Ocasio-Cortez says 'generational tidal wave' of millennials reshaping the electorate

ByJuhi Doshi ABCNews logo
Monday, August 10, 2026 12:58AM
AOC: Millennial 'tidal wave' reshaping electorate
Ocasio-Cortez says 'generational tidal wave' of millennials reshaping the electorate.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. said Sunday a "generational tidal wave" of millennial voters is reshaping the electorate in the wake of recent primary elections.

"Millennials are not punk kids anymore," Ocasio-Cortez told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls, and there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate, and we're taking the reins."

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