Some New Yorkers support Trump and AOC. Their reasons offer insights into split-ticket voting

On Instagram, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked split-ticket voters about the issues they care about in an attempt to better understand what fueled their decisions.

Donald Trump’s win in the 2024 election revealed an overwhelming nationwide shift to the right. Interestingly, though, in several states where Trump prevailed over Vice President Kamala Harris in the general election, constituents chose down-ballot Democratic candidates over their Republican counterparts.