AOC tops list of Democrats who best reflect party’s “core values”: CNN poll

GenerateKeyTakeaways AmajorityofDemocratsandDemocratic-leaningindependentssaytheirparty’stoppriorityshouldbeworkingto“stoptheRepublicanagenda,”accordingtoapollcommissionedbyCNNthatfoundRep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,D-N.Y.,isseenasbestembodyingtheparty’svalues. Thesurvey,conductedbypollingfirmSSRS,foundthat57%ofDemocraticandDemocratic-leaningvotersthinkthatopposingtheGOPshouldbeDemocrats’priority,asopposedto42%whosayitshould“mainlywork”withRepublicanstoimprovelegislation.In2017,only23%ofDemocraticvoterssaidthepartyshouldprimarilyfocusonobstruction,with74%atthetimeexpressingsupportforbipartisanship. Overall,thepollfoundthattheDemocraticPartyhasplummetedintermsoffavorabilty:just29%ofthosesurveyedexpressedapositiveopinionoftheparty,comparedto54%whoexpressedanunfavorableopinion.Adecadeago,47%ofvotershadafavorableopinionoftheparty,with45%disapproving. Inkeepingwitht