VP HarrisvsRep. Ocasio-Cortez
VP Harris
DemocratFormer Vice President
California
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
DemocratRepresentative from New York
New York
Popularity & Engagement
Policy Positions
End cash bail, ban private prisons, reform mandatory minimums
No stated position
Expand ACA coverage, lower prescription drug costs
Medicare for All, eliminate private insurance middlemen
Restore the Voting Rights Act, fight voter suppression nationwide
No stated position
No stated position
Green New Deal — 100% renewable energy, millions of green jobs
No stated position
$15 minimum wage, strengthen unions, end right-to-work laws
Fundraising
Background
VP Harris
Born in Oakland, California to a Jamaican father and Indian mother. Howard University graduate turned prosecutor who climbed from San Francisco DA to state Attorney General. Married to entertainment lawyer Doug Emhoff; two stepchildren.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
Born in the Bronx, New York to a Puerto Rican family, raised between the Bronx and Westchester County. Boston University graduate in economics who worked as a waitress and bartender before stunning the political world at age 28. Engaged to web developer Riley Roberts.
Career Timeline
VP Harris
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
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