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47% Prepared To Vote In Favor Of Socialism
Topic Started: May 5 2016, 05:03 PM (261 Views)
merrill

A new Gallup poll shows that 47 percent of Americans would consider voting for a socialist candidate. Gallup has been polling Americans on their voting preferences for candidates of different backgrounds since 1937, but this year was the first time they inquired about socialism.

When broken down on party lines, a socialist candidate would earn the consideration of 59 percent of Democrats, 49 percent of Independents, and only 26 percent of Republicans. Overall, socialism charted the lowest of all the backgrounds referenced in the poll. Atheist and Muslim candidates ranked second- and third-lowest among the American populace, at 58 and 60 percent respectively.


http://inthesetimes.com/article/18106/americans-socialism-bernie-sanders


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Democratic socialism beats conservativism any day.
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merrill

Yes socialism for all not just the 1%......
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The practical issue for Democrats will be to deal with the negative propaganda power of the word "socialism". The task is one which TV ads can deal with effectively, if expensively. Americans have been taught to fear "socialism". Connecting the "social" with Social Security and Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, etc. will solve the problem in most states.
Conservatism is a social disease
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