Online poll: 74 percent of Dems interested in voting for Ocasio-Cortez for president

An overwhelming majority of Democrats would “consider” voting for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for president if she was old enough to run, according to a new online poll from Axios/Survey Monkey.
The survey, which was released on Tuesday, found that 74 percent of Democratic respondents and those who lean Democrat would “consider” giving Ocasio-Cortez a vote for president if she met the age requirement.
{mosads}Seventeen percent of the respondents said they would “definitely” vote for her.
Presidential candidates must be at least 35 years old, according to the Constitution. Ocasio-Cortez is 29.
“These data show the phenomenon is real,” Jon Cohen, Survey Monkey’s chief research officer, told Axios.
The survey also found that Ocasio-Cortez’s favorability is higher than Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) among Democrats. Ocasio-Cortez has a favorable impression from 70 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents, while Schumer has a favorable impression from 64 percent of respondents.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-N.Y.) has a favorable impression from 75 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning adults.
Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress during last November’s midterm elections. She’s considered to be a rising progressive star in the Democratic party, and has used social media to become an advocate on a range of issues.
Responding to a Vox article in December daring her to run for president despite the age limitations, Ocasio-Cortez responded, “how about… no.”
“The whole country JUST went through an exhausting midterm election. We need a break,” she said on Twitter. “Can we instead talk about healthcare, a living wage, legalizing cannabis, GND, & other issues?”
The Survey Monkey poll was conducted among a population of 2,277 U.S. adults between Jan. 16 and 18. It has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points. Online polls typically reflect more self-elected participants than other polling methods.
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