2028 Watch
Democratic field · #5 on the board
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
US Representative (D-NY)
22% of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s news coverage is about running for president.
The other 78% is the day job. We only count the first kind.
Coverage about the race
28 episodes
last 28 days · #5 in the field
Where it airs
75% local
local outlets vs. national shows · last 28 days
Momentum
holding steady
24 → 28 episodes vs. the 28 days before
What the coverage said most recently
This week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was prominently featured in discussions surrounding her potential presidential ambitions, her personal choices regarding reproductive health, and her evolving political stances amidst criticism from various media outlets.
About the race = Episodes our tagger marks as substantively about a candidate’s 2028 prospects — running, primary positioning, endorsements, nomination polling — not their current job, policy fights, or 2024. Tagging is AI-assisted and precision-tuned — it under-counts rather than over-claims. Being on this board is an editorial call about who’s being discussed, not a prediction or an endorsement.
This measures how much of the news audio is about a candidate’s 2028 prospects — not how popular they are, how they’d poll, or who’ll win. It’s a map of the conversation, not a forecast. Data through Aug 25, 2026.