Despite a bruising defeat in the 2024 presidential election, early polling has Kamala Harris ahead of major Democratic alternatives like Gavin Newsom and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a 2028 run. Her loyal base says that another White House bid feels like an opportunity to build a real campaign free from the constraints of last time. But there’s a lot of division behind the scenes.
This week, Vox’s Astead Herndon travels to a picnic in the crucial primary state of South Carolina to ask voters directly what they think. And then, Astead talks with the prominent Democratic donor John Morgan, who says it’s time to turn the page on the Biden-Harris era entirely.
00:00 - Is Kamala Harris running for president (again?)
01:44 - Democratic insiders make the case for Harris 2028
04:40 - Taking the question to South Carolina voters
06:01 - Is America ready for a Black woman president?
08:20 - The generational divide
11:49 - The "third time's a charm" perspective
17:32 - What Democratic donors are thinking
23:56 - The push for a fresh Democratic bench
25:15 - Counting the votes from South Carolina
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