Re: Socialist barmaid Ocasio-Cortez leads poll of Democrats on which leader 'best reflects' party's 'core values'

On 3/23/25 00:30, useapen wrote:
> Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) narrowly leads in a poll of
> Democrats on which political leader “best reflects” the “core values” of
> the party.

Darn good deal.
Sure, keep her as a leader.
In fact, why not have her replace Sen. Schumer.
She will lead the Democrats marching through the lost wilderness
of being an irrelevant losing party.
> 
> In a CNN survey released Sunday, Democrats and Democratic-leaning
> independents were asked to name one person when “thinking about Democratic
> leaders today” who “best reflects the core values of the Democratic
> Party.”
> 
> The open-ended question yielded a range of responses: 10 percent pointed
> to Ocasio-Cortez, 9 percent said former Vice President Kamala Harris, 8
> percent said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and 6 percent said House
> Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.).
> 
> Former President Obama and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) each were named
> by 4 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independent respondents,
> while Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), California Gov. Gavin
> Newsom (D), former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Elissa Slotkin
> (D-Mich.) were named by 2 percent of respondents.
> 
> At least fifteen other Democrats — many of whom have name recognition from
> previous presidential campaigns or rumors of possible ones — were named by
> 1 percent of respondents.
> 
> Meanwhile, a plurality of respondents, 26 percent, said they have no
> opinion, while 5 percent gave non-name responses and 5 percent said no
> one. All other names accounted for a total of 5 percent of responses.
> 
> The survey reflects the lack of clarity among Democrats over who should
> lead the party, as Republicans control of the White House and both
> chambers of Congress.
> 
> Ocasio-Cortez has been a leading voice criticizing Schumer for agreeing to
> a Republican spending bill that almost all Democrats opposed, due to
> provisions that cut programs and expanded President Trump’s power to
> control government funding.
> 
> “There is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Ocasio-Cortez told
> reporters late Thursday, referring to Schumer’s decision. “And this is not
> just about progressive Democrats. This is across the board — the entire
> party.”
> 
> Schumer said a government shutdown would have been worse, effectively
> accelerating Trump’s efforts to close down government agencies he doesn’t
> like, but he has faced intense backlash within the party for not putting
> up a fight.
> 
> The last time Democrats were grappling with a Trump presidency, in 2017,
> the list of party leaders looked very different — with only Sanders near
> the top of both lists.
> 
> Obama led responses at 18 percent, followed by Sanders with 14 percent,
> former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with 10 percent, and Joe Biden
> with 7 percent.
> 
> The latest survey, conducted March 6-9, included 1,206 respondents and has
> a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.
> 
> https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5198380-ocasio-cortez-leads-democrats/