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We recently asked you, our BuzzFeed Community, to stock your thoughts astir which Democrats mightiness beryllium eyeing the Oval Office for 2028.
Specifically, we wanted to cognize who you were keeping your fingers crossed for, and who would person you saging your ballot.
And, you each had A LOOOOOT of thoughts! Good, bad, and successful between. So, we're breaking down immoderate of the responses based connected the most-talked-about politicians successful the comments. Here's what you each had to say:
1. "I judge Gavin Newsom is the 1 who tin bushed immoderate Republican statesmanlike campaigner successful 2028. He's pugnacious against opponents, but shows compassion to his constituents."
"He's precise astute and is ever prepared to reply pugnacious questions thrown astatine him. Unfortunately, America is not acceptable for a pistillate president yet. I deliberation aft 3 oregon 4 much elections."
2. "PLEASE bash not propulsion Newsom oregon AOC. They tin bash what they privation due to the fact that their existent platforms are safe, but well-known New York and California Dems are perfectly toxic to the remainder of the country. We won't triumph by keeping the bases of the 2 bluest states happy."
—Anonymous, 39, Male, Democrat, Kansas
3. "Right now, we are going to person to play it harmless and tally Gavin Newsom. We cannot hazard alienating a azygous cishet achromatic antheral Christian elector astatine this point."
—Anonymous, 51, Female, Democrat, Georgia
4. "Gavin Newsom oregon Josh Shapiro. America is not acceptable for a pistillate oregon a cheery idiosyncratic to beryllium president!!"
—Anonymous, 66, Male, Democrat, Wisconsin
5. "Not Gavin Newsom. Ego maniacal meme king is not going to beryllium the caller mean for presidents."
6. "I deliberation we request a Democrat campaigner from a plaything state. Although I'm from California and I similar Gavin Newsom, I interest helium won't beryllium capable to summation the votes from moderates and erstwhile Trump supporters due to the fact that they subordinate California arsenic being excessively liberal."
7. "Gavin. No much firm Democrats. They're conscionable MAGA lite, successful my opinion."
—Anonymous, 33, Female, Progressive, Chicago, Illinois
8. "Please halt with the Gavin Newsom thing. He would not marque a bully president. Ask conscionable astir anyone successful California."
9. "Love Gavin Newsom due to the fact that helium tin speech huffy shit."
—Anonymous, 33, Female, Democrat, California
10. "I would similar to spot Senator Kelly of Arizona connected the ticket. He is emerging arsenic the 1 campaigner I deliberation who is electable nationally, that is, by getting the votes of immoderate Republicans and galore independents, arsenic good arsenic Democrats."
"He's got each the close worldly to pb calmly and patiently. A erstwhile Navy pilot, abstraction shuttle commander, and the lad of 2 constabulary officers. He's a centrist who I deliberation would beryllium capable to gully radical from a small spot to the near and a small spot to the right. Extremists connected some sides would not privation him, but radical connected the acold edges truly bash not correspond the views and values of the mainstream of the American people. I deliberation we request idiosyncratic who falls successful the mediate close present to settee this state down and to reconstruct our democracy."
—Anonymous, 68, Male, Democrat, Mojave Desert, California
11. "Mark Kelly would beryllium my favorite. He should beryllium precise electable, has a large story, and seems similar helium would enactment hard to undo Trump's damage."
—Anonymous, 18, Male, Democrat, Chicago, Illinois
12. "Mark Kelly with a pistillate VP."
—Anonymous
13. "How astir a Mark Kelly/Jon Stewart ticket? A seasoned and idiosyncratic who has fought for veterans."
14. "Andy Beshear. He's ace progressive, anti-MAGA, anti-billionaires, and is wide a quality rights advocate."
"His confederate charm could entreaty to blimpish voters. The constituent is, helium wants what's champion for our state and is genuine. Seriously, I'd spell doorway to doorway for this guy. "
—Anonymous, Female, Democrat, Kentucky
15. "As overmuch arsenic I would hatred to suffer him arsenic our governor, I deliberation Andy Beshear is the champion choice. He's even-tempered, good-natured, precise experienced, no-nonsense, amazingly progressive, and astir important: he's a cishet achromatic Christian man, which gives him an unfortunate edge."
16. "Andy Beshear. Already figured retired however to triumph a profoundly reddish state."
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez:
17. "This is simply a analyzable question. I would personally emotion to spot idiosyncratic similar AOC run, but I sincerely anticipation she doesn't due to the fact that the misogyny successful this state runs heavy into the Democratic party, too."
"This full circus happened due to the fact that we elected a Black idiosyncratic for the enforcement office. I would suggest that we instrumentality to the pasty dudes for now, conscionable until we tin reintroduce decency backmost into the larger population."
—Anonymous, 59, Female, Democrat, Illinois
18. "AOC for VP."
—Anonymous, 44, Female, Democrat, Tennessee
19. "I wish, but [AOC is] polarizing. She should commencement with a furniture position. Maybe enactment the Department of Education oregon the EPA backmost together."
20. "AOC. No much moderates. Young radical volition travel retired and vote."
—Anonymous, 40, Democrat, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
21. "Not atrocious arsenic a person, but we request caller ideas and faces. We request much than 'What is happening is bad,' oregon 'I was right.' I privation a caller candidate, and a look that hasn't tally before. We merit a caller commencement aft these 4 years, not a rehash. I deliberation having her tally would beryllium much of a distraction than a help."
—Anonymous, 41, Female, Democrat, Oregon
22. "While I deliberation Harris would beryllium a bully president, I interest astir her quality really to triumph the election. Therefore, I don't deliberation she should beryllium enactment up arsenic the nominee, particularly due to the fact that we don't cognize what the GOP is readying for post-Trump."
—Anonymous, 27, Male, Moderate, Washington
23. "I'm each for Kamala moving again (and winning this time). I anticipation hindsight is 20/20, and she would predominate the plaything states."
—Anonymous, 36, Male, Democrat, Virginia
24. "Honestly, Kamala could tally again with a bully magnitude of time."
25. "Mayor Pete/Jasmine Crockett ticket."
—Anonymous, 70, Female, Democrat
26. "Buttigieg and AOC."
—Anonymous, 41, Female, liberal, Ohio
27. "Love Pete B."
—Anonymous, 74, Female, Democrat, Texas
28. "I would emotion to spot Pete Buttigieg tally and win. He's 1 of the smartest politicians I know. However, similar America wasn't supposedly acceptable for a pistillate president, I don't deliberation they'll beryllium acceptable for a cheery president, and it's a shame."
—Anonymous, 47, Female, Democrat, Utah
29. "Jon Ossoff with AOC for VP. The US has shown, sadly, that they're not acceptable for a pistillate president. Washington needs a tenable reset to reconstruct religion aft this mess."
—Anonymous, 56, Female, independent, Ohio
30. "I 2nd Jon Ossoff — articulate, intelligent."
31. "Jon Ossoff would beryllium a large president. He'll beryllium 41 successful 2028. He's brilliant, precise funny successful protecting civilian rights, and alternatively handsome."
32. "Nope. Nope, no, no, nope. This is precisely the crap that got america here. Every clip we capitulate nether the guise of gathering successful the middle, we determination farther right."
"Look astatine america successful NYC. We bushed a fucking Cuomo successful NYC with a Democratic Socialist campaigner who is Muslim and was not calved successful the US. It tin beryllium done. This crap pisses maine disconnected due to the fact that you're fundamentally saying you're consenting to bash the aforesaid crap we've been doing connected the disconnected accidental it someway works this time. If we bash not request an anti-ICE, anti-genocide, pro-queer, and intersectional candidate, we volition NEVER ESCAPE THIS. We person the powerfulness to request better."
33. "I would hatred to spot anyone from either enactment that has funded genocide, blocked healthcare entree for Americans, and profited from insider trading. Oops. That's 99% of them. Voting 3rd enactment again."
—Anonymous, 58, Female, Independent, Virginia
34. "Absolutely none. Vote socialist."
35. "Damn! Everyone successful the comments is inactive falling for the 'let's entreaty to the GOP' bullshit! How astir we effort thing caller and spell all-in and entreaty to our ain deity damned base? It's virtually ne'er been tried."
"Do you privation to cognize wherefore Black, Latino, and young radical don't ballot successful the aforesaid numbers arsenic achromatic people? It's origin y'all are ever trying to entreaty to the GOP. Either way, we lose."
36. "Please, guys, effort not to ballot 3rd enactment successful 2028!"
37. "No much moderates oregon centrists. We request a existent leftist arsenic president."
—Anonymous, 25, Female, Leftist, Georgia
Something different? Someone new?? Oh, who knows!:
38. "Whoever it is, Democrats HAVE to articulation unneurotic to enactment them. There mightiness beryllium things you disagree with, stances oregon actions, but SO MANY radical decided to disregard Trump's felonies and abhorrent past due to the fact that they liked that helium said helium could little prices."
"If radical could place everything helium did and said due to the fact that helium had immoderate things they liked, we person to place shortcomings. Whoever is nominated can't perchance beryllium arsenic bad. It is intolerable to find a unicorn candidate. I cognize that the 'lesser of 2 evils' is awful. But radical are being kept successful attraction camps, separated from families. People are dying. And this is conscionable the start. If we really person an predetermination and an accidental to vote, we request to get down idiosyncratic arsenic a group, united. We've seen what happens if we don't.
I know. We merit better. We merit aggregate bully options. But that conscionable isn't wherever we are close now. Please. Hilary wasn't perfect, and Kamala wasn't perfect. But determination is nary cleanable candidate. And we person to marque the champion of what we have."
39. "I privation idiosyncratic with COMMON SENSE! No woke BS and nary cruel MAGA crap either. Someone similar Dr. Phil oregon Stephen A. Smith."
—Anonymous, 60, Female, Independent, Michigan
40. "If Drumpf screws with the Constitution, bring backmost Obama."
—Anonymous, 41, Female, Politically agnostic, Arkansas
41. "No corporatists."
—Anonymous, 52
42. "It's adorable that you deliberation we're going to person elections again."
—Anonymous
43. "Michelle Obama said it. It volition beryllium immoderate clip earlier a pistillate is president oregon adjacent vice president. She is perfectly right."
44. "Hate — immoderate woman."
—Anonymous, 71, Female, Democrat, Mississippi
45. "We request idiosyncratic similar Gavin Newsom (a white, middle-aged, charismatic man) to tally if Democrats person immoderate anticipation of gaining the White House. I would emotion to spot idiosyncratic similar AOC oregon Kamala Harris tally due to the fact that they are amazing, but they volition not triumph successful the existent nine we unrecorded in, which is truthful sad."
—Anonymous, 34, Female, Apolitical (usually), Democrat (currently), Michigan
46. "Personally, I deliberation a antheral needs to tally arsenic president for the Democrats. This is due to the fact that each clip a pistillate has tally for president, a batch of radical ballot against her simply owed to her gender.
—Anonymous, 33, Female, Independent, Illinois
47. "No much women. I americium a woman. I emotion supporting different women. I voted for Hillary and Kamala, but our state conscionable isn't acceptable yet. It's bittersweet to say, but I don't privation my votes to beryllium wasted anymore."
"I'm rooting for Pete Buttigieg oregon Gavin Newsom."
—Anonymous, 42, Female, Democrat, Ohio
48. "As overmuch arsenic I would emotion a pistillate president (I voted for Kamala), I don't deliberation adjacent independents (and immoderate mean Democrats) tin grip that. They simply aren't acceptable for a pistillate president."
"I mean, the impervious is successful the pudding. Right now, much than ever, it's much important to take a Democrat who tin bushed a MAGA candidate. If Kamala were a man, we'd person a Democrat president close now. We request idiosyncratic who is going to entreaty to independents and possibly triumph implicit immoderate mean Republicans who aren't MAGA fans. Our ideology depends connected it, and that's the bottommost line."
—Anonymous, 64, Female, Democrat, Kansas
49. "America is inactive excessively racist, sexist, and homophobic to elite thing different than a consecutive achromatic antheral arsenic president."
"For that reason, Gavin Newsom for president, and either Raphael Warnock oregon Mark Kelly for vice president.
I emotion AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Kamala Harris, and Elissa Slotkin. However, since they are each women, and mostly non-white women, we can't instrumentality immoderate chances. I bash spot each of them successful assorted high-level roles successful the 2028 admin, and I anticipation to someday notation to immoderate of them arsenic Madame President."
—Anonymous, 48, Woman, Democrat, Georgia
50. "Sadly, they astir apt request to take a much mean achromatic antheral arsenic their candidate, oregon other the Republicans volition instrumentality the predetermination again. This is an ignorant, racist, misogynistic clip we unrecorded in. We request idiosyncratic who is going to untie america and instrumentality up for law rights for all."
—Anonymous, 31, Female, Democrat, Cleveland, Ohio
51. "OK, I SO hatred to accidental this, but.... We, Democrats, request to find a comparatively mean 50-60-year-old cishet achromatic household antheral with subject service. Bonus points if helium was decorated for his work and is simply a existent weapon owner."
"I SO HATE that I'm saying this! I loved and voted for Harris, and I ADORE AOC — I unrecorded successful her territory and americium ever precise arrogant to ballot for her.
I don't spot that, aft Trump, Americans volition elite ANY pistillate astatine all, ESPECIALLY not a pistillate of color. And from what I've seen, 'owning the libs' is inactive a valid crushed to ever ballot Republican unless there's different 'powerful achromatic guy' candidate. We request to get Trump's minions retired of authorities BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!
As Trump himself was truthful fond of saying, WE NEED TO DRAIN THE SWAMP. And that means moving a Democrat that tin win, adjacent if he's not cleanable oregon my ideal!"
52. "Pete Buttigieg and Jasmine Crockett could bash immoderate astonishing things, but America being America, I don't cognize if that's arsenic winnable arsenic a Gavin Newsom and Pritzker/Beshear/Walz."
53. "America has made it wide that a woman, fto unsocial a pistillate of color, won't win. We request a Democrat to triumph successful 2028, and that won't hap with them."
54. "We unluckily request to 'appeal' to the racist misogynist fucks that beryllium seashore to coast, and win. So, truthful bittersweet and disgusting, but true."
"Next round, hopefully we tin get a pistillate of colour who deserves it (like AOC) in. I'm truthful bittersweet that I adjacent conscionable said that, and I really, genuinely privation it wasn't the case. Our state has regressed truthful overmuch with this administration. It's scary."
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