![]() ![]() It leaves the viewers visually engaged while you talk about whatever you want," gun violence activist Cameron Kasky said, according to The New York Times. "You've got people's eyes and attention and the game is not too complicated where it'd be distracting to talk about voting. "Join me, & more on Twitch TONIGHT as we help folks make a voting plan at and officially declare orange sus on Among Us," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted earlier on Tuesday.Īmerican progressive personalities have been playing Among Us this year to promote voting on YouTube, TikTok and Twitch. ET, the view count was at 440,000 and still growing. Within minutes, the livestream had drawn over 400,000 viewers, becoming the most-watched stream on the platform.Īs of around 9:30 p.m. The two freshman Democrats joined gamers Pokimane and HasanAbi for a gaming session at 9 p.m. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.More than 400,000 people tuned in to watch Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar play Among Us on Twitch to encourage voting on Tuesday night. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. The online multiplayer social deduction game has been out since 2018 and has accumulated 3.3 million followers on Twitch. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. Mere hours later, AOC had a verified Twitch channel with. ![]() People on Twitch are pretty good at sniffing out actual imposters.Ĭopyright © 2020 NPR. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked on Twitter, and nearly every even vaguely left-leaning streamer on Twitch answered. But it will only work if the candidate is genuine. LIMBONG: Piker, who says his audience is generally 18- to 24-year-olds - on the older side for Twitch - says the event proves the platform as a viable tool for campaigning and for cultivating future voters. PIKER: A lot of people are not going to be able to authentically get on Twitch and be able to just throw something like this together in 24 hours. He's a popular political commentator on Twitch and helped get things set up. Hasan Piker was one of the streamers playing last night. Ocasio-Cortez had 435,000 people watching. A Twitch spokesperson said at one point, Rep. MYTH: Well, I didn't see the kill happen. PIKER: If Myth is sure that he saw AOC kill someone, then we've got to vote her off, too, right? Monday afternoon, the 31-year-old took to Twitter. The rest of the players have to figure out who the imposter is and kick them off the ship. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is looking to get the vote out by playing one of the most popular games of 2020 on her Twitch stream today. But every game, one or two of you are secret imposters who have to kill the others. LIMBONG: Just to back up a bit, Among Us is a two-year-old game that's gotten popular since the coronavirus pandemic. I go here, and I'm supposed to pretend to do stuff, right? The congresswoman is a known gamer, but she'd never played Among Us before and said it looked like fun. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Games AOC played Among. Though the game came out in 2018, Twitch users have made it mainstream again. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitch channel garnered a staggering audience of 439,000 viewers, all watching her in real time. ET If you’ve been living under a rock, that might be the only reason why you haven’t heard of the new viral video game, Among Us. Ocasio-Cortez asked on Twitter if anyone wanted to play the game Among Us with her on Twitch to get out the vote. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), the Representative of New York's 14th congressional district, is infamous for her 'social media game.' Many politicians lack to know-how or instinct the gather. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has a Twitch Channel Now Because She Wants You to Vote By Katie Garrity Oct. Ocasio-Cortez put out a call on Twitter on Monday for people to stream the popular video game 'Among Us' with her to get out the vote. NPR's Andrew Limbong has the story.ĪNDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: It all happened pretty quickly. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Tuesday that she will stream 'Among Us' on her Twitch channel with Twitch streamers Pokimane and HasanAbi on Tuesday evening. ![]() Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) streamed to Twitch for the. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar played the popular video game Among Us with big-name streamers. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played ‘Among Us’ in a bid to get out the vote. It was actually happening on the streaming platform Twitch, as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) streamed to Twitch for the first time to play with streamers such as Pokimane and HasanAbi and to encourage people to vote. Well, last night, two House members went looking on a dark, faraway spaceship - not in real life, of course. Candidates and politicians are always looking for new ways to reach voters. ![]()
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