Axios - Democrats are scrambling for a new identity. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is racing to fill that vacuum with a party rooted in Sen. Bernie Sanders' left-wing populism... .Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is drawing tens of thousands of people to her rallies with Sanders — even in red states. She's breaking her own fundraising records, and surging in early polling of potential 2028 presidential candidates.
It feels to many top Democrats like she's grabbing Sanders' torch as a progressive leader — and that he's intentionally passing it to her. The two kindred spirits deny it. Her rise comes as the Democratic Party base is increasingly agitated by the party's inability to push back against the Trump administration's sweeping agenda — and is searching for a champion to fight back.
- A YouGov poll released last week found Ocasio-Cortez had a +61 approval rating among Democrats — the highest of any Democrat polled who hasn't run for president or vice president....
Some Democratic strategists worry about Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez becoming the faces of the party. They believe the party went too far to the left during Trump's first term and is in danger of doing so again. More
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