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Senator Mark Kelly says he will 'seriously consider' running for president (www.bbc.com)

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US Democratic Senator Mark Kelly has said he will "seriously consider" running for president in 2028 as he battles the Trump administration over a video in which he urged military personnel to refuse illegal orders.

The Arizona senator, who was accused of "seditious behaviour" by Donald Trump over the November clip, said he and his wife, Gabrielle Giffords, received "many" death threats after the president's comments.

"We get them on a weekly basis now," he told BBC Newsnight. "We had to get security to protect us 24 hours a day."

Asked if he was considering a White House run, the retired Navy captain said he was considering it "because we're in some seriously challenging times".

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Okay, so let's get some data behind your Ludacris' Area Codes Theory of Misogynistic Voting caused the loss of the 2016 and 2024 elections then.

You're anecdotal evidence of some guy who said they would never vote for Hilary or that one guy who went and said they didn't like her laugh, the only thing that proves is that America has people that are misogynistic, which of course is true, but isn't proof of your premise that women can't win elections. I can point out people that said they wouldn't vote for her because Harris was black but that doesn't provide enough of a basis that she lost due to racism. Anecdotal stories does not equal causation.

Here's some more supporting evidence that Americans are becoming more open to women in office.

https://www.genderontheballot.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-GOTB-Deck-c4_release.pdf

Some highlights because I'm sure you won't read:

four in 10 Americans personally know someone who would not elect a woman to the White House
83 percent of people polled think it's important to elect more women into office.
82 percent are open to a qualified woman candidate for president.

So again data allows that women still have a hurdles but supports that a woman can win the presidency and I'll continue to vote for a qualified progressive women in the primaries to counter your misogynistic vote.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago)

Sigh. Here's my data that proves that zip codes matter:

2020:

2024:

See the difference? It was only a handful of voters in certain states that did it. Why did they change? You can't really tell me there was any meaningful difference between the first election and the second one on a matter of policy.

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