Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shares pictures of worn out shoes to show ‘hustle’ behind her stunning primary win
A lot of analysis has been done about how 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, won the Democractic New York primary defeating Joe Crowley, a 10 times Congressmen who was tipped to become the next Speaker if the party flips the House in mid-terms this October.
Many including the likes of Nate Silver has said that Cortez, who has campaigned for Bernie Sanders won because of the demographic profile of the district, which is heavily slanted towards Latinos.
In this particular case, Ocasio-Cortez might have won anyway in a high-turnout election given the politics/demographics of the district. But in general, primary challengers would probably rather fly somewhat under the radar and have low-to-medium turnout.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 27, 2018
Some have also pointed out that Crowley may have gone complacent which resulted in his defeat. For the record, Crowley citing busy schedule didn’t even turn up for the scheduled debate with Cortez. However, Cortez who has impressed many with her spontaneous response and fresh take on politics replied her critics, but using a dash of humour.
This is what she tweeted:
Some folks are saying I won for “demographic” reasons.
1st of all, that’s false. We …read more