[1]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress



Last week, there were many places where down-ballot Democrats outperformed
the top of the ticket — this applied to my congressional district, but
also districts of all ideologies and geographies across the country — and
a not insignificant number of Democrats were in a Trump / Democratic House
or Senate precinct.

So on Instagram, I wanted to hear more from folks who voted this way:

[1]Photo from AOC's Instagram: "People who support both Trump & me, OR
voted Trump/Dem, tell us why"

Here’s just a handful of the responses:

[2]Responses from AOC's inquiry about people who support both Trump and
AOC.

Another area that was interesting was hearing from families of
undocumented people — who do vote — saying that there’s been no relief
from Democrats, or anybody else, on the path to citizenship for 30 years.

There’s a lot of misinformation about what benefits the influx of asylum
seekers do or don’t receive that has generated a certain resentment. I
find it interesting how — once again — the tool of us vs. them has been
drawn, even in this situation.

The idea that there is a big difference between an undocumented person
that's been here for a while and an asylum seeker — which creates this
idea of “I am more deserving” — was powerful, compelling, and exploited to
great effect by Trump.

Other voters said that they voted for Trump and myself because we’re both
New Yorkers, and we speak very directly. That could be true. I don’t know.
Right now, we’re in data-gathering mode.

What we do know is that a huge indicator of how someone voted is where
they get their news from.

If you primarily get your news from social media or Google, those are
actually right-leaning audiences. If you primarily get your news from
sources like newspapers, you went left.

More questions and answers to come.

In solidarity,

Alexandria

Our fight is not about left and right. This is about top and bottom — and
we have to organize from the bottom up.

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