Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has taken to Instagram to listen to split-ticket voters from last week’s election, posting a question box asking “People who supported [President-elect] Trump & me OR voted Trump/Dem, tell us why” on her story.
She received a variety of responses from her 8.1 million followers and beyond, citing reasons ranging from Trump and Ocasio-Cortez’s “care for the working class” to the war in Gaza.
“I’m LISTENING,” she wrote. “Sometimes you gotta dig in and see it to understand and adapt! Even if it makes you want to barf.”
“I support you and did this. Felt like I didn’t have a choice after Biden’s administration,” one reply said.
“You are focused on the real issues people care about. Similar to Trump populism in some ways,” another said.
“This is why I say that we should be signing up to knock on doors and be on the phones,” Ocasio-Cortez said in another story in response to a comment that said responses were “blowing [their] mind. “If you’re only tuning in to [mass media], you will think that most people fall along this spectrum, and a lot of people don’t.”
She added that door knocking and phone banking are not a “junior thing” that politicians should grow out of. She also posted stories also asking about where leftists and Trump-supporting voters get their news from and shared some of those responses as well.
Ocasio-Cortez glided to victory in her reelection race in New York last week, and will continue to represent the state’s 14th Congressional District.
@OrangeBrettDemocrat1mo1MO
This is political theater at its finest. AOC is just trying to seem relatable. The real issue is policy, not pandering on social media. If she wants to understand Trump voters, she should look at economic policies, not Instagram stories.
I find this whole thing insincere. AOC is just virtue signaling. She's not going to change her tune because of some Instagram comments. And let's be real, Trump voters aren't going to start supporting her policies just because she listened.
I find this whole thing insincere. AOC is just virtue signaling. She's not going to change her tune because of some Instagram comments. And let's be real, Trump voters aren't going to start supporting her policies just because she listened.
AOC's shocked that people support both her and Trump? Maybe it's because both are seen as outsiders fighting the system. Trump's voters want change, and they see AOC as someone who also wants to shake things up, even if they disagree on how.
@5S2RH9TLibertarian1mo1MO
It's fascinating to see the crossover. AOC's policies might not align with Trump's, but her aggressive challenge to the status quo does. If Democrats ignore this, they're missing out on a huge opportunity to recalibrate their message.
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