When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described “socialist”, won a surprise victory in a New York Democratic primary, the prevailing theory was that the party faithful would never consider an avowed socialist for president. Pat Gray of Blaze TV warns, “Not so fast.”
The Hill.TV/HarrisX poll released in 2018 showed an overwhelming majority (76%) of respondents said they not vote for a socialist, while less than 25% said they would vote for a socialist candidate.
Fast-forward to a Gallup poll conducted between January 16 and 29, 2020 reported by Newsweek that shows, “Being a socialist was the only characteristic to receive ‘majority opposition’ from most Americans, according to Gallup. That is, a plurality of Americans said they would not vote for a socialist. About 53 percent of Americans said they would not vote for a socialist, while 45 percent said that they would.”
That’s a big change. In just two years time 20% more Americans said they would vote for a socialist candidate. Wow!
While support for socialism remains below 50% nationally, the same is not true for the Democratic Party. When a moderator asked all the candidates at the February 7 Democratic debate if it would bother any of them if a democratic socialist—ie Bernie Sanders—represented the party in the general election only one person, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, raised a hand.
Watch the video as Pat Gray of Blaze TV breaks down the numbers to show the kind of candidate each party is most likely to vote for.
