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Ahead of the 2020 US election, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez streamed the video game Among Us on Twitch and nearly broke the platform’s live-streaming record. This cycle she is back with Madden – and a vice presidential candidate. Tim Walz and AOC chatted about the filibuster and housing, and reacted in real time to Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden while playing the American football video game. As a way of reaching out to young undecided male voters it has potential. Twitch has become a hub of political content for both left- and right-leaning young men, where influencers stream for hours at a time and react live to audience comments. Democrats hope they might chip away at a demographic that tends to vote Republican, one round of Madden at a time.
