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Everyone who's been following Among Us streams is familiar with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
She is one of the first politicians to go live on a streaming platform and stream the popular social deduction game. Her previous stream even doubled up as a fundraiser for local pantries and community support organizations.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Among Us popularity
Ocasio-Cortez's very first voter outreach campaign on Twitch was a massive success.
For the first time, a politician stepped out from the world of politics and into the world of gaming. Many people might be wary of politics but the same cannot be said of gaming. Gaming is something that a lot of people can relate to. To see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a gaming environment painted her as personable.
Her popularity cannot be exaggerated. The congresswoman is so well known at this point that she's actually the most popular Among Us Twitch Streamer in December. According to Twitch metrics, she's the 12th most-watched streamer overall.
Ocasio-Cortez has streamed for a total of 6 hours till now and has gone live with the likes of Corpse Husband, Disguised Toast, and Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh. The game where she joined Jagmeet Singh actually came about when he challenged her to a round of Among Us on Twitter.
The congresswoman has proven that she can easily hold her ground against some of the best in the game.
In addition to this, she also used her streams to hold an impromptu fundraiser for local pantries and community support organizations.
Her efforts helped her raise a whopping $200,000 for said organizations and that too on very short notice.
These instances prove that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's popularity isn't just an inflated figure of some kind. The world could definitely do with more politicians like her.
