A leading polling analyst has named his preferred candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination .

Nate Silver , who correctly predicted that Democrats would reclaim control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections , revealed his choice Saturday at the Crooked Con political conference.

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff , fresh off his re-election victory, would be “a slam dunk number one pick,” Silver said, according to The Daily Beast .

“He won by what was like 16, 17, 18 points or something,” Silver said. “He seems like the uniformly ‘compromise candidate’ between the progressive and the more centrist factions of the party. And he seems very talented.”

Silver, who founded FiveThirtyEight and publishes the Silver Bulletin newsletter, also suggested that the 39-year-old senator’s looks could work in his favor.…