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Thursday, August 13, 2026

As of Wednesday evening, 21 percent of traders backed the New York progressive, who was trailed by California Governor Gavin Newsom at 17 percent. On rival prediction site Kalshi, the results were the same, with Ocasio-Cortez narrowly topping Newsom. Meanwhile, conventional political polls still put former Vice President Kamala Harris at the top spot, with Newsom in second and AOC in a distant fourth.

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Conventional polling has been garbage for a while now.

But AOC as the front runner? The GOP won't need to manipulate that election.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2026-08-14 03:59 AM | Reply

She's wind sprinting away from previous positions and votes to become a moderate for 2028.

#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-08-14 08:26 AM | Reply

I don't subscribe to the notions in the article. I have a feeling that Harris and Newsom will be cooking up something.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-14 11:23 AM | Reply

3. If Harris is smart for everyone concerned, she'll disappear.

Newsom, yes. If he wants a future, it's not going to be with Harris anyway. She brings no votes with her because of who she is or was.

AOC can only be the frontrunner because of name recognition.

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-14 12:03 PM | Reply

AOC? Excellent choice ; )

#5 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-08-14 12:15 PM | Reply

#4

Fusion ticket and their winning joint platform for 2028:

...

  • Immediate cessation of funding genocidal, nuclear-armed Israel that offers universal healthcare for all its residents (while we suffer with the BBB and Trumpf Diarrhea Syndrome in an insidious for-profit system).

  • Recognize the Rome Statute of the ICC and arrest war criminals Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin the moment they desecrate US soil.

  • Immediately and completely abolish ICE and DHS, first by Executive Order on 20 Jan 2029, them by legislative action in March and April of 2029.

  • Enact legislation to expand Medicare to cover everyone in America ("Medicare for All").

  • Expand the size of SCOTUS to outnumber the GOP dinosaurs.

  • Pardon federal victims of the satanic Trumpf junta.

  • Re-hire purged USIC and FBI personnel (and restore their academy training to four months).

  • By executive order and then legislative action, claw back the pelf looted by the oligarchs and the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF).

  • Recognize the State of Palestine like the most of the world and the UN already have.

    ~snip~

    "I'll buy that!"


  • #6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-14 01:25 PM | Reply

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