About a third of U.S. Democrats like political leaders who identify as democratic socialists
Democrats’ views on democratic socialists also differ by race and ethnicity, age, education, income and political engagement.
Candidates who identify as democratic socialists have won some high-profile Democratic primary elections over the past month from Washington, D.C., to New York City. But the term itself has relatively modest traction with Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents nationally.
Many Americans – including a 56% majority of Democrats – say they neither like nor dislike political leaders who call themselves democratic socialists, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted earlier this year.
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