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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore in New York

‘A change from the status quo’: the voters who backed Trump and AOC

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the Democratic national convention in Chicago in August. Photograph: Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images

Politics makes for strange bedfellows. US political minds will be reminding themselves of this fact as the dust settles on America’s election, with some results showing that a few voters were able to simultaneously support Donald Trump and progressive-leaning Democratic candidates.

In the Bronx in New York, a strongly Black, Asian and Latino community, Trump’s support jumped 11 points to 33% over 2020, one of the largest margins citywide. At the same time, the leftwing firebrand Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez secured 68.9% of the vote, returning her to Congress for a fourth consecutive term.

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