Socialism is all the rage in the Democratic Party.
Senator Bernie Sanders sold socialism to millions of young Americans in 2016. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being touted as the future of the party and U.S. politics. A whole bunch of young socialists are winning Democratic primaries across the country.
Moderate Democrats, Reagan Democrats, and centrist Democrats are becoming a thing of the past.
It’s all about the free stuff.
This is evident in a new Gallup poll that found most Democrats (57 percent) hold a positive view of socialism, while just 47 percent of Democrats maintain a favorable view of capitalism. The biggest socialist supporters? The young ones.
From Gallup:
“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.”
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“Americans aged 18 to 29 are as positive about socialism (51%) as they are about capitalism (45%). This represents a 12-point decline in young adults’ positive views of capitalism in just the past two years and a marked shift since 2010, when 68% viewed it positively.”
That said, if AOC is the one selling socialism, then that might be a great thing because she has been exposed since rising to the national spotlight. Perhaps her lack of knowledge on economics and international politics, despite holding degrees in these fields, may dissuade the public from accepting a deadly and depressing ideology.
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