# Frontrunners for Democratic presidential nomination in 2028

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 16, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontrunners-for-democratic-presidential-nomination-in-2028/1013036 "2025-01-16T06:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontrunners-for-democratic-presidential-nomination-in-2028/1013036/1152 "2025-12-19T15:25:48Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> a candidate different people with different views can all project their desires on. Someone who makes people think, “They’re so awesome - they HAVE to believe what I believe!” Obama was like that; so is Trump

Oh absolutely. I recall back in the Obama years some commenters on the lib side saying _ **as a positive thing** _ “oh someone so intelligent MUST be a closet atheist!” (See: [Ok, I'm sold, Barack Obama is a Christian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-sold-barack-obama-is-a-christian/723589) ).

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