Pete Buttigieg Leads New Hampshire 2028 Poll, Spelling Trouble For Dems

The 2028 Presidential election still might be a good way off, but it is never too late to begin looking ahead. For the Democrats, it will be a big election, and already there are worries over the direction of the party heading to 2028. New polls show that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leads in New Hampshire primary field.

That could spell trouble for others in the field, like failed candidate Kamala Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom. Why? Well, simply put, because the party is fractured, and would rather support a far-Leftist than anyone else with common sense or a brain. Yes, that is a big rarity for Democrats to have. But the party would rather see someone who appeases the radicals win, and burn it all down, than support anyone who opposes them slightly.

Political strategist Alex Tarascio says Buttigieg's numbers are not totally surprising.

"His numbers being as high as they are is a byproduct of inertia...he was in the race, he ran, voters know him...he is benefitting from that past experience," he says.

Now, political polls mean about as much as preseason college football polls. In short: they mean nothing. Once the season starts (primaries), chaos unfolds. Teams (candidates) fall by the wayside as bigger, more important games (states) come up.

That is what is likely to unfold, and old mayor Pete as he is known will end up falling down the ladder. But what does this mean for Harris and Newsom? That is where things get interesting for Newsom especially.

Newsom has been teetering on the hard-Left and moderate-Left line for months trying to appease both sides of the base. But that might be the biggest problem he faces, and why Buttigieg's surge is trouble.

"That moderate Democrat energy is not where the party is right now...it is with the activist class, and the Green New Deal types," says Tarascio.

But Newsom cannot seem to figure out which side he is on. One day he takes the side of the progressive Left, the next day he says the progressive Left has gone too far. That does nothing to reaffirm the radical base.

"That is not Gavin Newsom...he is an establishment Democrat...and he has a huge problem because the party has a problem," Tarascio says. "I do not see any clear way how they get through from where they are now, to having a unified coalition."

Therein lies the problem with the Democrats, unification. If the party cannot find a candidate to get behind, it will be a long next eight years. Because the Democrats without a unified front are doomed to lose again.