58% of Democrats view socialism positively in new CBS News poll on the economy
2 days ago by VetOfTheSeas to c/politics
Yeah, the American "definition" of socialism often seems to just be everything left of fascism these days. It's really weird how America has weaponized the term.
And Jeffries took that personally.
I take Jeffries personally.
Very nearly communism.
That would be communistic in nature And I hear that that's against nature.
I think you mean nearly half of democrats don't view socialism positively.
If they take these polls via texts/mobile calls, that could be a portion of people they contact who don’t respond or decline to participate.
Regardless, I don’t trust polls anyway, especially when all of this is going to be used to justify the insurrection act anyway.
This is why we should rely only on prediction markets. Polling is an outdated technology.
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I wonder how much such polls are going to be used by the Maga fascists to justify election interference and a new red scare.
I wonder when you start fighting back
Me? I'm not American.
Sorry for assuming, but no I didn't mean you specifically, I meant normie Americans.
A couple of weeks ago, it was at about 3O%. The Citizens are tired of waiting for the parties to serve them properly, and are quickly carving their own political path. The parties better figure this out, and either get on board, or get out of the way, because we're no longer taking orders from them.
We're in control now, and they will serve at our pleasure, so..."What have you done for us LATELY?"
94% of democrats viewed Harris positively during the 2024 election.
What I’m saying is she didn’t win at 94% so how are socialists going to at 58%?
Polls on views of an ideology and party polls of a candidate are a bit different.
Regardless, these are real views from people who respond to polling opportunities, so they will most likely vote in kind.
You can absolutely make the argument that the sample size is too small to get an accurate read on how the US would vote in a presidential run, but it is not really a reason to say that DSA candidates will never win.
I’m pointing out how out of touch from reality the average leftist is in this site.
Harris was a victim of both sexism and racism in the voting process. A sad truth in the world we live in. You take those out of the picture when presenting socialism, and there might be a fighting chance.
Brother, a black man with the middle name of Hussein won a presidential election.
Yes, racism and mysogyny were challenges in the 2024 race, but it was the Democratic policy that was the primary issue.
Look at what Obama offered in his race and compare it to what Kamala offered in her race. That lack of promise accompanied with her refusal to split from Biden on foreign policy (Gaza) was enough to both not draw in enough voters and push some over to Trump.
Take a look at Trump's policies as well. We who are here know he was lying, but to the uneducated voter, it sounded good enough to vote for over the other candidate.
With half the polling?
Sure, among 2 candidates.
No I’m pretty sure those were the democrats who viewed her favorably.
Who was the other democratic candidate?
Finally the sane people actually expressing opinions?
Remember kids both parties are exactly the same, they've caused the same amount of damage, both hate gays and immigrants the same amount, both have destroyed the same amount of regulations on businesses that harm us. So don't bother voting because they're exactly the same. That'll fix things for sure.
Both parties are blatantly corrupt, violate constitutional safeguards, both are rewriting history and reality, both parties cancelled infrastructure spending, both parties cancelled economic development and new energy projects, both parties cancelled student loan assistance ……
Both parties make their money by serving their puppet masters who steal money from us. The middle class used to capture 25% of GDP back in the 70's. Now we're lucky to capture 7%. And we've had plenty of politicians from both sides that just made the problem worse. It's not Dem's vs. Rep's, it's the rich enslaving the poor. Always has been, always will be.
I will never understand this take.
My family grew up in pure socialism. It's pretty shitty. Not defending capitalism, but I rather take capitalism over socialism anyday.
We honestly just need money out of politics. Overturn citizens united.
My family grew up in pure capitalism. It's pretty shitty. Not defending socialism, but I'd rather take socialism over capitalism any day.
We honestly just need social policies out of politics. Overturn universal healthcare.
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This is what happens when you call everything socialism.
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