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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

US Representative from New York, 2019 to present

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Became the youngest woman elected to Congress at 29 and champions a Green New Deal, Medicare for All and tighter rules on corporate power.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly state-led on economy and strongly nature-first on environment.

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Where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Bernie Sanders US Senator from Vermont, 2007 to present99%Zohran Mamdani Mayor of New York City, 2026 to present99%Yanis Varoufakis Greek economist and former finance minister99%Pablo Iglesias Spanish politician and co-founder of Podemos99%Judith Butler American philosopher and gender theorist99%Naomi Klein Canadian author and activist99%Jeremy Corbyn British MP and Labour leader, 2015 to 202098%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201598%

People furthest from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17153%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)3%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19434%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present4%

Political views closest to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Social ecologyTies the ecological crisis to social hierarchy and proposes directly democratic,…98%Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…98%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.98%EcofeminismLinks the domination of women and the domination of nature, and calls for care,…98%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Franmarie Metzler; U.S. House Office of Photography, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.