By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
Updated 11:08 AM EDT, September 8, 2025
Capitalism’s image has slipped with U.S. adults overall since 2021, the survey finds, and the results show a gradual but persistent shift in Democrats’ support for the two ideologies over the past 15 years, with socialism rising as capitalism falls. The shifts underscore deep divisions within the party about whether open support for socialism will hurt Democrats’ ability to reach moderates or galvanize greater support from people who are concerned about issues like the cost of living.
...But Democrats under 50 are much less likely to view capitalism favorably, while the opinions of Democrats ages 50 and older haven’t shifted meaningfully, according to Gallup.
Well if you’re only polling Democrats, the poll isn’t giving you any real understanding. The actual socialists have been methodically and intentionally pushed out of the party. And young folks have clearly heard the message, as they have broadly rejected the Democrats in return.
There’s a reason the Democrats are polling even lower than Trump, and that’s precisely because of how many people have embraced socialism. Trying to understand that only within the context of those still with the party is pointless.
Americans aren't socialist. They just hate pathetic losers.
And Democrats have become the party of pathetic losing. They don't even try to fight back.
You wouldn't know it by the data.
But this is an age-old story. Millennials were far more Dem-leaning 15 years ago, during the Obama Era. Boomers were more Dem-leaning during the Clinton Era. Great Depression voters drifted from FDR to Nixon in the intervening 30 years.
Sure. They've lost the mandate of Corporate Mass Media as media has been consolidated in the Tech Sector and the Techies have nakedly embraced Randian Objectivism.
Yep. I liked techies better when they were libertarians. Now they are just straight up Nazis drinking their own tech elite ubermenschen kool aid. They are anti-libertarian now because freedom would mean allow free market competition to their aspiring monopolies. They'd rather just control the government to protect their idiot investments rather than let the free market flourish