• millifoo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I wonder how far away we are from AOC being able to run for President, and have a possibility of actually winning.

    2028?

    2032?

    Only when majority of the Boomers have died off? Or will Gen-X turn all grump and conservative in their old age and become the new Boomers once they’ve inherited all their Boomer parent’s wealth?

    Full disclosure: I’m a Gen-X’er

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      1 year ago

      I’d say she’d have a decent shot at 2028. It doesn’t seem like there’s a natural successor to Biden like Hillary was to Obama, so my prediction is that the primary is going to be wild

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      1 year ago

      She’d win.

      Even in our backassward time and place, anyone who gives her a serious listen can sense that she’s smart and right and righteous.

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      1 year ago

      I feel like gen x is and always has been pretty apathetic, but the majority of us don’t have any great wealth to hoard like the boomers did/do. so, the likelihood of the bulk of us being highly conservative isn’t as high.

      The propaganda and brain washing against self protection/functional government policies/unions/etc did do a good job with our generation though. There are still too many of us that will rail against any kind of help or protections or anything that would make life a little better/easier.

      Idk. I could talk in circles with myself forever, apparently.

    • Conyak@lemmy.tf
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      1 year ago

      It depends on what party she runs as in my opinion. I could see her running in 2028 with the possibility of winning as a Democrat. I feel like America is a long way from electing a Progressive party member to the presidency though, and she is certainly a Progressive.

      The Conservative/GOP party is a party in decline. They peaked probably 20 years ago and really only win national races now by gerrymandering and suppressing votes. There whole platform is really out of touch with the average American citizen and I don’t see them changing anytime soon from fear of losing their evangelical base. A base that is also in decline in America.

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          1 year ago

          That is currently true. However, 2028 is a trump presidency and an insurrection away from now so things could change.

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          1 year ago

          She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable.

          That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.

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                  1 year ago

                  What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap?

                  I’m not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on.

                  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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                    1 year ago

                    What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap?

                    Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.

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      1 year ago

      If she does run, I think it will be closer to how the Hillary Clinton election went.

      The left has had enough of AOC/Bernie, just looking at the endorsment of Biden with no leverage given, while also voting for more miliatary spending.

      The force the vote debacle that the REPUBLICANS ended up using for Kevin McCarthy…

      Medicare for All failures and so on…