{"id":1089972,"date":"2021-12-06T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089972"},"modified":"2021-12-06T13:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:14:17","slug":"poll-democrats-increasingly-favor-socialism-over-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-democrats-increasingly-favor-socialism-over-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Democrats Increasingly Favor Socialism over Capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-democrats-increasingly-favor-socialism-over-capitalism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Marx.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrats are increasingly viewing socialism more positively than capitalism, according to a Gallup poll <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/357755\/socialism-capitalism-ratings-unchanged.aspx\">released<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans\u2019 view of socialism has only grown more wary over the years, 65 percent of Democrats have a positive view of socialism \u201cmoving from 53 percent in 2010 and 2012 to over 60 percent in the past two surveys,\u201d the report states. Only 14 percent of Republicans have a more positive view of socialism, though the majority prefer capitalism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the poll report, 72 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of Democrats have a \u201cpositive image of capitalism.\u201d Americans have overall \u201cremained relatively steady\u201d over the years in holding negative views of socialism, coming in a 38 percent positive and 59 percent negative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans\u2019 opinions of capitalism have generally been stable over the past decade, with around six in 10 having a positive view of capitalism and slightly fewer than four in 10 having a positive view of socialism. Democrats view both economic systems favorably, but have become more positive toward socialism than capitalism,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6129032258065\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the uneducated who think socialism is great, look no further than Venezuela. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4hvdzntkZ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/4hvdzntkZ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1387372253910863875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Gallup research found that Americans, \u201cparticularly Democrats,\u201d are more likely to conflate socialism with \u201cequality and government provision of benefits and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Gallup polled Americans on the meaning of socialism in 1949, the largest proportion described it in the traditional sense as government ownership of the means of economic production. Thus, the meaning of the term to Americans is evolving, but most still view it negatively,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/13\/handouts-over-hard-work-majority-of-democrats-prefer-socialism-to-capitalism\/\">recent poll<\/a> from Fox News comparing attitudes toward socialism and capitalism rendered similar findings.&nbsp;According to the poll, which was conducted on August 7-10, 59 percent of registered Democrats had a \u201cpositive view of socialism\u201d compared to 49 percent who felt the same way about capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trend toward socialism among Democrats comes at a time when members of Congress such as self-described democratic socialists Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have had a growing influence on Democratic politics,\u201d Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1636363636364\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listen up socialism-loving Squad: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JdUzKDfbvX\">pic.twitter.com\/JdUzKDfbvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1236454852873592832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At least 44 percent of Democrats viewed capitalism unfavorably. Only 31 percent thought socialism is better left in the history books. Unsurprisingly, Republicans were bigger fans of capitalism, with 67 percent viewing it favorably.<\/p>\n<p>A mere eight percent of Republicans expressed fondness for socialism.<\/p>\n<p>Socialism among Democrats also showed a similar trend of gaining support in the Fox News poll.&nbsp; In February 2020, 50 percent of Democrats still liked capitalism, and just 40 percent supported socialism.<\/p>\n<p>The Gallup poll was conducted on October 1 through October 19, 2021 with 823 U.S. adults. The margin of sampling error is \u00b14 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are increasingly viewing socialism more positively than capitalism, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. 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