For the first time in Gallup’s measurement over the past decade, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism. Attitudes toward socialism among Democrats have not changed materially since 2010, with 57% today having a positive view. The major change among Democrats has been a […] Read more »
The Far Left And The Democratic Party
Since New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, upset the Democratic incumbent in a primary for the House last month, the tension between the DSA and the Democratic Party has been in the spotlight. In this episode, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team debates the role […] Read more »
One weird difference between Brexit’s supporters and Donald Trump
Prominent members of the campaign to remove the United Kingdom from the European Union are backing away from major promises now that they have won the vote. … Yet while Americans might be used to politicians backing away from promises, they might be surprised by the fact that Brexiters had […] Read more »
Americans’ Views of Socialism, Capitalism Are Little Changed
Even though Bernie Sanders, a self-described “Democratic socialist,” has generated strong support for his presidential campaign, Americans’ image of socialism is no better now than it was six years ago. Thirty-five percent of Americans have a positive view of the term socialism, similar to what was found in 2012 and […] Read more »
Why Young Democrats Love Bernie Sanders
Perhaps the most eye-popping statistic to come out of last week’s Iowa caucuses was Bernie Sanders’s overwhelming advantage among young voters. According to the Iowa entrance poll, Sanders beat Hillary Clinton 84 percent to 14 percent among Democrats aged 17 to 29. … In 2008, Barack Obama performed better than […] Read more »
Democrats, Even Clinton Supporters, Warm to Socialism
Senator Bernie Sanders’s speech on Thursday explaining his democratic socialist ideology carried little risk among supporters and other Democrats: A solid majority of them have a positive impression of socialism, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released this month. CONT. Giovanni Russonello, New York Times Read more »