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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gallup--Less Than Half in U.S. Would Vote for a Socialist for President [View all]
Last edited Sat May 18, 2019, 02:39 PM - Edit history (1)
This polling would make it very difficult to win with a socialist candidate on the ballot https://news.gallup.com/poll/254120/less-half-vote-socialist-president.aspx
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Less than half of Americans (47%) say they would vote for a qualified presidential candidate who is a socialist -- the same percentage Gallup found in 2015. A socialist candidate is the only one among a dozen hypothetical candidates about whom a minority of Americans say they are willing to give their vote....
In spite of the expanded tolerance for diversity, candidates labeling themselves as socialists may struggle to gain traction in a presidential race, as Americans have not become more open to such a candidate. Even as political figures advocating socialist ideas have gained popularity in Democratic circles in recent years, less than half of Americans remain willing to give an avowed socialist candidate their vote. This creates a challenge for the Democratic Party, as it seeks to avoid alienating the Democratic socialists within its rank and file, while still aiming to win a national election.
In spite of the expanded tolerance for diversity, candidates labeling themselves as socialists may struggle to gain traction in a presidential race, as Americans have not become more open to such a candidate. Even as political figures advocating socialist ideas have gained popularity in Democratic circles in recent years, less than half of Americans remain willing to give an avowed socialist candidate their vote. This creates a challenge for the Democratic Party, as it seeks to avoid alienating the Democratic socialists within its rank and file, while still aiming to win a national election.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Gallup--Less Than Half in U.S. Would Vote for a Socialist for President [View all]
Gothmog
May 2019
OP
Have you been to Europe? He is still to the right of some socialist parties in most countries there
Tiggeroshii
May 2019
#6
Sanders never got more than about a quarter of a million votes in any of his elections.
George II
May 2019
#46
I agree. The problem is in our politics if you're explaining you're losing.
BannonsLiver
Jun 2019
#82
"..too much of a reluctance on the part of progressives and radicals to use the word 'socialism"..
Cha
May 2019
#65
Considering you probably don't believe anything else he says, why start now?
Tiggeroshii
Jun 2019
#79
The GOP has large oppo file and would use this and other material if sanders was nominee
Gothmog
May 2019
#40
Bernie will never win a majority through the regular delegates -- he topped out last time
pnwmom
May 2019
#8
Democratic Socialist: a socialist who uses the Democratic Party's infrastructure in order to
Skya Rhen
May 2019
#38
"from each according to his abilities to each according to his polling numbers"
brooklynite
May 2019
#41
Bernie will be painted as the old style socialist with a gold sickle and hammer on his forehead...
cynatnite
May 2019
#49
It would be much higher once the GOP got finished with Bernie in a general election
BannonsLiver
May 2019
#51
Fewer than half of those eligible voted for Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter...
PETRUS
May 2019
#63
Washington Post-Sanders wants Americans to buy into socialism. He's got some convincing to do
Gothmog
Jun 2019
#72
You mean Bernie's primary rivals are fascists? I didn't know BS was our only choice. NT
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#81
FDR was sometimes pegged as a Socialist, yet he won 4 terms as President. He was also said by some
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#89
We Dems are way too nice. We should be calling Trump a Fascist way more often than we do
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#104