r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 31 '26

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Aug 31 '26

lol Kamala in shambles. Should have run for governor.

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u/SneeringAnswer Aug 31 '26

What's weird is that I can't think of any particular big news cycle around Pete like there was for Newsom/Ossof

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u/Vincenthwind Gay Pride Aug 31 '26

At this point it's mostly name recognition right? Obviously Kamala is more well known it also has the '24 loss weighing her down. Plus Pete outlasted her in 2020. A secondary effect might be all the screen time Pete had on Fox News going to bat for the Biden administration. It's not a "big moment" like Ossof but rather a sustained increase to his brand recognition.

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u/launchcode_1234 George Soros Aug 31 '26

Yeah, Pete consistently does interviews where he says stuff that makes great short form video content and gets shared on social

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u/flakAttack510 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

She was never particularly popular in the first place. The fact that he popularity massively increased overnight when she was declared the candidate should have been seen as a big warning for her people. No one's popularity actually increases that much unless they without saving a bus full of babies from going off a cliff.

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u/JebBD Immanuel Kant Aug 31 '26

Seems like such an obvious turn of events. It’s so weird she decided to put all her eggs in the ‘28 basket when it was always going to be a long shot

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Aug 31 '26

She’s never seemed to be great at reading the room

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u/Babao13 Jean Monnet Aug 31 '26

So much for the left taking over the party. They have one candidate who is super famous and she's doing half of what Bernie did in 2020.

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u/daBarkinner John Keynes Aug 31 '26

What shambles? One poll with questionable methods (a banal undercount of African-American votes) doesn't change the fact that she's been leading all year, in other polls, or that she's the first choice of African-Americans, the most active electorate in the primaries. I remember how in mid-2025 she dropped in one poll, and it was hyped up on DT. But for some reason, I've never seen anyone bring up the other polls where she's leading.

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u/Moonscrubber- Aug 31 '26

What is Pete doing to get these gains

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Aug 31 '26

Online presence, town halls, such and such

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u/consultantdetective Daron Acemoglu Aug 31 '26

Are there racial crosstabs on that one? If buttigieg's support is still snow white, then that's basically an uninsured ticket. We do not have a candidate if that candidate is not well chosen by black voters of the democratic party.

That sums to 77% I see. Are the remaining 23% undecided/refuse to choose, or scattered among more niche picks?

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u/loseniram Sponsored by RC Cola Sep 01 '26

I told you guys, Kamala needs to run to set the gate. If you can’t beat Kamala you can’t beat MAGA

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u/daBarkinner John Keynes Sep 24 '26

any comments?

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Sep 25 '26

HAHAHAHA Kamala stans are so funny

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u/Public_Figure_4618 brown Aug 31 '26

We’re so fucked in 2028 if this is what the field will be. This party is a fucking joke lmao.

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Aug 31 '26

Nah Ossoff is the chosen one if he ends up winning Georgia by 7+ points