Ossoff is really benefiting from the fact that this poll only includes 5 candidates though. When the other hopefuls were included, he received 4-6% in all July and August polls. When the primary pops off, we're likely to have 10-15 candidates or even more like 2020. It will be hard for him to define himself if he has to try and stand out against other centrists like Kelly, Shapiro, Pritzker, etc. That's why things didn't work out for Amy and Pete anyway because people were like, if all of them are pushing the same ****, I'll just go with Biden since he has the biggest name and resume. I feel like part of that is going to benefit people like Kamala and Newsom in the long run because voters in early states will be split among all these white male centrist candidates. And if Kamala re-heats her 2020 nachos and tries to be more progressive, she might end up just barely making it over the line. Axios polled 18-34 year olds for 2028 just last month and they overwhelmingly supported Harris even with AOC included in the poll. But it's really going to depend on who Kamala has advising her and running her campaign because if she hires anybody from Biden's orbit like a lunatic, she's gonna flop hard af. For instance, the state polling thus far shows Kamala doing terribly, but that's also because state polls have small samples and people with buzz from that region are typically at the top. When looking at national polls where the sample is 3-4 times larger, Kamala and Newsom have consistently been at the top. I think the DNC will sideline Ossoff anyway if KLB loses the gubernatorial election in 2026. They won't want a GOP governor appointing someone to fill his seat if he were to win. Pete polling so high will never not make me laugh. He cannot win in the South and will look weak because his resume is being the mayor of a small town and then a Transportation Secretary for Biden. He seems to just get buzz because people think he's a good speaker, but his policy positions are essentially like the Harris 2024 platform but even more conservative. Newsom's buzz was all about the redistricting, but he's now in 3 place behind Pete and Kamala. We know Pete can't win because his support among minorities is awful. Newsom has more support that Pete in that Demographic, but Newsom is going to find that he can't justify the issues in his home state in other parts of the U.S. All the GOP would have to do is tell brainless voters about how Cali has the highest cost of living, highest home prices, highest cost of utilities and gas, high taxes, etc. They'll just say that if Newsom is president, the rest of the states will end up the same way and people would believe it. Regardless of who ends up running, the current primaries have shown that Democratic voters are done with centrist, incremental policies. I don't see that changing with Trump still being in office, so if we have progressive-coded Kamala and AOC running, I think they'll do much better than polling currently shows. Newsom, Buttigieg, and the other male centrists have shown they plan to shift right, and people aren't going to show up for that.