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Core Supporters: Election Day and Inflection Point

core supporters: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC to her core supporters, is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, according to Rabble. This Bronx-born, 29-year-old millennial of Puerto Rican descent is a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America. That's exactly what this is, not a campaign or an election day, but a movement, a larger movement for social, economic and racial justice in the United States of America. She marks a critical inflection point in American electoral politics. While Republicans increased their majority in the U.S. Senate, the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives. Amidst the backdrop of white nationalist violence linked to the presidency of Donald Trump, the 2018 midterm elections are ushering in a slate of elected officials representing the country's diversity more than ever before. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.