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Hortensis

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14. "Broken" in that ONLY 5% of the voters in Ocasio-Cortez's district

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #1)

Sun May 10, 2020, 04:28 PM

May 2020

bothered to vote in this special election. Presumably the others thought their old, party-powerhouse congressman would win without their bothering to vote one way or the other. The figure for registered Democrats who voted was something like 11%. These figures were from Roll Call right after the election.

Most presumably woke up to their Wednesday Morning Surprise wondering who Ocasio-Cortez was. She's extremely heavily funded from outside the district, however, and it's believed outspending her opponents a number of times over will hold her seat this election.

Big money in politics doing its thing.

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The end of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's revolution [View all] brooklynite May 2020 OP

Don't blame Biden or the DNC. The only one to blame is the broken electoral system of the US. DetlefK May 2020 #1

That wouldn't be applicable here... brooklynite May 2020 #3

Multiple parties led to minority rule. Demsrule86 May 2020 #4

"Broken" in that ONLY 5% of the voters in Ocasio-Cortez's district Hortensis May 2020 #14

+1 betsuni May 2020 #20

Post removed Post removed May 2020 #2

AOC's Dem opponent in primary: used to live in Trump hotel & called for privatising Medicare and SS hlthe2b May 2020 #5

I don't find either of them appealing, but I'm not voting in their district Budi May 2020 #6

1%s just can't help it. She is what they want and they will even go to the National Journal to lunasun May 2020 #12

National Journal isn't a biased nor extreme sourced publication. Budi May 2020 #18

Radicals often help conservatives get elected zak247 May 2020 #7

Agree completely. Budi May 2020 #8

I wonder why the RW National Journal would hope that the left wing 'squad' would be defeated? pampango May 2020 #9

That's what I was thinking. I'm going to donate to all three of those campaigns. BComplex May 2020 #10

Actually, none of them probably need your money... brooklynite May 2020 #13

What's your basis for claiming it's RW? brooklynite May 2020 #11

National Journal is not RW. What's your source? Budi May 2020 #19

MediaFactCheck- "National Journal Least Biased source and high for factual reporting. Budi May 2020 #15

However it turns out for them, it's a lesson in politics that is badly needed. Chemisse May 2020 #16

Thank you. Budi May 2020 #17