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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:04 AM Jun 2020

A.O.C.'s Digital Juggernaut

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/politics/aoc-facebook-ads.html

A.O.C.’s Digital Juggernaut
The congresswoman is vastly outspending her fellow House members, and even most senators, online.

By Nick Corasaniti
June 23, 2020



Around this time in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a relatively unknown challenger to Representative Joe Crowley, the entrenched and powerful Democratic incumbent from New York’s 14th Congressional District. Her upset primary victory catapulted her to political stardom and immense influence.

And immense cash. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has raised more than $10.3 million over the past two years, millions of which she has deployed aggressively online, far outpacing her fellow House members.

Since the beginning of this election cycle in 2019, she’s spent $3.6 million on Facebook ads, including nearly $2.4 million since January, according to her campaign. The next biggest digital advertiser among House members in 2020 is Representative Adam Schiff of California, who spent $620,000 online, according to the tracking firm Advertising Analytics.

Indeed, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s online spending has outpaced those of most Senate campaigns this cycle, including well-funded candidates like Mark Kelly in Arizona, Sara Gideon in Maine and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

As New York holds its congressional primary elections today, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is facing a well-financed challenger in Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC anchor, who lent her own campaign $1 million recently, though she has spent only about $177,000 online. Though Ms. Ocasio-Cortez remains popular, there has been scant public polling on the race, and her spending is a sign that she is taking the challenge from Ms. Caruso-Cabrera seriously.
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A.O.C.'s Digital Juggernaut (Original Post) NurseJackie Jun 2020 OP
It is not surprising .... behave like Wall Street DenverJared Jun 2020 #1
$406,000 in Facebook ads NurseJackie Jun 2020 #2
LOL red flags JonLP24 Jun 2020 #3
... And I rest my case ..... DenverJared Jun 2020 #4
What's the problem? RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #39
+1, to keep things in perspective, only 27,460 voted for her, so that R B Garr Jun 2020 #8
False logic Tom Rinaldo Jun 2020 #17
I think she is trying to balance both JonLP24 Jun 2020 #27
a lot easier for her to balance Locrian Jun 2020 #32
Yes, but I thought the national presence was mostly due to the connection to Bernie's R B Garr Jun 2020 #44
It definitely tells us something... tonedevil Jun 2020 #45
I remember all your yuuuge concerns about R B Garr Jun 2020 #46
LOL. /nt tonedevil Jun 2020 #48
Yes, it cracked me up that you followed me R B Garr Jun 2020 #50
As I look in your face... tonedevil Jun 2020 #54
You followed me for a week over a little R B Garr Jun 2020 #55
I bow to your mastery of... tonedevil Jun 2020 #56
It appears I live in your head. You can't quit R B Garr Jun 2020 #57
Until next time... tonedevil Jun 2020 #59
Great news. Bye! R B Garr Jun 2020 #60
You amuse me too much to ignore /nt tonedevil Jun 2020 #61
You just said you don't like my comments, so obviously R B Garr Jun 2020 #62
I just can't quit you... tonedevil Jun 2020 #63
More contradictions from you, lol! R B Garr Jun 2020 #64
I like how you think you know... tonedevil Jun 2020 #65
This fits your pattern! Talk about stridency. When you have to follow someone R B Garr Jun 2020 #66
Maybe if she's such a Democrat she should run against Lee Zeldin RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #58
It's math. (nt) ehrnst Jun 2020 #68
don't hate the playa, hate the game Celerity Jun 2020 #69
She's one sharp woman and doesn't take any crap. AOC for senate, please! Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #5
+1,000 malaise Jun 2020 #20
I second that! AOC is saying what needs to be said. What has needed to be said for way too long BComplex Jun 2020 #24
I LOOOOVE that she pisses off the right people. Nature Man Jun 2020 #41
Perhaps if you had donated more cash to Cabrera she might have fooled more people? Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #6
Let's see how fast she switches parties now. Maybe she will beat Bernie's record. R B Garr Jun 2020 #10
So, basically, that's arguing that the one with the most cash "fools more people"... hmmm. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #14
Cabrera is a republican plant, financed by the far right. BComplex Jun 2020 #25
They tried but bad bet +should've found a better faker to try to fool people to vote against AOC😹 lunasun Jun 2020 #7
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez won 72% of the vote. She obviously represents the views of voters in the 14th sop Jun 2020 #9
Xactly. marmar Jun 2020 #12
72% is 27,460 people. nt R B Garr Jun 2020 #13
And just 7,254 people voted for Caruso-Cabrera, so Ocasio-Cortez won in a landslide. sop Jun 2020 #22
Which is pretty much the point, thank you. It only took the difference of 20,206 to R B Garr Jun 2020 #31
If you don't vote, you have nothing to complain about. RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #40
You keep saying that Nature Man Jun 2020 #42
Whether people like or not, A.O.C. is the future. Javaman Jun 2020 #11
Always A Pleasure To See A Competent Young Star Rising, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #15
I wonder if her close association with Cenk Uygur and "Justice Democrats" will haunt her. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #18
I Doubt It Will, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #21
I doubt there is a close association and Justce Democrats cut ties with Cenk for good reasons JonLP24 Jun 2020 #30
The bashing of her must come to an end Sympthsical Jun 2020 #16
Nobody is bashing her. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #19
Uh huh n/t Sympthsical Jun 2020 #26
LOL. /nt tonedevil Jun 2020 #47
Oh, my bad! I forgot... "legit criticism" equals "bashing". NurseJackie Jun 2020 #51
I'm not the one whining. /nt tonedevil Jun 2020 #52
LOL /nt NurseJackie Jun 2020 #53
Welcome back to DU. I suppose the same things can be said in light of Biden's extreme R B Garr Jun 2020 #33
Case in point n/t Sympthsical Jun 2020 #37
In no particular order, my comments are: NurseJackie Jun 2020 #38
+1000. ehrnst Jun 2020 #67
She connects! I sincerely hope that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the first woman POTUS. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #23
That's unlikely. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #28
That is quite likely. PTWB Jun 2020 #29
Good! RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #34
Winning is bad melman Jun 2020 #35
In this thread: Mariana Jun 2020 #43
The OP told us yesterday AOC was in trouble melman Jun 2020 #49
yep, so many have been saying for a year plus it would be a close run thing, lolol Celerity Jun 2020 #70
"Wall Street spent heavily to take down Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It was a bad investment." manhattan123 Jun 2020 #36
 

DenverJared

(457 posts)
1. It is not surprising .... behave like Wall Street
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:08 AM
Jun 2020

but then bash Wall Street at every opportunity.

There is another politician who does that and has a loyal base which overlooks such obvious red flags only because they like the "message."

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
2. $406,000 in Facebook ads
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:11 AM
Jun 2020
Her advertising on Facebook, where she has spent $406,000 in the past week, runs the gamut from more traditional, polished ads to raw, selfie testimonials from voters, similar to the videos that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez often posts herself on Instagram. (She also turned some of those videos into Facebook ads.)

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has also gone on the attack, spending $65,000 on a television ad criticizing Ms. Caruso-Cabrera, calling her a former Republican who “isn’t one of us.” She has similar ads on Facebook in English and Spanish.
 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
39. What's the problem?
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:22 AM
Jun 2020

I've donated money to seven Democratic candidates this year (none of them AOC) who don't live anywhere near me. Is that problematic for you? I know they need it to fight off Bitch and the Kochsucker PACS.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
8. +1, to keep things in perspective, only 27,460 voted for her, so that
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:42 AM
Jun 2020

$10,000,000 works out to be about $364,000 per vote -- in a very blue district. Wow!

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
17. False logic
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:06 AM
Jun 2020

Some think it is good, others not, but AOC has a national rather than a predominately local profile only. When a combination of ability and/or circumstances allow it, many political figures rise to national prominence, and they do so knowingly and they do so consciously. Stacy Abrams comes to mind as another recent example. She has never been directly elected to any office beyond that of a State Representative, yet she is widely acknowledged as a rising star in the national Democratic Party. And Stacy uses her high profile both effectively and frequently.

AOC is reported to have spent that much money on media in 24 months. The vast majority of it was not used to win votes in yesterday's primary. A legitimate argument could be (and was) made that AOC has not given enough of her attention to matters specifically inside of her own district since she was elected in 2018. That could even be used as a basis to contest her seat in a district primary and, ummm, it was. And AOC was renominated by her constituents against a well funded opponent by an overwhelming landslide. So much for that argument.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
27. I think she is trying to balance both
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:25 AM
Jun 2020

Both concerns of her constituents & being a leader of progressives. It is difficult to make both happy especially with YouTube bomb throwers on the progressive side and they have turned on AOC at times.

I do think it would be a legitimate argument to challenge her on that but not with a candidate who moved out of Trump Tower to run against her.

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
32. a lot easier for her to balance
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:39 AM
Jun 2020

the wishes of her (many) constituents when she's not beholden to (few) large donors

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
44. Yes, but I thought the national presence was mostly due to the connection to Bernie's
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:07 PM
Jun 2020

Revolution, which has since been kind of quashed by voters, except for some sporadic districts here and there. At least I remember her being on TV a lot after her 2018 win when the Revolution was still a thing. The Revolution has largely been quieted by the massive Biden wins, which show the electorate wants a more traditional, trusted candidate -- trusted meaning a known quantity at this point.

That's why I was drawing a perspective with the actual votes she received from her district. When you see that 27,460 people are a "landslide" -- compared to a national presence -- it brings some perspective to what it takes.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
46. I remember all your yuuuge concerns about
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:31 PM
Jun 2020

the Biden “gaffes”. Looks like you got that wrong, too.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
50. Yes, it cracked me up that you followed me
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:43 PM
Jun 2020

for a week. All over one debate exchange that I understood but you didn’t. LOL indeed.

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
54. As I look in your face...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:48 PM
Jun 2020

I throw back my head and laugh at the whining over AOC. Your tears even though salty still taste sweet. You should find a new venue to back your new hero, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
55. You followed me for a week over a little
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:51 PM
Jun 2020

Biden gaffe kerfuffle you tried to inflame. You do like your little kerfuffles.

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
56. I bow to your mastery of...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:55 PM
Jun 2020

the little kerfuffle. I'm glad I can live in your head rent free I don't nurse the wound of whatever we tangled over as you apparently do. Although it is true I generally dislike your comments.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
57. It appears I live in your head. You can't quit
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:56 PM
Jun 2020

following me. Your post is riddled with contradictions. Awww.

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
59. Until next time...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:00 PM
Jun 2020

I will be signing off here sorry, not sorry, I made you so mad and don't remember why.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
60. Great news. Bye!
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:03 PM
Jun 2020

You should put me on ignore. You just said you don’t like my comments, so obviously you remember.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
62. You just said you don't like my comments, so obviously
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:07 PM
Jun 2020

you’re not amused. Time to move on, bye now.

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
63. I just can't quit you...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:17 PM
Jun 2020

I think I disagree with all of your opinions and find much that you write objectionable, but your stridency makes it hilarious. I'll keep laughing at you as long as you are so unintentionally funny. Thanks for the chuckles.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
64. More contradictions from you, lol!
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:22 PM
Jun 2020

Everything you wrote just contradicted the previous posts. I bet you’re not laughing at all.

Thanks for admitting your obsession, though. It’s very obvious.

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
65. I like how you think you know...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:27 PM
Jun 2020

someone's mind from blog posts. That bullshit is why I laugh at you. I know nothing about you, but the strident idocy of your posts makes them fascinating. Please keep telling me what I think I and what I'm doing. Put in some braindead emojis from the 1990s to make it really sing.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
66. This fits your pattern! Talk about stridency. When you have to follow someone
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:31 PM
Jun 2020

for a week with contradictory, passive-aggressive personal attacks, it's quite clear who has the problem.

This is Day 1, only an hour in, (9:29 was your first post), and this is what you are resorting to. Last time, it was a week of this and you got angrier as you went along.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
58. Maybe if she's such a Democrat she should run against Lee Zeldin
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:00 PM
Jun 2020

Oh, that's right. Lee does what Wall Street tells him. MCC likes that.

Alex4Martinez

(2,180 posts)
5. She's one sharp woman and doesn't take any crap. AOC for senate, please!
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:21 AM
Jun 2020

She has a lot of people worried, I love to see that.

May she live long and serve many years in higher and higher roles.

She represents the best of us.

BComplex

(7,977 posts)
24. I second that! AOC is saying what needs to be said. What has needed to be said for way too long
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:20 AM
Jun 2020

I can't thank her enough.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
10. Let's see how fast she switches parties now. Maybe she will beat Bernie's record.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:51 AM
Jun 2020

That will be an interesting development.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
14. So, basically, that's arguing that the one with the most cash "fools more people"... hmmm.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:58 AM
Jun 2020
Perhaps if you had donated more cash to Cabrera she might have fooled more people?
So, basically, that's arguing that the one with the most cash "fools more people"... hmmm. That's a very myopic viewpoint and if one thinks about it, such a statement is insulting to Ms. OC as well. But aside from that, Voltaire2, why presume that I donated any cash at all?

BComplex

(7,977 posts)
25. Cabrera is a republican plant, financed by the far right.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:23 AM
Jun 2020

She got her comeuppance in the primary. AOC is extremely popular, not just in her district, but all over. Of course, conservatives of both parties hate her.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
7. They tried but bad bet +should've found a better faker to try to fool people to vote against AOC😹
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:32 AM
Jun 2020

? Why do republicans hate her? let me count the reasons 1,2,3...

sop

(9,945 posts)
9. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez won 72% of the vote. She obviously represents the views of voters in the 14th
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:50 AM
Jun 2020

Congressional district in NY. She's smart, talented, well-prepared and a force to be reckoned with.

marmar

(76,982 posts)
12. Xactly.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:57 AM
Jun 2020

Whether or not people like it (including many here at DU apparently), AOC is going to play an important role in the Democratic Party for years to come.


sop

(9,945 posts)
22. And just 7,254 people voted for Caruso-Cabrera, so Ocasio-Cortez won in a landslide.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:18 AM
Jun 2020

NY's 14th Congressional District is 51% Hispanic, median age is 36.9 and voters there apparently support Ocasio-Cortez. She might not win a Democratic primary by a landslide in most congressional districts, but Ocasio-Cortez doesn't represent other districts, only her own.

http://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US3614-congressional-district-14-ny/

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
31. Which is pretty much the point, thank you. It only took the difference of 20,206 to
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:36 AM
Jun 2020

make a "landslide".

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
40. If you don't vote, you have nothing to complain about.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:27 AM
Jun 2020

I mean, is this how far you're going to reach to dismiss her?

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
11. Whether people like or not, A.O.C. is the future.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:54 AM
Jun 2020

I'm an oldster and I have been waiting for someone like her for a very long time.

She is fucking awesome.

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
15. Always A Pleasure To See A Competent Young Star Rising, Ma'am
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:02 AM
Jun 2020

One suspects she has her eye on a Senate seat a few years down the road.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
18. I wonder if her close association with Cenk Uygur and "Justice Democrats" will haunt her.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:07 AM
Jun 2020
One suspects she has her eye on a Senate seat a few years down the road.
Probably, but I do not see that as a very realistic goal. I wonder if her close association with Cenk Uygur and "Justice Democrats" will haunt her. Both Uygur and his organization are very anti-Democratic party, and that may prove to be problematic for lifelong loyal Democrats. But... time will tell.

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
21. I Doubt It Will, Ma'am
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:15 AM
Jun 2020

It does not bother me. Cenk and the 'jay-dees' are pretty small potatoes when all is said and done. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has the X-factor in dazzling quantities, few will take some disreputable associations early in the game too seriously. I do not always agree with her but I certainly support her (and definitely do over the 'galvanized Reaganite' who opposed her in the primary. She is a model for how politics has to be done nowadays, particularly from the left. A little seasoning, to get a sound sense of what is possible without letting go of the aspirational and the inspirational, is all she needs.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
30. I doubt there is a close association and Justce Democrats cut ties with Cenk for good reasons
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:31 AM
Jun 2020

Not sure what the problem is with Cenk Uyger. He is progressive during the primaries and blue no matter who during the general election.

I don't think they are anti Democratic Party. They want the party to be better than it is. We can always do better.

Sympthsical

(8,928 posts)
16. The bashing of her must come to an end
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:03 AM
Jun 2020

She is the Democratic nominee. I thought we don’t bash those.

Unless there’s a double standard for progressives.

I understand the salt is real for ostensible “liberals” who somehow live to bash the Left for some reason, but it’s over. All the BS about how disliked she is by her constituents has been proven for the shallow wishful thinking by those who hate her.

I think it’s enough now.

This constant criticism of her wouldn’t fly if it were directed at Biden.

The anti-Left “Democrats” are going to have to get over this one. Today, with her victory, would be a good start.

R B Garr

(16,919 posts)
33. Welcome back to DU. I suppose the same things can be said in light of Biden's extreme
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:43 AM
Jun 2020

wins over Bernie. The bashing of Democrats needs to stop. Such great points.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
38. In no particular order, my comments are:
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:02 AM
Jun 2020

-- Yes, absolutely.
-- I agree.
-- You're correct.
-- Very observant of you!

(I'll let you mix-and-match.)

Alex4Martinez

(2,180 posts)
23. She connects! I sincerely hope that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the first woman POTUS.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:18 AM
Jun 2020

She's super smart and on our side of every issue.

Senate and then POTUS would be very well deserved.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
28. That's unlikely.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:28 AM
Jun 2020
I sincerely hope that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the first woman POTUS.
That's unlikely. I sincerely hope the Biden's VP pick becomes the first woman POTUS. That seems more likely.
 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
29. That is quite likely.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:30 AM
Jun 2020

AOC is not ready to be President, though one day she may be and will likely make a fine one.

I’m hoping Joe picks Kamala and passes the torch to her in 4 years.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
34. Good!
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:58 AM
Jun 2020

Fuck Wall Street. Fuck the alt right. Maybe next time they can run Maria Bartwhatsername herself instead of the knockoff brand.

Hope it was a miserable night for some people.

Speaking of which.




manhattan123

(302 posts)
36. "Wall Street spent heavily to take down Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It was a bad investment."
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:02 AM
Jun 2020

Excerpt from the Washington Post: (And look at some of the names of who was backing Caruso-Cebera.)



"By one measure, Caruso-Cabrera made the race competitive, raising an impressive war chest of more than $2 million for her bid, most of it in big checks from the financiers whom Ocasio-Cortez has made a point of targeting. That haul paled in comparison to the roughly $10.5 million Ocasio-Cortez raised mostly in small donations.

Perhaps no surprise then that Caruso-Cabrera pulled in $23,850 from employees of the largest U.S. banks, including $5,600 from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, according to Federal Election Commission records. She raised another $16,800 from six executives at private equity giant Blackstone Group, including CEO Steve Schwarzman.

And a parade of Wall Street’s top investors also donated the maximum allowable to Caruso-Cabrera. They include hedge fund billionaires: Christopher Flowers; Tudor Investment’s Paul Tudor Jones; Paulson & Co.’s John Paulson; and Trian Fund Management’s Nelson Peltz and Peter May. The list goes on, as she also collected checks from Interactive Brokers founder and multibillionaire Thomas Peterffy; Crestview Partners CEO Barry Volpert; and Key Square Group founder Scott Bessent.

A number of her backers were traditionally GOP donors: TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, Elliott Management executive and former Bush administration official Dan Senor; former Bush administration economist Larry Lindsey; Home Depot founder and billionaire investor Ken Langone; billionaire Gristedes Foods CEO John Catsimatidis; and billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller. (Druckenmiller also contributed $25,000 to a super PAC called Fight for Our Communities, which spent $28,000 on digital ads and direct mail targeting Ocasio-Cortez; Caruso-Cabrera’s husband, Stephen Dizard, managing partner at investment firm Wood Capital Partners, was the group’s top donor, contributing $30,000, per FEC records.)"



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-finance-202/2020/06/24/the-finance-202-wall-street-spent-heavily-to-take-down-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-it-was-a-bad-investment/5ef286b0602ff12947e934bc/?itid=hp_politics1-8-12_finance-202-915am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans



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