Elections Is AOC Going to Lose Her Congressional District?

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REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ is prepared for the possibility that Democrats in New York could redraw her district after the 2020 election, she told The Intercept in an interview.

Following the 2020 census, every state will draw new district boundaries to reflect changes in the population, the political implications of which will stretch for at least the next decade. In 2014, New York approved a constitutional amendment establishing a nonpartisan redistricting commission, which is set to take over the redistricting process starting in 2020. The 10-member commission, meant to be independent from the legislature, is made up of individuals selected by leaders from the state Senate and Assembly, and the original eight members pick two additional members.

But Ocasio-Cortez’s most determined adversaries are not partisan Republicans, but Democrats who say that she has been a disruptive influence. The Hill recently reported that at least one member of Congress has been urging New York party leaders to recruit a Democratic primary challenger to Ocasio-Cortez. But the news led to a surge of donations to Ocasio-Cortez, suggesting that a more efficient means of ousting her might be simply to eliminate her district.

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/09/ocasio-cortez-district-redistricting-2020/

Some interesting political "inside baseball" going on here. It seems like neither the establishment Democrats nor the Republicans have a winning strategy against AOC and I don't see one coming anytime soon. With her wide name recognition, she could easily win any redrawn district they throw at her. And they also risk her going after Schumer's seat, which would be too close for comfort at best for them. It's probably best to let her be the queen of that district and hope she doesn't get too ambitious for the time being...
 
I hope so.
I'd like to see a career change tbqh
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What's her appeal? I find her average looking. I guess when 50% of women are fat in the USA it isn't that difficult to be attractive to most men.
 
I really doubt it. Her district might change, but it would have to be really ludicrously gerrymandered in a way that certainly wouldn't result from programmed drawing for her not to be a shoe-in.

Also, I think there's a good chance that, if such fuckery were started whatsoever, word would be passed down through Party channels to nix it. Like her socialistic policies or not, she's an absolute star for the Party.
 
She's been an utter disgrace. How anyone would want her representing them is mind boggling.
 
Zazen said:
What's her appeal? I find her average looking. I guess when 50% of women are fat in the USA it isn't that difficult to be attractive to most men.
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She's a very skilled politician and a bright young woman whose policies and politics speak to the interests of her constituents and of her generation. There are a lot of centrist Democrats who still cling to centrist policy positions which they struggle to in good faith defend - unqualified support for Israel and apathy towards Palestinians, support for state and municipal corporate welfare, market-based healthcare reforms, continued hostility toward certain countries, relatively flat income taxation - that AOC has not only shrugged but faced head-on and opposed.

That she's a pretty person is not very relevant, and it's mostly obsessed over and insisted upon by the right. You can see this in any thread about her. The vast majority of "durr hurrr I wanna fuck her" posts are from conservative posters who are going to say that about any moderately attractive woman in politics.
 
Let’s hope not, the longer she sticks around the better. A person like her only sinks her team and she is also hilariously entertaining with her political gaffes.
 
She's doing great work for the Republican party, and they need to do what they can to help keep her right where she is at.

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Trotsky said:
She's a very skilled politician and a bright young woman whose policies and politics speak to the interests of her constituents and of her generation. There are a lot of centrist Democrats who still cling to centrist policy positions which they struggle to in good faith defend - unqualified support for Israel and apathy towards Palestinians, support for state and municipal corporate welfare, market-based healthcare reforms, continued hostility toward certain countries, relatively flat income taxation - that AOC has not only shrugged but faced head-on and opposed.

That she's a pretty person is not very relevant, and it's mostly obsessed over and insisted upon by the right. You can see this in any thread about her. The vast majority of "durr hurrr I wanna fuck her" posts are from conservative posters who are going to say that about any moderately attractive woman in politics.
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Maybe. Shes in prime gentrification area and eventually those latinos won't be able to afford it. A higher class of constituents may not agree with her policies
 
AOC is another Dem politician I find difficult to dislike, and/or afford a degree of respect to.

Her success story, and how she pulled off that upset against the incumbent candidate is impressive.

She is the embodiment of the "American dream". WOrk your ass off, make sacrifices you can accomplish great things.

That being said, I disagree with almost everything she stands for.
 
Zazen said:
What's her appeal? I find her average looking. I guess when 50% of women are fat in the USA it isn't that difficult to be attractive to most men.
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Uh, I am assuming most people aren't voting for the candidate they'd rather fuck so I am not sure that is really relevant here.
 
Trotsky said:
She's a very skilled politician and a bright young woman....
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ROFL - This is the same nimrod who seriously believed the world would end in 12 years due to climate change.

You’re easily impressed.
 
Letssnuggle said:
ROFL - This is the same nimrod who seriously believed the world would end in 12 years due to climate change.

You’re easily impressed.
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It's telling that the best that you can cling to is taking a figure of speech literally.

"Whoa, he said our country is in-the-balance this election. He thinks the country is going to capsize into the ocean lolololol."
 
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