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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Representative · NY · Progressive House member

Deck influence
70/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$9.8M
2024 house
Spent
$8.1M
Campaign spending snapshot
Cash
$1.7M
Cash on hand
Critical coverage
66/100
41% negative share
Top outlet
21%
NYT
Influence
70/100
Transparent deck score
Top coverage topic
18%
Climate / Green New Deal
Tracked articles
1,386
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Net worth midpoint
$500K
Disclosure-range estimate
Social reach
3.4M
Public-platform snapshot · 2026-06-04
Funding Mix

2024 house · as of 2026-06-04

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

House campaign committee snapshot.

Named committees and PACs
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress
Candidate committee · Associated
$9.8M
Courage to Change PAC
Leadership PAC · Associated
$2.5M
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

MVP trend snapshots and public-discussion method notes

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people discuss around this candidate; they are not Perception endorsements or factual claims about quality.

Influencer narratives
Pod Save America / Crooked MediaPodcastLeftMixed

Left-leaning commentators tend to discuss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez through governing competence, coalition value, and pressure from progressive or Democratic constituencies.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Ben Shapiro / Daily WireYouTubeRightCritical

Right-leaning commentators tend to critique Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez around climate, party ideology, and executive or legislative overreach.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Breaking PointsYouTubeMixed / independentMixed

Independent/populist coverage should be checked for anti-establishment framing, donor scrutiny, and issue-specific disagreement around climate.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Trend signals
Google Trends
Relative search interest · United States
72
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Climate

Google Trends API is schema-ready but treated as an MVP snapshot until official alpha/API or exported trend data is connected.

News search
Issue-search association · United States
61
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Economy

MVP news-search association derived from profile topics and fixed outlet coverage; replace with query-volume ingestion.

X
Discussion intensity · United States
68
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezClimate

X signal is API-ready for recent-search/full-archive ingestion; this MVP value is a method placeholder with query terms preserved.

Instagram
Hashtag / public post visibility · United States
46
AlexandriaOcasio-CortezClimate

Instagram signal must use official Graph/API or vendor data; do not scrape. This MVP value is a placeholder for future ingestion.

Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$500K
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.
Why They’re In This Deck

Transparent influence inputs

Role
16

How much formal power this person currently has: president, vice president, congressional leader, governor, senator, or candidate.

Coverage
20

How much attention they receive in the tracked national news outlet set.

Legislative
18

How much leverage they have over bills, confirmations, budgets, rules, or state/federal policy.

Electoral
16

How relevant they are to presidential, statewide, or nationally watched elections.

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.