deal."

"I really do believe the job description has changed," says Sarah Groh, the chief of staff for Democratic Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. "And I think what we're seeing with this incoming freshman class is, it is not a monolith. We are talking about a diverse class that comes with very personal and professional backgrounds in all walks of life."

Like Ocasio-Cortez, the 44-year-old Pressley won her primary by activating an entirely new coalition. Fifty-three percent of voters in this year's Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District Democratic primary cast ballots for the first time, according to Groh.

That means these freshmen feel more responsive to the freshly emboldened voices in their community than the formal party structure that consists of longtime local chairmen and fundraisers.

During an orientation at Harvard's Kennedy SchoolDonald Trump or plant a flag as the governing-inspired resistance. The media will fixate on every Ocasio-Cortez utterance and position, giving her outsize influence in her caucus, especially among progressives.

She broke with many Democrats in New York when Amazon announced it would locate one of its new headquarters in Long Island City. Ocasio-Cortez blasted the idea of doling out hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to a $100-billion dollar company "at a time when our subway is crumbling and our communities need more investment, not less."

Some Democratic strategists believe she'll impact the positions of 2020 presidential candidates as the primary kicks into gear next year.

"When she goes after people, people are going to pay attention to it," says an adviser to one contender. "It's going to