Can We Not Speculate About 2028 This Early?

Donald Trump has not even been inaugurated yet, and he won’t be inaugurated for another almost two months. However, that has not stopped the media from talking about who the Democrats will run in 2028 — making the optimistic assumption that we will even have an election in 2028, but that’s another topic.

Jon Stewart has made it a point to stress on recent episodes of The Daily Show that we have no idea what the next four years are going to hold. Furthermore, as a person by the name of Adam Carson noted on Twitter on 11/23/2024:

In 2004, Bush won the popular vote & Rs won a trifecta. Ds were despondent & in soul searching mode. Many spoke of need to nominate a southerner that could appeal to WWC voters & moderate Rs (e.g. Mark Warner). Then came Obama. The right path forward is never obvious this far out.

However, that did not stop The Hill from publishing an article with the headline “Ranking the Democrats: Here’s who the party could nominate next as president” on 11/29/2024, discussing seven different Democrats who could run for President in 2028, those being:

• Vice President Kamala Harris
• California Governor Gavin Newsom
• Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
• Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
• Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
• Illinois Governor JB Pritzker
• Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez