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DemocraticOfficial sources

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Representative · NY · Progressive House member

US politics influence
27/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$9.8M
Aggregate modeled elections
Coverage
41%
Negative share of tracked coverage
Top outlet
21%
NYT
Net worth
$500K
Latest midpoint
Top topic
18%
Climate / Green New Deal
Social reach
3.4M
X leads · 2.0M
X2.0M · 57%
Instagram1.2M · 36%
YouTube237K · 7%
Overall political influence
Combined first-read signal for voter and statistical comparison.
27/100
Funding Mix

Aggregate modeled elections · as of 2026-06-04

Raised
$9.8M
Spent
$8.1M
Cash
$1.7M
Small individual donors63%
Large individual donors22%
PAC / committee support8%
Other7%

Summary totals aggregate the modeled election tabs below. Static public-source snapshot; replace with exact FEC/state filing exports during ingestion.

Named PACs and committees
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress
Candidate committee · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress
$9.8M
Courage to Change PAC
Leadership PAC · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Courage to Change PAC
$2.5M
Large individual donors

Aggregate large-donor view combines curated public itemized records from modeled election tabs; missing names remain explicitly noted rather than inferred.

Coverage Share

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04 · top outlet: NYT

Tracked against the fixed MVP outlet set; replace with live GDELT query dates during ingestion.

What Coverage Is About

GDELT-style topic associations

Climate / Green New Deal18%
216 tracked mentions
Israel / Gaza15%
180 tracked mentions
Billionaires / taxes14%
168 tracked mentions
Socialism / progressivism14%
168 tracked mentions
Housing / cost of living11%
132 tracked mentions
Public Conversation Signals

Search demand and network coverage framing

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people search and what major coverage clusters emphasize; they are not Perception endorsements or quality claims.

What people search most
Climate
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
72
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Economy
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
54
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

net worth
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
54
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

donors
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
25
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

polls
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
44
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Network coverage framing
NYTClimateMixed

NYT coverage is modeled as focusing on climate for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 21% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
CNNEconomyMixed

CNN coverage is modeled as focusing on economy for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 19% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Fox NewsSocialism / progressivismCritical

Fox News coverage is modeled as focusing on socialism / progressivism for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 18% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
APfundraising networkNeutral

AP coverage is modeled as focusing on fundraising network for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 14% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
NPRelectoral stakesMixed

NPR coverage is modeled as focusing on electoral stakes for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 12% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$500K
Change since 2018
$470K
Method

Estimated from House disclosures using midpoint-style asset and liability ranges; early-career public data is sparse.

Spectrum Estimate

Left-right model, not a value judgment

LeftCenterRight
Left / progressive Democrat. Estimated from House voting record, caucus identity, and public policy agenda.
US Politics Influence

Following, wealth, positions, media, money, and electoral power

Positions held
18

Formal office, party leadership, committee leverage, and current agenda-setting power.

Media attention
20

Share and intensity in the tracked national news and network coverage set.

Electoral power
16

Relevance to presidential, statewide, nationally watched, or party-defining elections.

Public following
52

Public-platform reach across modeled official, campaign, and public social accounts.

Fundraising network
44

Aggregate modeled campaign receipts, PAC/committee support, and donor infrastructure.

Wealth
16

Estimated disclosure-range midpoint and public wealth context, not exact bank balance.

Source-backed summary

New York representative and high-visibility progressive whose influence comes from media reach, grassroots fundraising, and agenda-setting inside the Democratic left.

Top tracked issues
ClimateEconomySocialism / progressivismIsrael / Gaza
Represents New York's 14th district
Member of the progressive caucus
Known for small-dollar fundraising
What This Person Is Really About

Source-backed synthesis, not Perception endorsement

Political identity

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is best read as a democratic power figure whose profile centers on climate and economy.

Power lever

Their practical influence comes through coalition visibility and campaign influence, fundraising networks, media attention, and coalition relationships tracked in this profile.

Public perception

Public attention clusters around NYT and CNN coverage plus issue associations in the tracked news set.

Influencer narrative

MVP influencer monitoring treats climate as the dominant narrative to verify against podcasts, YouTube, X, newsletters, and cable clips.

Trend spike watch

Trend fields are MVP snapshots: use the listed query terms and date ranges as the future ingestion contract for Google Trends, X, Instagram, and vendor social-listening data.

Why this matters long term

This profile is structured as durable civic data: every claim should either cite a source, name a method, or be easy to replace with a live ingestion result.

Key Stances

Source-backed issue stance summaries

Climate
Official sources

Climate is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Economy
Official sources

Economy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Socialism / progressivism
Official sources

Socialism / progressivism is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Israel / Gaza
Official sources

Israel / Gaza is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Immigration
Official sources

Immigration is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Abortion
Official sources

Abortion is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Background

Education, home state, and public family bio

From
New York
Highest education
Bachelor's degree
Marriages
0
Children
0
Schools
Boston University

Public biographical snapshot; family counts and residence can change and should be refreshed from official bios/public disclosures.

Controversy Meter

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04

Critical coverage intensity
66
High
Negative share
41%
Tracked articles
1,386

MVP estimate based on critical/negative tone, 0% legal/conflict topic association, 0% personal/family association, and concentrated conflict coverage in the tracked outlet set.

Political Allies

Coalition and governing network

Institutional Memory

Historical records for long-term study

Policy milestone
2018
Primary upset

Won a nationally watched Democratic primary in New York.

Office
2019-
U.S. representative

Represents New York's 14th congressional district.

Policy milestone
2020s
Progressive national figure

Shapes national debate through hearings, media, and grassroots organizing.

Policy milestone
2026-06-04
Perception source snapshot

Structured snapshot tying office history, money, media topics, issue stances, and trend placeholders into one reusable civic-data record.

Resume Timeline

Quick scan

2018
Primary upset

Won a nationally watched Democratic primary in New York.

2019-
U.S. representative

Represents New York's 14th congressional district.

2020s
Progressive national figure

Shapes national debate through hearings, media, and grassroots organizing.

Most Similar

Coalition and career resemblance

Receipts

Every profile starts with public sources

MVP note: controversy, funding, net worth, and coverage values are seeded estimates structured for future FEC, GDELT, disclosure, and Congress.gov ingestion.