{"id":2367371,"date":"2024-11-11T15:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-asks-constituents-why-they-split-their-tickets-for-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:29:14","slug":"aoc-asks-constituents-why-they-split-their-tickets-for-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-asks-constituents-why-they-split-their-tickets-for-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC asks constituents why they split their tickets for Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-asks-constituents-why-they-split-their-tickets-for-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2367371&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Representative Alexandria \u2062Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strategist-for-ousted-ca-governor-gray-davis-advising-gavin-newsom-set-up-war-room-to-smear-anyone-associated-with-recall-efforts\/\" title=\"Strategist For Ousted CA Governor Gray Davis Advising Gavin Newsom, Set Up \u2018War Room\u2019 to Smear Anyone Associated with Recall Efforts\">recently won<\/a> her fourth term, expressed curiosity about why many voters in her district\u2062 supported both her and President-elect Donald Trump. Despite\u200d her reelection and \u2064strong Democratic support\u200d for Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump \u200bperformed notably well in\u200c traditionally Democratic areas, prompting Ocasio-Cortez to reach out on \u200cInstagram for insights from her constituents. She received a variety of responses, \u2062with\u200d some\u2063 attributing\u200c their split \u2063votes to a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">shared\u2062 anti-establishment sentiment<\/a> \u2063towards both \u200cher and Trump, while others\u200c cited issues related\u200c to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as influencing their choices. \u200cSome\u2063 constituents\u2064 felt that \u200btheir \u200bsupport for both figures stemmed from their\u200d perceived authenticity compared to \u2064the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-claims-only-reason-nobody-likes-her-is-because-shes-black\/\" title=\"Lori Lightfoot Claims Only Reason Nobody Likes Her Is Because She&#039;s Black\">traditional political establishment<\/a>. Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s inquiry highlights the complex \u2063dynamics\u2064 of voter behavior in\u2064 her district \u200camidst a shifting political \u2063landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">AOC asks constituents why they split their tickets for Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1878989\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>&lsquo;s (D-NY) district, slews of voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3215122\/aoc-defeats-tina-forte-wins-fourth-us-house-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"elected\">elected<\/a> her to a fourth term but <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/09\/us-news\/aocs-district-saw-massive-shift-to-trump-during-presidential-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"also\">also<\/a> voted for President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>. The congresswoman took to Instagram to seek answers on why voters split their tickets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez easily won reelection, and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> also won the state&rsquo;s 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn. However, Trump overperformed in various Democratic strongholds. In 2020, President Joe Biden won the Bronx by 68% and Brooklyn by 55%, while Harris only won the Bronx by 45% and Brooklyn by 43% Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The New York congresswoman asked her followers to tell her why some of them may have voted for her but not Harris or voted Democratic in all races except the presidential race in other districts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220424\/how-democrats-can-adjust-to-avoid-future-defeats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATS WEIGH CHANGE IN STRATEGY TO AVOID MIDTERM AND 2028 DEFEATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m LISTENING,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram story, with an ear emoji.<\/p>\n<p>The responses the congresswoman received ranged from the antiestablishment nature of Ocasio-Cortez and Trump to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, among other answers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s real simple &hellip; trump and you care for the working class,&rdquo; one response said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel like Trump and you are both real,&rdquo; another response said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel like you both are outsiders compared to the rest of DC, and less &lsquo;establishment,&#8217;&rdquo; another person said with a shrugging emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Several people also listed war and the conflict in the Middle East as key reasons for the split vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Voted for trump and you, not genocide Harris. Dems need bernie!!&rdquo; one person said, calling for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to lead the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He speaks of war as something that is bad. Democrats became the party that supports war,&rdquo; another response said, noting Trump&rsquo;s calls to end various wars, including in Gaza and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dems do better job at the local level, but are terrible at the macro level,&rdquo; one person said, prompting Ocasio-Cortez to mention that she heard a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-overwhelming-support-for-school-choice-in-n-c\/\" title=\"Poll: Overwhelming support for school choice in N.C.\">similar sentiment<\/a> from an Ohio voter.<\/p>\n<p>In another story post, Ocasio-Cortez discussed the importance of people going on the phones and door-knocking to win over voters with their campaign message. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also answered one of her followers by saying the responses &ldquo;make me want to barf,&rdquo; with the congresswoman saying, &ldquo;Sometimes you gotta dig in and see it to understand and adapt! Even if it makes you want to barf.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats on all levels are seeking answers on what went wrong with Tuesday&rsquo;s elections, <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">in which Trump won back the White House and Republicans won back the Senate. The <em>Associated Press <\/em>has yet to project control of the&nbsp;House<\/span>, but it appears likely the GOP will also hold a majority in that chamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1878989\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1878989\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AOC seeks reasons from constituents for voting Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2367373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aoc-trump-voters.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8334,23927,7979,3634],"class_list":["post-2367371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aoc","tag-constituents","tag-ticket-splitting","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aoc-trump-voters.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367371"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367375,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367371\/revisions\/2367375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}