A New Poll Revealed The 2028 Democratic Nominee Frontrunner In A Key Primary, And It’s Exactly Who You’d Expect

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is the preferred Democratic candidate for the 2028 presidential elections in the early primary state of New Hampshire, according to a new poll from the University of New Hampshire.

Of those in the Granite State who say they plan to vote in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, 19% said they would choose Buttigieg if the election were held today, while 81% of those surveyed had a favorable opinion of him. The ex-transportation secretary topped California Gov. Gavin Newsom by 4% and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) by 5%.

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On the Republican side, 51% of New Hampshire residents who plan to vote in the 2028 Republican presidential primary prefer Vice President JD Vance over Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard.

The current vice president teased the prospect of running for president in 2028 with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as his running mate during an interview on Wednesday’s episode of the New York Post’s Pod Force One. Only 5% of planned Republican presidential primary voters supported Rubio for president.

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“[Trump] mentioned it probably six months or so ago,” Vance told host Miranda Devine. “And I mentioned it to the secretary in jest, but it feels so premature because we’re still so early.”

The university’s findings follow Newsom’s admission in a recent airing of CBS Sunday Morning that he planned to put serious thought into running for president in 2028.

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“Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise. I’d just be lying. And I’m not — I can’t do that,” the California governor said.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who left the door open for a 2028 presidential run and confessed she had actually wanted Buttigieg as her 2024 running mate over Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), gained 11% of Democratic respondents’ support, ahead of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who had 8%.

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The survey noted that “nearly half of self-described socialists support Ocasio-Cortez while progressives tend to prefer Ocasio-Cortez or Newsom.” Self-described liberals and moderates, on the other hand, preferred Harris or Buttigieg.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

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