U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s influence on the Democratic Party continues to expand, even in the Granite State, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald poll shows.

Bolstered by young voters and liberals, 34% of likely New Hampshire Democratic voters say they prefer party leaders like Ocasio-Cortez over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to the poll. Just 30% of Democrats say they prefer Pelosi over AOC.

The results show the increasing power of the freshman New York congresswoman in the party and indicate she’s likely to have an impact on the 2020 race, especially at the party convention.

Among self-described liberals, when it comes to a choice between AOC and Pelosi, it’s not even close. Forty-two percent of likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire say they prefer party leaders like Ocasio-Cortez, while just 17 percent pick Pelosi.

Pelosi does win out among moderates, with 34 percent picking the House Speaker and 23 percent preferring Ocasio-Cortez for a party leader.

But among young voters aged 18-34, 37 percent choose Ocasio-Cortez while just 24 percent pick Pelosi.

“That progressive wing in New Hampshire is (influential),” said pollster R. Kelly Myers of RKM Research and Communications, which conducted the poll Sept. 4-10. “It explains why Bernie Sanders has a lead and Ocasio-Cortez is more popular (than Pelosi).”

The poll of 839 likely New Hampshire primary voters, included 425 likely Democratic primary voters and 414 likely Republican primary voters.

The poll also shows that one group that doesn’t fare well in New Hampshire is the media.

Asked whether the media has changed the tone and nature of political debate for better or worse, 48 percent of all primary voters say “for the worse” while just 11 percent say the media has changed the tone “for the better.” Thirty-seven percent say it’s had no effect.

Among Democratic primary voters, 53 percent say the media has changed the tone of political debate “for the worse.”

Voters are split on whether this election has gotten more nasty than previous years. Forty-five percent of all voters say the tone of the race has gotten “more negative” since the last election, while 40 percent say it’s about the same.