Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled a surprising upset when she defeated 10-term Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley Tuesday night by running as a democratic socialist.

Her description of her own politics and her campaign platform put Ocasio-Cortez well to the left of the Democratic mainstream, but many of the individual policies she called for actually poll quite well.

In a tweet celebrating her win, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose 2016 campaign she worked on, said she had “demonstrated once again what progressive grassroots politics can do.”

Here’s a closer look at some of Ocasio-Cortez’s policy proposals.

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Medicare for All

What she proposes: In her campaign, Ocasio-Cortez has called for “Medicare for All,” essentially expanding and extending the government health care program for the poor to cover every American. She backed a bill from Rep. John Conyers that would virtually eliminate private medical insurance in favor of a universal health care system.

What Americans think: Polls show Americans are warming to the idea of universal health care, but the wording matters a lot. A March poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found 75% support for “Medicare for All,” when it was framed as an option alongside the existing private insurance system, but only 59% backed the idea when it was described as a single national health care plan.

Tuition-free public college

What she proposes: Ocasio-Cortez advocated for tuition-free public colleges and trade schools. In addition, she called for the federal government to cancel student loans that it holds directly and pay off privately held student loans, arguing that it would give a boost to the economy.

What Americans think: Americans are split on the idea of eliminating tuition at public colleges. A 2016 poll by Gallup found that 47% backed the idea of making tuition free at all public colleges and universities, while 45% opposed it.

A federal jobs guarantee

What she proposes: Ocasio-Cortez called for a federal jobs guarantee in which the federal government would employ anyone who wants to work with at least a $15 minimum wage, health care and paid child and sick leave. This tracks similar ideas that have been floated by an unorthodox group of economists and backed by some key Democrats recently.

What Americans think: A Civis Analytics poll earlier this year showed 52% supported a jobs guarantee and 29% opposed it.

Legalizing marijuana

What she proposes: Ocasio-Cortez supports the federal legalization of marijuana as part of broader efforts at criminal justice reform.

What Americans think: A January poll by the Pew Research Center found that 61% of Americans think the use of marijuana should be legalized.

Abolishing ICE

What she proposes: Ocasio-Cortez has called for abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arguing that its creation after 9/11 was part of an “unchecked expansion of executive powers” and that other agencies can handle immigration enforcement.

What Americans think: There have not been reliable polls on the call to abolish ICE.

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A House Democratic primary debate between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and former CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera became heated Monday when Caruso-Cabrera confronted the incumbent over what she described as misplaced priorities during the coronavirus pandemic.

The challenger specifically took issue with Ocasio-Cortez's decision to remain in Washington D.C. at 'the height of the crisis.'

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'You stayed away in your apartment. AOC, you're always MIA,' said Caruso-Cabrera, who also accused the freshman lawmaker of creating 'huge division within' the House Democratic caucus.

Ocasio-Cortez fought back by accusing Carera-Cabruso of running a phony campaign and not actually caring about New York's 14th congressional district.

'While it's disappointing to see Ms. Caruso-Cabrera fixated on personal attacks -- and for some strange reason, obsessed with the six days in March that I wasn't feeling well, and had to stay in my apartment,' she said. 'I do think it's quite funny that she goes on and on about the fact that ... I spend time doing my job in Washington and coming home to the Bronx when she lived in a $15,000-a-month Trump Tower apartment until six months ago.

'This woman probably couldn't even find Sunnyside [Queens] on a map until she decided to challenge me for the sake of challenging me,' Ocasio-Cortez added. 'She doesn't care about the Bronx, she doesn't care about Queens. She cares about running for running.

'No one's ever seen this person before,' the incumbent added. 'Who are you? Like, where is your family from? Where have you lived? No one has seen you in this community before, and while I know you have multi-millionaires that finance your campaign, and you're financed by the same real estate developers and big banks that will profit from the corruption in Washington, and adding one more notch to their belt, I don't think it's important for us to do that. I don't think it's OK for us to do that.'

'Greetings from Sunnyside, Queens,' Caruso-Cabrera responded. 'I love Sunnyside, Queens, I love New York. I wish I had been born in New York. Unfortunately, I wasn't. My opponent is the one that nobody ever sees in the district. Let me tell you, the second this crisis started, I started delivering food and I started delivering masks.'

'I have delivered nearly 50,000 masks and food and hand sanitizer to Jacobi Hospital, which I'm not sure you could have found on a map, AOC,' she said, apprently prompting laughter from both Ocasio-Cortez and Queens activist Badrun Khan, who's also running for Ocasio-Cortez's seat.

Caruso-Cabrera claimed that on 'day one, I was out delivering food, I was out delivering masks -- I wasn't even elected.'

Ocasio-Cortez again insisted that she had stayed in her apartment because she was unwell before pivoting to her own actions during the pandemic.

'I'm proud to say that we continued to have a strong field force on the ground, and this is the benefit of being a movement candidate,' she said. 'Again, I have continued to raise over almost half-a-million dollars for food pantries, delivering meals myself, while also advocating for broader, systemic change in Washington..

Caruso-Cabrera argued that was the 'least' Ocasio-Cortez could do after 'driving away 25,000 jobs,' a reference to the self-described democratic socialist's opposition to Amazon's bid to build a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.

'That's the least you could do after driving away $27 billion in tax revenue that we could have had,' Caruso-Cabrera said. 'Imagine if we had those jobs that you drove away right now to help us get back on our feet.'

A registered Democrat and descendant of Cuban immigrants, Caruso-Cabrera has been a fierce critic of socialism and advocate for free markets.

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Her 2010 book -- titled 'You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government' -- calls out both parties for ignoring 'fiscally conservative, socially liberal' Americans like herself.

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The primary, which will serve as a de facto general election in the heavily Democratic district, is scheduled to take place June 23.