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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,179 posts) Tue May 12, 2026, 10:00 PM 2 hrs ago

AOC, Rubio lead in latest 2028 presidential primary poll

Who will become the next president of the United States? Well, a new poll may shed some light on who'll be running come 2028.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, has surged to the top of the latest 2028 Democratic presidential primary poll, the first time the progressive has led the field. According to the most recent poll by AtlasIntel, 26% of Democratic voters said they would back Ocasio-Cortez’s presidential bid, with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and California Gov. Gavin Newsom coming in second and third, respectively.

On the Republican side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio leads the field of potential candidates with 45.4% of primary voters. Behind him in a distant second and third are Vice President JD Vance and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

As of now, President Donald Trump has refused to choose between Rubio and Vance to succeed him in 2028. During a White House event on May 11, Trump said the pair would make a “perfect ticket” for a run in the next presidential elections.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/aoc-rubio-lead-2028-presidential-194930035.html

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AOC, Rubio lead in latest 2028 presidential primary poll (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago OP

Well, this is an interesting development Fiendish Thingy 50 min ago #1

Fiendish Thingy

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1. Well, this is an interesting development

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Tue May 12, 2026, 11:10 PM

50 min ago

It’s still way too early to have any predictive value, but AOC did give a couple of excellent, passionate speeches this week that got some media attention (don’t know if the poll was done before or after the speeches).

Rubio is sort of the winner by default- Vance simply has much higher negatives, as does De Santis.

We’re still at least 8 mos away from any declarations of candidacies.

I better start saving now- I didn’t expect AOC to run, but if she does, she will get my support.

(I still think she should run for Schumer’s seat in 2028, not president)

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