Overview
- During a July 10 episode of The View, Alyssa Farah Griffin said she thinks Kamala Harris is the most likely Democratic nominee based on name recognition, polling and fundraising.
- Joy Behar pushed back by citing Harris’s 2024 loss and by questioning whether voters would support certain candidates, including asking if Pete Buttigieg could win as an openly gay man.
- Ana Navarro warned that high-profile skepticism about non-white or non-male candidates can become a "self-fulfilling prophecy" given the show’s large daily audience.
- Sunny Hostin referenced a post-Obama "whitelash" to argue the party must be realistic about which profiles can win in a polarized electorate.
- The panel also named other potential contenders such as Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, Wes Moore, Jon Ossoff, Josh Shapiro, J.B. Pritzker and Bernie Sanders and raised the broader issue that media framing may shape fundraising, polling and voter expectations ahead of the 2028 primary.