James Carville predicts a 2028 'reckoning' as socialist candidates eye the Democratic ticket
James Carville says Democratic voters won't nominate a DSA-aligned candidate in 2028, even as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez renews her membership.
TL;DR
- James Carville predicts an ideological 'reckoning' for the Democratic Party in the 2028 presidential primary.
- He believes Democratic voters will not nominate a candidate aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
- Carville stated that the Democrats have never nominated the most liberal candidate and will not do so in 2028.
- Despite Carville's prediction, several DSA-backed candidates have won primaries, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez renewed her DSA membership.
- Carville described Ocasio-Cortez as talented and articulate but believes a DSA presidential candidate would fail in the early primaries.
- He concluded that the DSA represents a 'minor part of the Democratic coalition'.