r/politics • u/politico ✔ Politico • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Poll: AOC leads Schumer in head-to-head New York primary matchup by double digits

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/schumer-aoc-poll-primary-new-york-030621
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u/IShouldBWorkin North Carolina 1d ago

Imagine if we had started testing out candidates for the last presidential election long before it started instead of a surprise switch halfway through the campaign, do you think that might have gone better?

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u/SuperStarPlatinum 1d ago

Yeah that's the biggest weakness of the Democratic party, post Kennedy assassination.

The DNC refuses to ever have a plan b in case the incumbent is a dog turd. They never do an autopsy on a loss to figure out how to win the next election.

The current strategists are dangerously incompetent and out of touch with reality, Hillary Clinton gave the DNC cancer.

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u/Unhappy_Scratch_9385 1d ago

Hillary is A tumor, but the cancer is ancient center-right dems who refuse to retire or leave office until they die of natural causes.

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u/fiction8 1d ago

The only incumbent Democratic president to lose post-Kennedy was Carter. Was he a "dog turd?"

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u/Embarrassed-Track-21 1d ago

He low key was. Imagine being so out of touch with the American populace you think the malaise speech is good politics.

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u/SuperStarPlatinum 1d ago

No, Jimmy was a good president, but Reagan's act of treason sabotaging the hostage negotiations did make him look weak and ineffectual leading up to the election.

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u/mightcommentsometime California 1d ago

When your incumbent doesn’t run again (and is able to), it’s basically a guaranteed loss. At least historically it has been

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u/UnquestionabIe 1d ago

Don't forget to abandon an effective strategy in favor of parading around with member of the GOP who were pushed out of the party! Surely that will appeal to the imaginary undecided voters!

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u/Unhappy_Scratch_9385 1d ago

Halfway? HALFWAY? We were 95% of the way through the campaign before Biden dropped out, which was still a fucking MONTH after his godawful debate.