[1] In 2006, at the age of 18, Ascani ran for a seat in the city council of her birth town Città di Castello in Umbria.

The following year, with the birth of the Democratic Party and the 2007 primaries, she supported Enrico Letta.

[3] That same year, during the 2013 primaries, she supported Matteo Renzi, later elected Secretary.

[4] After having been re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 2018 general election,[5] she ran at the 2019 primaries as the running mate of Roberto Giachetti.

[6] They ranked third, but Ascani was appointed, together with Debora Serracchiani, vice president of the Democratic Party.