Who will be the progressive champion in 2024 and beyond?

[Blue3]

If Dems lose its Gavin Newsom, if Biden is elected,  Joe Kennedy and Tim Ryan 2028, if they get their senate seats

lol wow

[dw93]

Warren seems determined to give it another go in 2024 so her that year, beyond that unless Warren somehow wins, it'll be AOC.

[CookieDamage]

AOC. She may be too young to run for President, but she'd still be the leader of the progressives and dem socialists. Maybe from 2024 to 2032 or so, then maybe a progressive president would take her mantle (maybe even her if she becomes president or veep in a moderate-progressive unity ticket)

[Catalyst138]

If Dems lose its Gavin Newsom, if Biden is elected,  Joe Kennedy and Tim Ryan 2028, if they get their senate seats

lol wow

Literally none of those are progressives, LMAO

[brucejoel99]

If Dems lose its Gavin Newsom, if Biden is elected,  Joe Kennedy and Tim Ryan 2028, if they get their senate seats

lol wow

Literally none of those are progressives, LMAO

Don't question olawakandi's truth.

[jake_arlington]

why can't Sanders enter the democratic primary at the age of 82 in 2024? he primaries Joe Biden, if Biden wins and decides to run for a 2nd term.

That will never happen. Biden's literally the only Dem (by definition, as an incember) who, I can't see Bernie ever primarying

Also, make my works but AOC will never become even the million most recognizable face of the left, she's not going to make it further through the primary cycle than somebody like Kamala Harris did this election, not than AOC could ever break 5% nationwide.

[morgieb]

AOC, but 2024 might be too soon alas.

If it is, I have no idea. Khanna? Unfortunately this seem ripe for a grifter....

[Lechasseur]

If we're talking about as early as 2024, then I could still see someone like Sherrod Brown running and taking up that mantle.  Maybe Tammy Baldwin as well in the event that Biden picks her as his running mate and she performs well, but the ticket loses to Trump. She may run, but I can't see AOC being quite ready.

By 2028 there will likely be a whole new crop candidates who have made their name by then, but that's so far off that its impossible to say who that could be.

A senator from Ohio or Wisconsin would be a bad choice to draw from since they're not remotely safe seats & Democrats badly need to keep as many Senate seats as possible.

As I wrote somewhere else, I can see Brown retiring one way or the other, so it wouldn't really change anything if he ran for president.

[darklordoftech]

How about Baldwin or Inslee?

[ShadowRocket]

How about Baldwin or Inslee?

The only problem I could see with Inslee is that he doesn't support single payer health care if I recall correctly. I see that being a major litmus test for any progressive candidate going forward. Which would help Baldwin since she has been a long time supporter of that.

[anthonyjg]

Katie Porter. I don't know if this counts since she's not explicitly a Berniecrat, but frankly I don't know if anyone behind Bernie's 2020 bid is capable of taking up the mantle that soon (AOC maybe but honestly I don't think she even wants it).

[clever but short]

Katie Porter. I don't know if this counts since she's not explicitly a Berniecrat, but frankly I don't know if anyone behind Bernie's 2020 bid is capable of taking up the mantle that soon (AOC maybe but honestly I don't think she even wants it).

That's a name that I hadn't thought of and that would definitely play an important progressive champion role going forward.

I think what's most likely to happen in many ways is there being several progressive/left advocates when/if Sanders is absent. Splinter may be too strong a word, but I think it would be difficult for anyone to fill Sanders' shoes and be the singular voice of the left wing, especially if they're not the nominee or president.

So what I think will happen (with elected officials) is something like this:
- "The Squad": AOC, Tlaib, Omar, Pressley occupying one role
- The new progressive liberal(s) occupying another: Katie Porter, ?? (Pressley is actually more in this role ideologically/tactically despite her friendship with the Squad)
- And the progressive liberal older guard: Warren, maybe Sherrod Brown, Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Lee

I'm sure I'm forgetting some notable elected officials. This isn't including whomever else might come up like Porter or AOC in the next two election cycles that we don't know about yet. And the question is how much these different groups can work together and what the trajectory of groups like DSA is in the near future.