Party is not nicknamed the “stupid party” for nothing. Trump has pretty much got it all together. But downstream from him are lots of folks who are quite capable of doing something dumb at the last minute.


10 posted on 08/29/2025 7:32:53 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: nickcarraway

In 1991 George Bush enjoyed a 92% favorability rating after the Gulf War.
In 1992, he lost to Clinton.

Don’t get too cocky about 2028.
The democrats have three years of one-sided, deceitful media coverage to make people forget the good achievements and paint the Republicans as evil monsters.


11 posted on 08/29/2025 8:00:32 PM PDT by oldbill
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and Republicans Are Poised to Capitalize

Let me run that through the Reality Filter:

Republicans are poised to squander their opportunity and advantage, utterly, and comtinue being the useless, ball-less, brainless, feckless, spineless, worthless dupes they have been for many, many years.

12 posted on 08/29/2025 8:18:48 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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They put a potato in the highest office and lied to the voting public about it. It might take a little time to wipe that stain off.


13 posted on 08/29/2025 8:20:12 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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They put a potato in the highest office and lied to the voting public about it.

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It was amazing.

The MSM was running propaganda for Biden, while we “conspiracy theorists” knew he was POTATUS.


14 posted on 08/29/2025 9:16:31 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: drypowder

Nor the republicans ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
I hope that they’ve grown a backbone and won’t be afraid to take the fight to whomever is the democrat nominee.


15 posted on 08/29/2025 9:17:48 PM PDT by coincheck (Salvation is for today, not tomorrow, you might not make it that far.....)
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Pffft. Trouble? They got Dwayne Johnson running for president... all their troubles are over 😆


16 posted on 08/29/2025 9:19:39 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

17 posted on 08/29/2025 9:23:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: nickcarraway

Perhaps the cutoff of some of the USAID money laundering will diminish “some” of the democRAT Voter Fraud Leviathan.

That said, the Left will do ANYTHING to regain power. If they do, they will never let go. President Trump should never have happened the first time, let alone a second time.

If President Trump can put a big enough dent in the Deep State, perhaps those that follow President Trump can use his example of in-your-face truth telling, along with a heavy dose of telling them to place it where the Sun doesn’t shine.


18 posted on 08/29/2025 9:26:01 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: Mercat

Bernie already said he won’t run.


19 posted on 08/29/2025 9:28:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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My sister’s money is on Wes Moore from MD. She and my BIL just moved from MD to PA.


20 posted on 08/29/2025 9:30:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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