Last Saturday we wrote about Democrat presidential wannabes
lurching leftward while, we alleged, the electorate was doing no such thing. At that time we wrote:
Meanwhile nobody is reporting that the electorate has suddenly become hugely more ‘progressive’ or liberal.
It has taken less than a week for poll results to surface demonstrating the truth of our allegation. The
Washington Examiner reports
results of a poll looking at voter attitudes toward socialism.
A new Zogby Analytics survey found that 29 percent have a favorable view of socialism while 49 percent don’t.
Some 22% are unsure, which probably means they have little grasp of the term “socialism” and don’t follow politics closely. On the other hand, Zogby finds:
While Democrats have a favorable view of socialism, by a 44 percent to 26 percent margin, they thoroughly reject renaming the party after the Karl Marx philosophy.
To this admittedly biased observer, that sounds like Democrats love the policies but quite rationally fear the label’s ugly reputation.
