2024’s election cycle is over, and so the fighting for 2028 has already begun. Particularly, the polling and bickering has started on the Democratic Party’s side of things, where attempts at examining why the election was lost went nowhere good and polls show a large majority of the party still wants Kamala at its head.
In fact, a recent poll conducted by Puck News and Echelon Insights found that, despite her devastating recent loss to former president and now-President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 election, Vice President Harris is the top choice of Democrats for being their party’s 2028 presidential nominee.
According to that Puck News/Echelon Insights poll, around 41 percent of likely Democratic Party voters want VP Kamala Harris to be at the top of the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket in 2028. Far behind her are the other current picks, even those named as being much more electable, better options.
One such other option is California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). He came in second, but was far behind Harris in terms of support, polling at 8 percent wanting him to sit atop the ticket. Similarly, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who many suspected to be the VP pick for Harris this time around, came in third but garnered just 7 percent.
Others got similarly unimpressive numbers. For example, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), Harris’s vice presidential pick in 2024, one thought by many to be an awful pick given his general oddness and lack of an important to-win constituency, got just 6%. So did Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who tried running for president in 2020 and did abysmally.
Some of the other Democratic Party notables did even worse. For example, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) got just 4 percent support, potentially showing the low support for the Squad. She, however, at least did better than Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D), who polled at just 3 percent. Still worse were Illinois’s JB Pritzker and Kentucky’s Andy Beshear, who ended up at an awful 2 percent apiece.
VP Harris, posting on X (formerly Twitter) after her electoral defeat, was ambiguous about her plans for the future. Beginning, she thanked those who voted for and trusted her, saying, My heart is full today—full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me, full of love for our country, and full of resolve.”
Continuing, in a thread on the subject, she commented on America’s promise, potentially signaling future electoral involvement. She said, “The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, but hear me when I say: the light of America’s promise will always burn bright.”
She further said, commenting on the outcome of the election, We must accept the results of this election. Earlier today, I spoke with President Trump and congratulated him on his victory. I told him that we will help him and his team with that transition, and we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.”
And, in another post in the thread potentially signaling future involvement, she said, “I will never give up the fight for a future where women have the freedom to make decisions of their own body, and not have their government telling them what to do. We will never give up the fight to protect our schools and our streets from gun violence. We will never give up the fight for rule of law, equal justice, and for the sacred idea that every one of us, no matter who we are or where we start out, has certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected and upheld.”
Watch Tim Walz cry as Harris conceded here:
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