The Democratic field for the nomination in 2028 is hampered by so many of them having demographic characteristics that would distract the American electorate.

Commentators say that the Democratic Party has to get its act together so as to oppose J. D. Vance or Marco Rubio in 2029. That presumes that the Democrats had been wrong in 2024 on policy. They had not sufficiently shown that they were addressing the economic conditions in the country. But in fact the economy under Biden was doing very well. Inflation had dropped even though there was no de-inflation that would reduce prices to pre-Covid levels. Moreover, the polls were misleading. They claimed that people voted for Trump because of the economy when I suspect that was an excuse for the real reason, which was that people didn’t want to admit they voted forTrump because he came across as a tough guy or a strong man, people cynical rather than idealistic about their views of government. As in most cases, personality rather than principle decides who people vote for, at least since the working class voted Democratic because of the discipline of unionism and that since 1980 voters go for charm. So let's think of the potential candidates for a Democratic nominee in 2028 on the basis of their personal attributes, including the demographic attributes to which they are associated.ls before going for the brass ring, and so is likely to run for President in 2028.