“AOC and Ilhan are bold and bring me hope.
I felt more connected and energized while also being recognized as a worthy voting demographic to tap into.”
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Whether or not this popularity can drive actual votes remains to be seen.
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The larger purpose of the stream, instead, was to reach disaffected youth.
And it seemed to work.
Videos tagged #AOC on TikTok alone have amassedover 400 million views.
She has nearly 10 million followers on Twitter alone, and has become the torchbearer of the progressive movement.
Youth remain, as ever,stalwarts of left-wing politics.
The data also found 59 percent of this demographic get their news primarily from social media.
It is a completely different landscape going forward.
The primary digital destination?
She is playing the long-game, and understandably so.
AOC and Ilhan are bold and bring me hope.
I love to see strong, leftist women of color demanding and creating change.
Young people are infamously disengaged from the electoral process.
In 2016,fewer than half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 voted.
