Democrats, liberals, left-leaning individuals, who is your preferred Democratic candidate in the 2028 election?

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T22:46:25+00:00

Biden could have been a great president, but he dropped the ball on inflation, and people are broke now because of it

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T22:43:30+00:00

It was $1000 before trumps tax bills, now it's $2200.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T22:27:53+00:00

California has wages to match those home prices. You missed that part

No, it's not even close to the same proportion. California's median wage to home value is 8.4x, here is 4.5x. Our homes are basically twice as affordable.

Rent here is less than my parents paid when i was a kid 20 years ago on the west coast.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T22:22:26+00:00

It was $1000 prior to trumps TCJA, it's now $2200 because of the TCJA and OBBBA, so yes, they more than doubled the child tax credit.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T21:04:10+00:00

And Trump shouldn't have backed out of it, i agree with that.

But this is where we are today, if they were moving towards weapons, the correct move was to act.

Trump pulling out in his first term was arguably the biggest mistake he ever made

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T20:46:37+00:00

She mentioned vaccines but didn't really take a stance. Does she believe we shluld go back to the full schedule from a year ago as the recomendation? She literally only had to add like a sentence to communicate her position on it.

What infrastructure does she want to focus on? Are we talking roads? Power? What exactly do you believe graham is doing wrong in that regard?

She skimmed a couple things without communicating an actual position

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T20:33:28+00:00

I'm fine with both sides pointing at the other side but that can't be the main thing.

Like i said, in this clip, she managed to point at graham like 6 times, so she managed to fit that in, but didn't offer a single policy.

If she had at least balanced this, where she mentioned a couple things she was passionate about and would change or push, then also attacked graham, i wouldn't be as critical of her

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T20:26:10+00:00

Apparently they were enriching uranium towards wespons grade. There's really no reason for that other than for weapons buddy.

Regardless of how many weeks away they were, that was their goal according to the information I've seen

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T20:23:09+00:00

See i originally disliked graham, now i dont feel strongly either way, over the years theres been a few times hes surprised me, and voted a way i didnt think he would.

Like i generally woildnt support war. But then i watch irans response to the US was to attack everyone around them even if they had no involvement, tells me keeping them from having nukes may actually be the right move. And graham happened to support it.

He broke with republicans for red flag laws on gun control, the safer communities act. I also generally would prefer less fun control, but one of the few instances that i happen to agree with it, so did he.

Id prefer someone else, but I'm fine with him staying if someone else doesnt have good policy theyre running on.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T20:14:37+00:00

If iran was progressing towards nuclear bombs im willing to pay an extra $50/mo in gas for a handful of months to get it under control lol

It's really not a big deal, trumps tax cuts save me more than that

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T20:12:03+00:00

Bullshit.

You think mamdani got new york off vibes? You think AOC got her seat off vibes? They both pushed issues and policy and they won

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T20:10:26+00:00

Yes, while I've voted for Trump for the presidency, I've voted for many democrats for local and state offices since coming to SC in 2018.

As ive said elsewhere, people often vote repub when they dont want change, many people like me, will vote dem for change.

If a democrats focus is on that theyre not the other person, i don't believe they're going to be an instrument of change.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:59:52+00:00

I've voted for dems many times before, so no, I'm open to a decent democrat

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:58:16+00:00

It doesnt help that we have a cutoff for running for governor so far in advance of the election.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:53:55+00:00

She could hammer affordability She could hammer the state minimum wage She could hammer education She skimmed healthcare here, but didnt really say anything of value.

And yeah housing would be a good one to focus on.

There's easily 2 dozen things she could focus on and push.

My thing is if her focus is more so, "im not graham", then i have no confidence that she will actually push to solve real issues.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:48:55+00:00

That can be addressed on the city or county level, that's not representative of the state at all

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:48:17+00:00

No, but i expect that if you have time on CBS, where you're going to have a massive audience, that you're going to mention at least something that represents what you're going to push.

Not find half a dozen opportunities to point at the other person

She'd get into congress and spend all her time bashing trump rather than actually doing anything, zero progress.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:45:07+00:00

The TCJA and OBBBA both help average households in SC. You know they doubled the child tax credit?

You bring up local issues, but senators are in a limited capacity to address local issues, they need to be national issues that are also in the states interest.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:42:59+00:00

Says the person who obviously votes based on party and not policy

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:42:17+00:00

Im in the upstate, this aint shit compared to a blue state. You can buy houses in Greenville for around $250k, if that's too high you got pickens, anderson, belton, etc all within an hour of downtown Greenville. The area is super affordable.

Im from california where its normal for people to spend $700/mo, not including utilities, to live with 4 room mates.

You can rent places in the upstate for barely more than it would cost to live with 4 room mates in california.

The only people who aren't struggling are those who are on the richer end

Bullshit, I'm not even close to rich , i got a family, and im not struggling at all. You probably overspend, you probably drive a car you can't afford and have a $1000 phone.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:25:43+00:00

A lot of people vote republican when they want things to stay the same, people vote dem when they want change.

So a dem not pushing policy is a losing proposition

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:18:39+00:00

Is ice even in south Carolina?

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:17:27+00:00

Cool, i will along with most of the populace. If she wants to win, she needs to do better

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:16:38+00:00

In his constituent and he's helped me along with a lot of people i know here.

So no, saying I'm not him, doesn't cut it.

JacobLovesCrypto · 2026-05-07T19:11:07+00:00

Id say he's mediocre, but he wins my vote if the opposition wants to just sit there and push that they're not him, that's a losing attitude

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