Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 2024 megathread

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Hot take: she actually can't afford to wait more than a few cycles if she wants to launch a presidential bid. She is the next HRC in that she is the long-term Republican public enemy no. 1 and that means that no matter how she might politically evolve, she is slowly going to grow increasingly toxic to the national electorate.

She's a hip/cool populist working class hero that's VERY in touch with the younger generations.

Doesn't sound "toxic" or like Hillary to me. Sounds more like Bernie.

Working class hero? Nah.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Hot take: she actually can't afford to wait more than a few cycles if she wants to launch a presidential bid. She is the next HRC in that she is the long-term Republican public enemy no. 1 and that means that no matter how she might politically evolve, she is slowly going to grow increasingly toxic to the national electorate.

She's a hip/cool populist working class hero that's VERY in touch with the younger generations.

Doesn't sound "toxic" or like Hillary to me. Sounds more like Bernie.

Working class hero? Nah.

Get out of your neoliberal wine mom bubble lmao.

Get out of your Brooklyn hipster bubble lmao. AOC definitely does not play well in blue collar middle America. You can make a case for electing her but that's not it. Her biggest fans are very obviously professional/managerial class millenial urbanites--incidentally people like me.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

You need to follow the lead of swing district Representatives like Katie Porter who support single payer healthcare and aren't afraid to defend progressive policies and, oh yes, won reelection by 8 points in an R+3 district.

CA-45 is very obviously not a swing district (let alone R favoring) anymore. Although Porter is a clear example of progressivism branded palatably.