The poll, released on May 30 by Atlas Intel, found Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former transportation secretary in the Biden administration, to be the top pick among Democrats who responded to the survey.
A total of 31.5% of self-identified Democrats who responded to the poll said they would vote for Buttigieg for president in four years, according to the poll.
Other surveys in May from firms such as Echelon Insights and McLaughlin & Associates have found Harris in first place in the hypothetical primary, making Atlas Intel’s poll stand out among the rest.
Harris is the third most popular pick among Democrats in the poll, falling behind U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
True! I didn’t mention that because there’s no need to over-argue. When this specious idea that American voters would never choose a woman for President comes up, it’s sufficient to point out that American voters chose a woman for President in 2016. Done, argument disposed of.
DNC partisans only seem to bring it up to try to tank the potential candidacy of center-left women like Ocasio Cortez, perhaps because she might win. Sanders pulled between 6 and 12% of his support in 2016 from Republican voters; that would’ve been more than enough to win the swing states and the electoral college vote. He and AOC are now out there stirring up excitement from that same crowd.
And, really, am I to believe that if the GQP nominated, say, Noem in 2028 that it’d make a damn bit of difference to its base that she’s a woman?