Americans’ Reactions to the Word ‘Socialism’

The word “socialism” is likely to resonate throughout the 2020 election campaign, regardless of which candidate eventually gets the Democratic Party nomination. …

What does the word “socialism” mean to the average American? Thanks to the reintroduction of the term into the political discourse by Sanders (and other politicians like Ocasio-Cortez), we have quite a bit of recent public opinion research to help answer that question. CONT.

Frank Newport, Gallup