Capitalism’s Popularity Falls Below 50% as Socialism Spreads Among Democrats
“Last September, 34% of Democrats viewed socialism positively and 29% viewed it negatively. Now, 35% view it positively and only 20% negatively.”
A new NBC News poll shows capitalism slipping below 50 percent approval among voters for the first time since the network began tracking the question. The drop comes as Democrats grow increasingly positive toward socialism and figures like New York’s Zohran Mamdani gain national prominence.
“The share of registered voters with positive views of capitalism has dropped under 50% for the first time in seven years of NBC News polling on the issue,” the report said, “a shift that comes as some democratic socialists, like New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani, gain prominence in the Democratic Party.”
The poll, conducted October 24–28 among 1,000 registered voters, found 44 percent of Americans now have a positive view of capitalism and 28 percent a negative one. Two-thirds of Republicans still support capitalism, compared to 44 percent of independents and only 25 percent of Democrats.
Among Democrats, views have flipped in just one year. In 2024, 39 percent viewed capitalism positively and 34 percent negatively. Now, Democrats show a 20-point net negative, with younger and Hispanic voters also moving away from capitalism.
While socialism remains unpopular nationwide, with 49 percent viewing it negatively and 18 percent positively, Democrats’ attitudes have shifted the other way.
“Last September, 34 percent of Democrats viewed socialism positively and 29 percent viewed it negatively. Now, 35 percent view it positively and only 20 percent negatively,” NBC reported.
The rise coincides with Mamdani’s growing national profile. The New York mayoral candidate describes himself as a democratic socialist inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for a fairer distribution of wealth.
“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism,” Mamdani said on Meet the Press. “There has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God’s children in this country.”
According to the poll, 22 percent of voters view Mamdani favorably and 32 percent unfavorably, though he is far better known among Democrats.
Socialism remains deeply unpopular overall, yet its growing foothold inside the Democratic Party signals a wider ideological shift. The question now is whether the rest of America will follow or resist.
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Perhaps the proponents of socialism should get a taste of what it’s really like.
No personal property for you, boo.. and no vote either.
“Socialism spreads among Democrats.”
Socialism is not spreading among Democrats. They were already socialists and didn’t know it. What’s happening is they’re just now learning the meaning of the word, “Yep, that me. I want stuff for free!”
IIRC, dems loved socialism (and worse) for the entire Barky (illegitimate) tenure. Barky had campaign staffers with Che posters in their offices and half of Barky’s junta were self-admitted Maoists (as opposed to the Leninists and Trotskyites of the old dem party). There were even articles written in the beginning of Barky’s retarded administration about how the dems wished America was like China, so barky could just do anything that popped into his fevered pea-brain (even though he failed at everything he ever did) instead of having to deal with a cumbersome Congress (Our One-Party Democracy, or something like that, Thomas Friedman).
Socialism is the economics of envy and there will never be a lack of envy in society. That’s why an admonition to give in to envy made the Top Ten Commandments. It’s that serious and that destructive and that easy.
So, basically independents represent the whole country at this point on this issue.
It could also be that former Democrats that used to call themselves as such are no longer willing to do so because they won’t embrace socialism.
They’re still voting Democrat, as the various state elections and referendums in blue states show from a couple days ago. Cognitive dissonance is a cruel master.
Assuming madani wins, there are two likely outcomes, not mutually exclusive.
He is diluted by the New York establishment, or he is a complete disaster.
It’s likely he gets some experimental programs. Unlikely they go anywhere.
He’ll get his supermarket. I hope, I hope, I hope.
Talk about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result
I think it was established long ago that if you could be made to fall for Democrat candidates, you could be made to fall for anything.
1. There are more Democrats in NYC than Republicans
2. Therefore Democrats control who will be elected
3. However, Democrats are divided and will vote for two different candidates
4. But there are some who say if Mamdani is elected, it’s Sliwa’s fault for not dropping out
5. They reason, apparently, that if Sliwa drops out, Republicans will vote for Cuomo
6. Paula buys more popcorn
Travelism is a system where people move about from one place to another whenever they need to or feel like it.
Sounds stupid, don’t it. Well so does the word that describes the economy of a free people where people exchange wealth whenever they need to or feel like it. AKA Capitalism.
New Yorkers will get it gooder and harder by their own choice. I couldn’t care less about them.