Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Unfavorable’ Rating Jumps 15 Points Two Months Into Term

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) at the "Knock Down The House" movie premiere during the 2019 SXSW conference and Festivals at the Paramount Theatre on March 10, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images

The number of Americans who dislike freshman democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has soared by 15 points since she pulled off a surprise primary victory in September last year, according to a poll published by Gallup on March 15.

In a survey that Gallup conducted after Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary in New York in September last year, 26 percent of respondents held an unfavorable opinion. Her unfavorable rating has since spiked to 41 percent, based on a survey the pollster conducted in February, roughly two months after she started her term in the House of Representatives.