{"id":2483763,"date":"2025-09-08T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitalism-favorability-on-the-decline-poll\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:00:22","slug":"capitalism-favorability-on-the-decline-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitalism-favorability-on-the-decline-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitalism favorability on the decline: Poll"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fcapitalism-favorability-on-the-decline-poll%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=2483763&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--><p>the article reports on a recent Gallup poll showing a decline in the favorability of capitalism among adults in the United States. The poll finds that 54% of respondents have a positive view of capitalism, marking the lowest approval in six years. Notably,approval among Democrats dropped below 50% for the first time,with only 42% expressing a favorable opinion. In contrast, socialism&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-lies-about-vaccine-mandates-come-to-light\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s lies about vaccine mandates come to light\">approval rating remains<\/a> relatively stable, at 39% and higher among Democrats (two-thirds) and independents (38%), but much lower among Republicans (14%). The article also highlights the political context, including the rise of socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in New York City&#8217;s mayoral race and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >progressive political activities<\/a> by figures such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who are campaigning in both traditionally Democratic and Republican areas. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Capitalism favorability on the decline: Poll<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2224326\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Adults in the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3496321\/constitution-made-for-capitalism-not-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shifted their opinions on economic systems<\/a> in a poll that finds the favorability margins of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/3341954\/capitalism-not-a-dirty-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capitalism versus socialism<\/a> are narrowing.<\/p>\n<p>Gallup <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/694835\/image-capitalism-slips.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a poll<\/a> Monday that found 54% of those surveyed had a positive opinion of capitalism. This was the lowest approval rating in the six years Gallup has polled on capitalism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3796785\/china-us-exports-drop-august\/\">China&#8217;s exports to US dropped 33% in August<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3795602\/fed-independence-focus-trump-interventions\/\">Fed&rsquo;s independence in focus with Trump interventions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3796594\/bessent-confident-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-trump-tariffs\/\">Bessent &#8216;confident&#8217; Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Capitalism, the system where people outside productive organizations own them, took a dive in approval among Democratic respondents. Only 42% of Democrats had a positive opinion of capitalism, which was the first time the approval rating dipped below half.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, socialism, the system where people involved in production own the productive organizations, remained stable. Socialism had an overall approval rating from 39% of respondents, which was an increase from 2021, but not an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of Democratic respondents reported a positive opinion of socialism, while 38% of independent respondents said the same. Socialism had an approval rating of 14% from Republican respondents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3789052\/scott-bessent-big-economic-pickup-2026-national-housing-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BESSENT PREDICTS &lsquo;BIG ECONOMIC PICKUP IN 2026&rsquo; AND POSSIBLE NATIONAL HOUSING EMERGENCY DECLARATION THIS FALL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This poll comes as the largest city in the United States, New York City, is on the precipice of electing socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor. Among Mamdani&rsquo;s campaign promises are to boycott, divest, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3448766\/mamdani-israel-beliefs-endorsement-agreement-brad-lander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanction Israel<\/a>, freeze rent, defund the police, and provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3434519\/who-is-zohran-mamdani-socialist-candidate-eric-adams-nyc-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free childcare<\/a>. Mamdani&rsquo;s campaign won him the Democratic primary earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have drawn large crowds in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-slams-wsj-for-article-shaming-gop\/\" title=\"President Trump slams WSJ for article shaming GOP\">traditionally red states<\/a> in their &ldquo;Fight Oligarchy&rdquo; tour. Rallies were located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3346905\/tim-walz-bernie-sanders-town-halls-republican-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">districts held by Republicans<\/a> in Congress, but also recently included Maine, where Sanders endorsed Sen. Susan Collins&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3789691\/bernie-sanders-boosts-susan-collins-challenger-graham-platner-at-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more progressive challenger Graham Platner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US adults&#8217; support for capitalism drops, gap with socialism narrows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2483764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Donald-Trump-NYSE-2024.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[10013,28673,50878],"class_list":["post-2483763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-capitalism","tag-favorability","tag-poll-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Donald-Trump-NYSE-2024.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483767,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483763\/revisions\/2483767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}