according to reports in march 2019, ocasio-cortez continued to get media coverage early in her congressional career similar to a 2020 presidential candidate. she was called one of the best known democratic politicians and one of the most talked-about politicians in the united states. between july 8 and july 14, 2019, she had more social media attention than any of the democratic presidential candidates, with news articles on ocasio-cortez had 4.8 million views, while no democratic presidential candidate got more than 1.2 million.