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Originally Posted by Capsicum
Not direct evidence for the trend at a larger scale, but it seems like AOC and Bernie-style socialism is ironically at least at some local areas, more popular with white gentrifiers of many big cities than some of the local minorities. I'm just asking why this trend (not sure how widespread it is in some cities, or in some neighborhoods in cities but it seems to exist at least here and there) might be?
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I think the premise is untrue. The 14th Congressional district doesn't have a large population of white gentrifiers. It's half Latino, and the remainder are mostly Asian (in the Queens half) and black (in the Bronx half). It likely does have some hipster-type gentrifers and a few old school ethnic whites, especially on the Queens side, but there are no neighborhoods in the 14th that could be described as heavily gentrified. This isn't LIC, or Astoria, or the more desirable parts of Sunnyside, which are in the 12th and 6th.
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Originally Posted by Capsicum
[I]"Ocasio-Cortez’s largest margin of support came from neighborhoods in western Queens like Astoria and Sunnyside that have [B]lower Latino populations and higher white populations.
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This statement is simply false. Astoria and Sunnyside aren't in the 14th, except maybe a few fringe blocks. The U.S. Rep for Astoria/Sunnyside is very much a mainstream, long-term Dem (Carolyn Maloney). And despite her Irish name, don't assume she's from the (still heavily Irish) Queens machine. She's an Upper East Side blueblood.
In AOC's district, white voters, whether gentrifers or old-school ethnics, are essentially a non-factor, due to low numbers.
Also, it should be pointed out that AOC barely won, with absurdly tiny turnout. If a "normal" number of voters showed up for the Dem primary, you wouldn't have ever heard of her. Her election was basically a crazy accident, kinda like Dotard.